After an unguarded machine at a Salina battery plant severed part of a worker’s finger, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the facility for a slew or workplace violations.
Exide Technologies, based in Milton, Ga., was cited with one willful, and 10 serious safety and health violations, and may have to pay up to $127,300 in proposed penalties. OSHA issued the citations after inspecting the plant on Oct. 27, 2015, and Dec. 3, 2015, in response to the partial amputation.
The company was accused of not guarding gears, belts and pulleys on i...
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