The meat processor has been issued with ten safety citations, including for having locked exit doors, failing to provide lockout/tagout or electrical safety training, failing to provide a load backrest extension on a powered industrial truck to minimize the hazard of material falling and failing to specifically outline energy control procedures, according to OSHA.
"By failing to train employees and enforce lockout/tagout procedures, Bridgford Foods placed employees in danger of serious injury from equipment that was not properly de-energized," said OSHA's area director in Calumet City, Illinois Gary Anderson. "OSHA is committed to ensuring that workers are provided a safe and healthful workplace."
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