Cal-OSHA Proposed $147,090 in Fines for Ashley Furniture

California workplace safety regulators fined Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. $147,090 after an investigation of the company's facility in Colton identified 10 serious and four general violations. The proposed fines come when Ashley Furniture, the largest home furnishing company in the country, is facing $2 million in penalties for violations at a facility in Wisconsin. Inspectors with the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, commonly referred to as Cal-OSHA, said Ashley failed to ensure people working on or exposed to energized parts of machines at the Colton facility ...