Poultry Plant Faces $209K in OSHA Fines

A poultry processing company in Gainesville, Georgia, has been issued federal citations for more than a dozen safety violations, including exposing workers to amputation hazards by allegedly failing to provide machine guarding. Koch Foods is facing proposed penalties of $208,977 from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration in connection with the Jan. 19 citations. The company has 15 business days to contest the citations. OSHA cited the company for one repeat violation related to the lack of machine guarding. The agency said Koch Foods of Cincinnati was cited for a simila...