OSHA cites Bedford Park, Ill.-based Hoist Liftruck for 25 safety and health violations

2012 - 10/04/2012 - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Bedford Park, Ill.-based Hoist Liftruck for 25 safety and health violations: BEDFORD PARK, Ill. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Hoist Liftruck Mfg. Inc. in Bedford Park with 25 safety and health - including four repeat - violations. A safety inspection was opened in April and a health inspection was opened in May under OSHA's Site-Specific Targeting Program, which directs enforcement resources to workplaces with high injury and illness rates. Proposed fines total $82,170.

The repeat violations involve failing to implement a hearing conservation program, provide welding curtains, and conduct fit testing and medical evaluations for workers required to wear respirators. A repeat violation exists when an employer previously has been cited for the same or a similar violation of a standard, regulation, rule or order at any other facility in federal enforcement states within the last five years. Similar violations were cited in 2007.

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