Ukutshixa ngaphandle/i-tagout, ukwaphulwa kokhuseleko lomatshini

I-Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) icaphule i-Safeway Inc. ngo-Agasti 10, ibanga ukuba inkampani yaphula ukuvalwa kwemveliso yobisi yenkampani, ukukhuselwa komatshini, kunye neminye imigangatho.Iyonke imali ecetywayo yi-OSHA yi-US$339,379.

I-arhente yahlola iplanti yokupakisha yobisi yaseDenver esetyenziswa yi-Safeway ngenxa yokuba umsebenzi walahlekelwa yiminwe emine ngelixa esebenza umatshini wokubumba ongenawo amanyathelo okukhusela ayimfuneko.

"I-Safeway Inc. yayisazi ukuba izixhobo zayo zazingenamanyathelo okukhusela, kodwa inkampani yakhetha ukuqhubeka nokusebenza ngaphandle kokuqwalasela ukhuseleko lwabasebenzi," kusho uMlawuli weNgingqi we-OSHA waseDenver u-Amanda Kupper kwingxelo ye-arhente.“Oku kungakhathali kwabangela ukuba umsebenzi onzakale ngokumasikizi.

Ngokutsho kwe-OSHA, i-Safeway yi-subsidiary ye-Albertsons Companies kwaye isebenza kwiivenkile kwiindawo ze-35 kunye neSithili sase-Columbia.

I-OSHA icaphule iSafeway njengolwaphulo-mthetho olumandlaukutshixa/tagoutimigangatho kwaye yafumanisa ukuba inkampani ayizange:

Le arhente ibalule ukophulwa kweSafeway ngabom nokumandunduukutshixa/tagoutumgangatho kuba xa abasebenzi bolondolozo besebenza koomatshini bokubumba ababini kumzi-mveliso, basilela ukuphuhlisa, ukurekhoda, kunye nokusebenzisa iinkqubo zenyathelo ngenyathelo ukulawula amandla anokuba yingozi.I-OSHA iphinde yakhankanya ukuphulwa kwe-Safeway ngabom kunye nokunyanzeliswa kwemigangatho yokukhusela umatshini koomatshini abangakhuselekanga, ukuveza abasebenzi engozini yokunqunyulwa, ukubambisa / ukungenelela, kunye nokutyumza.

I-OSHA icaphule ibango le-Safeway lokuba yophule ngokuqatha imigangatho yokusebenza komphezulu wokuhamba ngokuvuza kweoyile yolwelo olwenziwa ngamanzi, okubangela iingozi ezinokubakho zokutyibilika nokuwa.Abahloli beziko bafumanise ukuba iphedi yokuchitheka ayitshintshwanga xa igcwele ngokupheleleyo, kwaye nekhadibhodi ekhululekileyo yabekwa emgangathweni ecaleni komzantsi womatshini wokubumba.

Le arhente iphinde yakhankanya ibango lomqeshi lokuba lophule kanobom imigangatho yerhasi ecinezelweyo yeesilinda zenitrogen ezingakhuselekanga.Umhloli wafumanisa ukuba i-nitrogen cylinder phakathi kwegumbi emva komatshini wokubumba yayithe tye kwaye ayilungiswanga.

Emva kokufumana i-subpoena kunye nesohlwayo, i-Safeway ineentsuku zokusebenza ze-15 zokuthobela isohlwayo se-arhente kunye nomyalelo wokunceda, ucela intlanganiso engacwangciswanga kunye nomlawuli wengingqi ye-OSHA, okanye ubonise iziphumo zophando ze-arhente phambi kokuchaswa kweBhodi yoKhuseleko lwezeMpilo kunye neMpilo.

      Ukutshixa/ukukhuphakunye nemigangatho yokukhusela umatshini yimigangatho echazwe ngokuqhelekileyo yi-OSHA.Kunyaka-mali ka-2020 ophela nge-30 kaSeptemba 2020, i-arhente icaphuleukutshixa/tagoutumgangatho (29 CFR §1910.147) amaxesha angama-2,065 kunye nomgangatho wokukhusela umatshini (§1910.212) amaxesha e-1,313.I-OSHA iphinde yaphuhlisa iNkqubo ePhambili kaZwelonke eqhubekayo (NEP) yokuvelisa ukunqunyulwa, kubandakanywa nokuhlolwa kunye nokunyanzeliswa kwemigangatho yokuvala i-lockout / tagout kunye nokukhusela umatshini.