International Paper was the subject of a comprehensive inspection by OSHA after a timber-loading crane killed an employee last Fubruary. (Photo courtesy of Michel Industrial Services)
Officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are citing the company for running the crane without a functional warning horn. It is meant to alert workers when the machine is in motion.
OSHA’s review of the Augusta Plant revealed numerous other safety and health violations including substandard emergency lighting, lack of safety barricades around dangerous machinery and accumulation of hazardous dust.
Officials with International Paper have 15 days to appeal the fines.
