Post by Logan on Jun 9, 2016 0:57:06 GMT -6
ARCADIA, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin-based Ashley Furniture has agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle alleged safety violations at four of its plants, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Wednesday.
Ashley Furniture entered into a corporate-wide agreement aimed at protecting workers from machine hazards, the agency said. The agreement also resolves all pending citations at the company's plants in Arcadia and Whitehall, Wisconsin, and in Ecru and Ripley, Mississippi.
Under the settlement, Ashley will retain a vice president for safety, implement safety measures to protect employees and submit annual status reports to OSHA during the two-year agreement. The company also will correct all of the cited violations, OSHA said.
"With this settlement, Ashley Furniture is taking important stapes to change its culture, invest in its employees and work with OSHA to make significant changes to protect the safety and health of workers," U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez said in a news release.
Read more: www.theintell.com/news/national/ashley-furniture-to-pay-m-to-settle-safety-citations/article_a24cf2d2-2f93-5cc0-a08a-15d2a5f0f10a.html
Ashley Furniture entered into a corporate-wide agreement aimed at protecting workers from machine hazards, the agency said. The agreement also resolves all pending citations at the company's plants in Arcadia and Whitehall, Wisconsin, and in Ecru and Ripley, Mississippi.
Under the settlement, Ashley will retain a vice president for safety, implement safety measures to protect employees and submit annual status reports to OSHA during the two-year agreement. The company also will correct all of the cited violations, OSHA said.
"With this settlement, Ashley Furniture is taking important stapes to change its culture, invest in its employees and work with OSHA to make significant changes to protect the safety and health of workers," U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez said in a news release.
Read more: www.theintell.com/news/national/ashley-furniture-to-pay-m-to-settle-safety-citations/article_a24cf2d2-2f93-5cc0-a08a-15d2a5f0f10a.html