Following an incident that left a 50-year-old temporary worker permanently disabled, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the Ice River Springs plastic water bottle manufacturer for three safety violations at its High Springs, Florida, facility. Proposed penalties for the violations total $84,000.
According to an OSHA release, a machine used to package cases of bottled water onto a pallet for shipment started up while the worker cleared a jam in the machine. OSHA’s July 2014 investigation found that Ice Springs allowed workers to enter the palletizer&r...
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