Auto Parts Maker Fined $271,403 After Repeat Fires at Molding Plant

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined an Ohio auto parts maker $271,403, saying the company exposed workers to fires and failed to train them on fire identification or proper use of fire extinguishers. OSHA said it received a referral from a local fire department that responded to 13 fires at the Woodbridge Englewood Inc. facility in Clayton over a two-year period. The federal workplace safety regulator said its investigators found that the polyethylene material the company used to make plastic parts was easily ignited and hard to extinguish. OSHA said the company,...