OSHA seeks steep fines from Nuway Tobacco

(journalinquirer.com) The Nuway Tobacco Co. faces $59,869 in proposed fines after the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the company for 22 serious violations of workplace safety and health standards at its 200 Sullivan Ave. manufacturing plant.
Nuway makes tobacco sheets that are used as filler and wrappers for cigars.
A serious violation occurs “when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known,” OSHA Hartford area office Director Warren Simpson said Wednesday. Continued