Risky Conditions at Auto Parts Manufacturer Lead to $700,000 Fine for Companies

Consistently shoddy conditions at an auto parts manufacturer lost the company a contract with a temp agency and led to a federal fine of more than $700,000 to the agency and manufacturer. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined HP Pelzer Automotive Systems and the staffing agency Sizemore Inc. for repeated safety violations at HP Pelzer's Thomson, Georgia, facility. Sizemore sent about 300 temporary workers to the facility, but the agency terminated its contract with HP Pelzer two months after the OSHA investigation. HP Pelzer failed to safeguard workers from the possibi...