Maplewood Beverage Packers, LLC and temporary employment agency Corporate Resource Services Corp. located in Elizabeth, New Jersey, have been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for health and safety violations found at the beverage bottling company’s Maplewood plant. An OSHA investigation in December 2013 found willful and repeat violations including failure to use lockout/tagout procedures, provide proper machine guarding, and slip, trip and falls, and excessive noise hazards. Proposed penalties total $182,270.
“Host employers and staffing agencies are jointly responsible for ensuring worker safety and health,” said Kris Hoffman, director of OSHA’s Parsippany Area Office. “Employers must protect all workers from job hazards-both permanent and temporary workers.”
The investigation was initiated following a referral from the Maplewood Fire Department after a temporary worker was injured falling from a ladder. For more information about this case and about the joint responsibilities of host employers and staffing firms, read the news release and visit OSHA’s Protecting Temporary Workers Web page.
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