Article published August 06, 2008
Perrysburg company fined $7,000 by OSHA
A Perrysburg machine-making company has been fined $7,000 by federal regulators for violations within two weeks after one of its employees died in March when an object was hurled out of the machine he was operating.
The death of Jeffrey Pierce, 35, of Perrysburg, at Jerl Machine Inc. has been under investigation by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
But the agency found five serious violations in visits to the firm in March and April. It cited the company at 11140 Avenue Rd. for not properly providing ratings and safety data on a lifting hook device, not having a lock-out tag-out procedure on one machine, not training employees on lock-out tag-out techniques, and allowing various machinery to operate without safeguard devices in place.
The firm’s appeal period expires this week.
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