Ukuvalwa kokhuseleko - Ukubhubha kwabantu abaninzi kwiinkampani ngoJanuwari

I-Connecticut Chamber of Commerce and Industry sisithethi soshishino eConnecticut.Amawakawaka eenkampani ezingamalungu akhuthaza utshintsho kwi-State Capitol, abumba ingxoxo malunga nokhuphiswano lwezoqoqosho, kwaye azabalazela ikamva elingcono lomntu wonke.

Ukubonelela iinkampani ezingamalungu e-CBIA nge-inshurensi entsha, eneendleko ezifanelekileyo kunye nezisombululo zezibonelelo zabasebenzi.Unyango, ubomi, ukukhubazeka, i-inshurensi yamazinyo, njl.

Ngomhla wama-28 kuJanuwari, ngo-2021, i-chiller yeplanti yokulungisa iinkukhu eGainesville, eFlorida ayiphumelelanga.Abasebenzi abathandathu basweleka emva kokuba i-chiller yesityalo ingaphumeleli, ikhupha i-nitrogen engamanzi engenambala kunye nengenavumba emoyeni wesityalo, Ukubuyisela ioksijini kwigumbi.

Abasebenzi abathathu bokulungisa bangena kwisikhenkcisi ngaphandle kokuthatha amanyathelo okhuseleko—abazange bafumane miphumo ebulalayo yokuvezwa kwenitrogen—kwaye boyiswa ngoko nangoko.

Abanye abasebenzi bangena kwelo gumbi baza boyiswa.Abasebenzi abathathu kunye nabanye abasebenzi ababini basweleka ngoko nangoko, waza owesithandathu wabhubhela endleleni eya esibhedlele.

I-US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration yaphanda ngesiganeko kwaye yafumanisa ukuba i-Foundation Food Group Inc. kunye ne-Messer LLC e-Bridgewater, eNew Jersey ayizange iphumeze naziphi na iinkqubo eziyimfuneko zokhuseleko lokukhusela ukuvuza kwe-nitrogen kwaye ayizange ibonelele abasebenzi ngempendulo.Yiba nolwazi kunye nezixhobo ezinokusindisa ubomi babo.

I-OSHA ichaze ukuphulwa kwe-59 ye-Foundation Food Group, i-Messer LLC, i-Packers Sanitation Services Inc. Ltd. yase-Keeler, i-Wisconsin, kunye ne-FS Group Inc. yase-Albertville, e-Alabama (bonke abajongene nokusebenza kwesityalo saseGainesville) Ukuziphatha kunye nesiphakamiso esicetywayo. ukuhlawula isohlwayo se-US $998,637.

I-OSHA ikhankanya ukuphulwa kwe-26 yi-Foundation Food Group Inc., kubandakanywa ukuphulwa kwe-6 ngamabomu kubasebenzi abajongene nokulimala kobushushu kunye neengozi zokuphefumula ngenxa yokukhululwa okungalawulwayo kwe-nitrogen yamanzi;ukusilela ukuphuhlisa, uxwebhu, kunye nokusebenzisa iinkqubo zokutshixa;Akukho Yazisa abasebenzi ukuba initrogen engamanzi (i-arhente yokukrwitsha) isetyenziswa kwisikhenkcisi esisesiza;musa ukuqeqesha abasebenzi kwiindlela kunye nemigqaliselo esetyenziselwa ukubona ubukho okanye ukukhululwa kwe-nitrogen;musa ukuqeqesha abasebenzi kwiingozi ze-nitrogen engamanzi, kwaye ungaqeqeshe abasebenzi Ukuqhuba uqeqesho kwiinkqubo ezingxamisekileyo zokuzikhusela.

I-arhente yafumanisa ukuba i-Messer yenzakele kwaye yafutha abasebenzi ngenxa yokukhutshwa okungalawulwayo kwe-nitrogen engamanzi;isilele ekuqinisekiseni indlela yokuphuma engenamqobo;kwaye wasilela ukuphuhlisa, uxwebhu, kunye nokusebenzisa iinkqubo zokuvala, kwaye akazange aqinisekise ukuba umqeshi womkhosi kunye nonokontraka babelane ngeenkqubo zokuvala.

I-arhente icaphule i-Packers Sanitation Services Inc. Ltd., ebonelela ngeenkonzo zokucoca kunye nococeko kweli ziko, ngelithi inkampani ayiphumelelanga ukuqeqesha abasebenzi kwiingozi ze-nitrogen engamanzi kunye ne-anhydrous ammonia, kwaye ayiphumelelanga ekuqinisekiseni ukuhlanjwa kwamehlo ngokukhawuleza, okubangele. kumatyala amabi ali-17.Ukwaphulwa, ukuphulwa okuphindaphindiweyo kabini kuyafumaneka kwaye akuthinteki.

I-OSHA ikhankanya ukuphulwa okufanayo ngabaqeshi kwi-2017 kunye ne-2018. Ukongeza, i-OSHA ifumene ukuba i-Packers ayiphumelelanga:

I-OSHA iphinde yakhankanya ukuphulwa okukhulu okusibhozo kwe-FS Group Inc., eyenza izixhobo kunye nokubonelela ngeenkonzo zoomatshini, abangaphumelelanga ukuqeqesha abasebenzi kwiingozi zomzimba kunye nempilo ye-nitrogen engamanzi kunye neenkqubo ezingxamisekileyo ezinxulumene ne-nitrogen engamanzi.

Inkampani iphinde yasilela ekuqinisekiseni ukuba iinkqubo ezithile zokuvala ezibhaliweyo zaphuhliswa kwaye zisetyenziswa, kwaye umqeshi ophetheyo kunye nonokontraka babelane ngolwazi malunga neenkqubo zokuvala.

Ezi nkampani zineentsuku zokusebenza ze-15 zokuthobela imimiselo emva kokufumana i-subpoenas kunye nezohlwayo, zicele iintlanganiso ezingekho sesikweni kunye nabalawuli beengingqi ze-OSHA, okanye zicele umngeni kwiziphumo zophando phambi kwekomiti ezimeleyo yokhuseleko lomsebenzi kunye nekomiti yokuhlaziya impilo.