OSHA official: Semco penalty is a 'large fine' ($169,200)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.centralohio.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/BE/20080501/NEWS01/805010310/1002

By JOHN JARVIS
The Marion Star

MARION - The manager of a Pole Lane Road beryllium/copper foundry declined to comment on fines of $169,200 proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

"We can't talk about it," said Brett Tennar, vice president-foundry/environmental director, at Semco Corp., 1025 Pole Lane Road. Semco manufactures beryllium copper plunger tips, which are used in machines designed to make injection-molded aluminum parts.

OSHA cited Semco for 27 alleged violations observed during an inspection conducted to make sure the company had corrected safety hazards discovered during a 2005 inspection as agreed, said Kim Nelson, Toledo area assistant director for OSHA. The agency of the U.S. Department of Labor announced the citations Friday.
"This is a large fine," Nelson said. "We don't put out cases with over $100,000 fines on a day-to-day basis."

Tennar declined to comment on whether Semco, which has 72 employees according to the Marion CAN DO! Web site, would request an informal hearing on the citations.

Fining violators, is not OSHA's primary objective, Nelson said.

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[truedelphi]

1. People wonder why things like autism, alzheimer's etc seem to be on the rise

Heavy metal poisoning is so wide spread in this country.

Even if you aren't vaccinated with vaccines containing mercury, you may be ingesting copper, mercury and other nasties just through the air you breathe, and the water that you drink.

Public access TV had a world renown scientist explaining to us here in Clearlake CA that our lake is contaminated with mercury. And it is the lake that our drinking water comes from!!