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Five or more employees
puts you under OSHA jurisdiction:
If your company has at least five employees,
John Costa & Associates provides
a service you can't afford to do
without. We are committed to providing a
cost-effective program for the employer
and a safe work
environment for all employees. Our program
will boost morale, increase productivity,
and make your company
more profitable.
OSHA doesn't need an
appointment:
If your company is inspected and found
in violation of workplace safety
standards, OSHA penalties are steep,
frequently six and occasionally seven figures.
Following are the top 10 penalties
imposed by OSHA recently.
(They were all under appeal, which means
thousands of dollars in legal fees):
| Company |
Proposed Penalty |
Alleged Violation |
| Wyman-Gordon
Forgings Inc. |
$1.8 million |
lockout/tagout |
| HDR Engineering
Inc. |
$1.4 million |
asbestos,
lead |
| Cagle's
Inc. |
$1.3 million |
lockout/tagout |
| CF&I
Steel |
$1.1 million |
fall
protection |
| AgriGeneral Co. |
$1
million |
fire electrical,
sanitation |
| Hudson
Foods Inc. |
$840,000 |
ergonomics |
| American
Rockwool Inc. |
$824,000 |
confined
space |
| Franklin
Smelting and Refining Corp. |
$821,360 |
lead,
cadmium |
| Landis
Plastics Inc. |
$720,700 |
record
keeping, machine guarding,
ergonomics |
| Hanover
Foods Corp. |
$500,000 |
machine
guarding |
With these fines come much higher insurance rates. And if an employee is injured in a workplace that violates OSHA safety standards, not only can the company be sued but the management and owners can be sued as well.
But let John Costa & Associates
tell you the good news! These nightmare,
business-wrecking scenarios can easily and inexpensively be avoided.
Through our professional inspections, employee training, and comprehensive safety manuals, John Costa & Associates will put your company in position to pass an OSHA inspection any time they visit.
With Our Expert Advice, We will help your company:
- Comply with the hard-to-understand details of OSHA's thousands of requirements.
- Avoid OSHA fines.
- Create accident-prevention programs and maintain a safe working environment.
- Significantly reduce exposure in a lawsuit resulting from a workplace accident.
Let John Costa & Associates assess your safety program, then develop a program to make "Safety" a part of your company's infrastructure.
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