OSHA: Freight Shippers Lacked Equipment and Training to Respond to Chemical Leak

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed $86,900 in fines against a freight shipping company after workers at a terminal in Wallingford, Connecticut, allegedly had to respond to a chemical spill without proper training or equipment. OSHA inspectors cited R L Carriers for two repeated and four serious violations at its Wallingford facility, according to a Monday press release. The allegations stemmed from an incident where a 55-gallon drum of the highly flammable liquid tetrahydrofuran was punctured while an employee was moving it using a forklift, according to ...