Fort Worth brewery fined after worker gets finger cut off
Jun 22, 2016 23:01:14 GMT -6
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Post by Logan on Jun 22, 2016 23:01:14 GMT -6
FORT WORTH -- MillerCoors has been fined $77,000 after a worker’s finger was cut off at the company’s south Fort Worth brewery in December, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Wednesday.
OSHA issued citations to MillerCoors for “willful and serious” violations, the agency said in a statement.
OSHA began investigating Jan. 5 when it received a report that an employee’s finger was severed at the brewery’s maintenance shop in the 7100 block of South Freeway. The accident happened Dec. 22.
The shop’s lathes, used for cutting and drilling, lacked safety guards and emergency stops, OSHA found.
Read more here: www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article85373957.html
OSHA issued citations to MillerCoors for “willful and serious” violations, the agency said in a statement.
OSHA began investigating Jan. 5 when it received a report that an employee’s finger was severed at the brewery’s maintenance shop in the 7100 block of South Freeway. The accident happened Dec. 22.
The shop’s lathes, used for cutting and drilling, lacked safety guards and emergency stops, OSHA found.
Read more here: www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article85373957.html