OSHA proposes $108K fine for Auburn company
Formed Fiber Technologies, an Auburn-based manufacturer, is facing a $108,800 fine from federal workplace safety regulators for five “serious” violations and two “repeat” violations.
The Bangor Daily News reported that the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing the fine for violations it said could have resulted in employees getting “lacerations, crushed fingers, amputation or worse” if struck by or caught in company machinery. The company can choose to either pay the fine and remediate the issues, meet with OSHA officials or challenge the finding within 15 business days.
OSHA had previously proposed a $816,500 fine for Formed Fiber Technologies for similar safety violations last July — a case that is being contested by the company.
Chris Richard, the company’s president and CEO, said in a written statement that Formed Fiber Technologies is “assessing the assertions.”
Source: Bangor Daily News
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