Two maintenance employees conducting welding operations sustained serious burns to their upper bodies as the result of an explosion within a dust collector at the company's Steeleville, Ill., pasta manufacturing plant.
OSHA has cited Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. for six safety violations—including three willful—after two maintenance employees conducting welding operations sustained serious burns to their upper bodies as the result of an explosion within a dust collector at the company's Steeleville, Ill., pasta manufacturing plant on Oct. 6, 2011. Proposed penalties total $231,000.
"Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. has a responsibility to protect workers conducting welding operations from known hazards in its manufacturing plants, including explosive dust," said Karl Armstrong, director of OSHA's Fairview Heights Area Office. "OSHA is committed to protecting workers on the job, especially when employers fail to do so."
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