Totowa Fabric Plant Faces $185,400 in Fines Proposed by Fed OSHA

After workplace incidents leaving one machine operator's hand crushed and another with a partial hand amputation, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed $185,400 in fines for Precision Custom Coatings LLC for one willful, one repeat and 12 serious safety violations.The violations included failure to provide machine guarding at the company's fabric-manufacturing plant in Totowa.OSHA's investigation began in September 2013, after a call from the Totowa Police Department reported that a machine operator's hand was crushed whil...