FedEx Ground Packaging System Inc. faces $44,000 in fines after the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the company for a repeat violation at its distribution center in Wilmington, Massachusetts.
OHSA said the company failed to properly guard a conveyor belt, thus exposing employees to injuries. The company had previously been cited for similar violations at facilities in Grove City, Ohio, and Syracuse, New York.
An OSHA inspection found that the belt conveyor system’s rotating parts were insufficiently guarded on the periphery to prevent employees’ finger...
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