Alleged Nitrogen, Other Hazards Bring Pizza Plant $76,300 in Fines

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued Emil's Pizza, Inc., of Watertown, Wis., nine safety and health citations, with fines totaling $76,300, for alleged violations, including exposing workers to an oxygen-deficient atmosphere at its frozen pizza manufacturing plant.OSHA initiated an inspection of the plant in June following a complaint.The agency issued one willful health citation for allegedly exposing workers to an oxygen-deficient environment when processing pizzas in the liquid nitrogen cryogenic freezer."The freezer creates the potential for an oxygen-deficient ...