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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.
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