The federal work safety agency fined an Ohio plastics manufacturer $274,934 after investigating the second debilitating injury suffered by a worker there in less than 18 months.
A bench cutter severed a 27-year-old's finger as she cut rubber material on June 22, 2016, at Lauren Manufacturing in New Philadelphia, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
OSHA inspectors visited the facility that day and found 13 violations of federal safety protocol. Four of those had taken place before.
Inspectors found that Lauren Manufacturing failed to:
Properly guard machine...
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