Federal workplace authorities fined the popular Pennsylvania candy factory $14,500 and categorized citation as ‘serious’
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has since cited the multinational food company Mars Wrigley in connection with the accident. According to OSHA, the workers were not authorized to operate in the tanks and were also not sufficiently trained with the safety procedures surrounding factory equipment.
“The employer did not ensure that the employee had the knowledge of the type and magnitude of the energy for the task,” OSHA, adding: “The host employer did not provide the outside employer with the correct energy control procedure or work authorization permit.”Last week, a Mars Wrigley spokespersonthe Associated Press that the safety of workers and external contractors “is a top priority for our business”.
“As always, we appreciate OSHA’s collaborative approach to working with us to conduct the after-action review,” the spokesperson added. The Elizabethtown factory is known for making an assortment of candy including M&Ms and Dove chocolate,last year, a 39-year-old worker and father of three fell into an 11ft-deep pot of molten iron and was incinerated at construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar’s factory in Mapleton, Illinois, prompting an OSHA investigation.released last December by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 5,190 fatal work injuries recorded across the country in 2021. That was an 8.
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