OSHA Cites Company Over Grain Yard Accident

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday that it cited a supply-chain transportation company after a worker was hospitalized for serious injuries from being struck by a semi-tractor-trailer at a Nebraska grain yard. OSHA cited Latham, New York-based Rail Modal Group LLC for 21 serious and two other-than-serious violations and proposed $261,375 in penalties over a November 2023 incident at a grain facility in Fremont in which a yard manager was directing congested traffic in a storage yard when she was struck by a passing truck. OSHA cited the company over...