OSHA cites Wisconsin manufacturer following fatality

The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed $114,000 in fines against Weather Shield Manufacturing Inc. in Ladysmith, Wis., for eight alleged violations of federal workplace safety and health standards. The fines follow an OSHA investigation of a workplace fatality.

OSHA opened an inspection in September 2005 after a forklift operator was crushed by a stack of lumber that fell at the company’s South Plant worksite in Ladysmith. One willful citation with proposed penalties of $70,000 was issued against Weather Shield for lumber bundles that were not properly stacked, secured and spaced to prevent them from falling.

source: OSHA cites Wisconsin manufacturer following fatality