I was in a risk assessment seminar today, dealing with company risks, and OSHA came up as a topic.
Listen to this.
A bottling companies supervisor was fined $70,000 by OSHA for allowing a worker NOT to lock out a machine during a 30 second adjustment. The worker became entangled in the machine when it started up, and subsequently died from his injuries. The company had an effective LOTO procedure in place and effective training for all it's supervisors and employees on this matter, and this was documented. The company received no fines. The supervisor was held liable.
We didn't get into how, or why's on this incident, but I thought I'd share it with you. Even if we have effective policies in place, someone can still die, when they are not followed.
And OSHA will get you, if you don't follow them, not just the companies.
