An inspection conducted as part of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's local emphasis program for grain handling hazards led to $61,600 in fines against a Nebraska farmers cooperative.
OSHA said it issued citations for 16 serious and one other-than-serious health and safety violation to New Alliance in Bridgeport after inspections in February and March. The inspections found:
Workers exposed to fall hazards up to 15 feet while accessing the tops of rail cars, and from ladderway openings and platforms lacking guardrails and open-sided work platforms.
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