The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined Behr Iron and Steel $497,000 and placed the company in its severe violator program after a worker died at a recycling facility in South Beloit, Illinois, in March.
The citation is the latest in a line of OSHA troubles for the company. According to a Thursday press release, the administration has inspected Behr six times in the past five years at different facilities in Illinois and Iowa.
The worker, a 37-year-old male, died after his arm was caught in a conveyor belt at the scrap metal-sorting and shredding facility. He had worked f...
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