Amputation Leads to Investigation, Citations for Metal-Fabricating Co.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited M&M Manufacturing Co. in Houston for one repeat and three serious safety violations, OSHA announced in a release. The agency’s Houston North Area Office began its inspection of M&M in March after receiving a report that there had been an amputation at the facility. OSHA issued the serious violations for failing to disable potentially hazardous machinery and not guarding machine parts. The agency handed out the repeat violation for failing to guard equipment in which workers might get caught and injured. The...