Injured Worker Blows Whistle on Former Employer

A tip from an injured former employee sparked an investigation leading to a proposed $63,000 fine for a willful violation Aug. 6 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration against a Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, packaging company, according to a news release from OSHA. OSHA inspectors descended on Warren Industries Aug. 4, discovering safety guards and interlocks bypassed on three packaging lines, according to the release. The company’s action let workers come in contact with operating parts of machines which could cause lacerations, fractures and amputations. OSHA starte...