Two Workers Injured at same Facility, OSHA Fines Co. $45,500

A northwest Ohio telecommunication pole manufacturer received $45,500 in fines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration after two employee injuries at the facility prompted an inspection. The administration cited FWT for one serious and one repeat violation, both for not providing guards on a machine at a Hicksville, Ohio, facility, according to a Thursday press release. Both workers were injured while using a squaring press to flatten parts of telecommunication poles. The first's hands were crushed on Feb. 25, while the second was pinned between a pole and the frame of the ...