Steel Dynamics fined $240,000
Updated: Thursday, 29 Oct 2009, 10:55 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 29 Oct 2009, 10:55 AM EDT
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- - Indiana labor officials have fined Steel Dynamics $240,000 for
safety violations discovered after a worker died at its
Jeffersonville steel plant.
Deputy labor commissioner Chuck Carter of the Indiana
Occupational Safety and Health Administration says Shay Fanase
Jr.'s death was caused by "a terrible design" that required him to
open a furnace and put his head inside in order to pull parts
through.
The 21-year-old man died Aug. 8, three days after he was
overcome by nitrogen while working in a confined space at the steel
processing plant.
A state inspection after his death found 15 safety violations
at the plant, nine of them serious.
A Steel Dynamics spokesman says the company would not comment
because it had not seen the state's report.
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Information from: The Courier-Journal,
http://www.courier-journal.com
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