Goodyear Tire cited for safety violations

http://www.waltontribune.com/story.lasso?ewcd=50c47cf1d7d537af

Goodyear cited for safety violations
By Brian Arrington
The Walton Tribune

Published January 20, 2008

SOCIAL CIRCLE — Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has been penalized a proposed $52,000 in fines by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for five safety violations discovered during an inspection of the company’s manufacturing facility.

Inspectors cited the plant for two repeat violations and proposed $42,500 in penalties after they determined management failed to perform and certify periodic inspections of its energy control procedures, according to OSHA documents.

The documents also reveal employees were using a production machine that did not have the proper safety guards.

The company had been cited for similar failures after an inspection in 2006, OSHA officials said.

“OSHA expects management to take a proactive approach to employees’ safety,” said Gei-Thae Breezley, director of the agency’s Atlanta-East Area Office. “Dangerous situations can be avoided if management conducts periodic inspections of their equipment and facilities as required by federal law. Two safety violations deemed “serious” with proposed penalties of $8,500 were reported for “using defective equipment cords that exposed employees to electrical hazards,” documents report. An “other-than-serious” violation was proposed with a $1,000 penalty for failing to correctly maintain OSHA logs.


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Well, I haven't forgotten the scraps of Firestone/Bridgestone tires littering the roads because they cut so many corners (if you'll pardon the expression) to save money!

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