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Article: ANSONIA COPPER, BRASS FACES $212,000 IN FINES FROM DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S OSHA
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 5, 2008
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The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety & Health Administration issued the following press release:
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Ansonia Copper and Brass Inc. for 70 alleged serious, repeat and other violations of workplace safety and health standards at the company's Waterbury, Conn., tube mill. The company faces a total of $212,000 in proposed fines following wall-to-wall OSHA inspections of the plant begun in February.
"The sizable fines proposed here reflect the breadth of hazards found during our inspections and the fact that the company had been cited for similar conditions in the past," said Robert ...