OSHA says Kingdom Projects has provided documentation proving citations were fixed
UPDATE 7/19/16: According to OSHA, the three serious violations were fixed, thru documentation.
OSHA Area Director of St. Louis, Bill McDonald told ABC 17 News that Kingdom Projects met with OSHA and discussed the three violations, appealing one.
OSHA says they came to an agreement and erased one of the violations issued to the workshop. Totaling their violations down from $10,500 to $6,750.
A physical visit hasn’t been done by OSHA yet to verify that the citation fixes are up to their standards but McDonald says there is a high probability it will happen since a fatality occurred.
Referring back to the death of the worker, who was killed after getting hit by a fork lift and dying of his injuries shortly after. OSHA says whoever is maneuvering the forklift has to be certified to do so.
ABC 17 News went back to Kingdom City to check back in for comment but was told, “no directors would be available to talk.”
ORIGINAL: Several new serious citations were issued for a sheltered workshop in Fulton.
At the end of June, OSHA issued three violations to Kingdom Projects in Fulton after a worker was killed at the beginning of April.
Fulton Police Department told ABC 17 News that the investigation has been closed, and they believe the cause of death was a tragic accident.
OSHA started an investigation back in April after a 42 year old male recycling sorter was struck by a truck and died of his injuries shortly after.
OSHA told ABC 17 News that the three citations issued were serious. Citations ranged from, place of employment not kept clean, failure to prevent employee’s from vehicle struck hazards, and failure to cover a floor hole near fixed machinery. The three citations totaled to $10,500.
ABC 17 News visited Kingdom Projects today, asking if the citations would be fixed they responded, “of course we will fix those.” When asked about any more information about the workers death, the response from the director was, “everyone that needs to know already knows.”
OSHA says Kingdom Projects has 15 days to either fix the problem or schedule an informal conference to appeal the violations. OSHA says they haven’t heard from the company, but Kingdom Projects told ABC 17 that they did respond to the citations.
OSHA says Kingdom Project has till July 18th to fix the problem. Still unknown at this time whether the problem has been fixed by Kingdom Projects.
