A rotating airlock blade severed a 30-year-old worker’s three fingertips as he cleaned the machine at a Wisconsin organic food manufacturing facility, an incident federal safety investigators found could have been prevented if the machine had been powered down fully. OSHA cited the company for the same violation in 2012.
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On May 17, OSHA cited the facility for two repeated violations, 14 serious violations, and one other-than-serious safety violation after its investigation into the injury. The agency has proposed $118,320 in penalties.