TheHansen-Muellergrain processing facility in Toledo, OH, was issued two serious federal safety violations and fines totaling almost $29,000after an employee was killedin April after become entangled in a conveyor system,U.S. Department of Laborrecords show.
Shaun Baker, 42,died April 14while loading grain into a railcar through an elevated conveyor at the facility.
Hansen-Mueller has until late next week to contest the citations and related fines, which were issued June 7 by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Citations issued
One citation said the conveyor safety system meant to stop a worker from falling did not have adequate protection to prevent its parts from getting damaged. OSHA issued a proposed penalty of $14,357.
According to a police report obtained by theToledo Blade, Baker's safety equipment had become entangled in the conveyor system.
尸检说他已经成为“禁锢在电动机of grain loader." Authorities found his body suspended at the end of the conveyor, several feet above a railcar.
The second OSHA citation issued after the accident said that cords powering the facility's rail loading station were set up in such a way that employees would be potentially "exposed to electrical shock/electrocution." OSHA also proposed a fine of $14,357 for that violation.
