Federal workplace safety regulators fined a hardwood flooring manufacturer in Ohio $255,528 after a 23-year-old worker suffered a partial arm amputation.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said an employee at Appalachian Wood Floors Inc. was injured in May while performing maintenance on a rip saw machine.
OSHA said its inspectors determined that a safety device on the machine was bypassed.
After the accident, OSHA opened an investigation into another facility operated by the same company.
The agency said the company failed to adequately train employees at both locations in ...
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