A federal workplace safety agency has cited a northeastern Nebraska egg processing plant where a worker was killed last year.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a news release that the Michael Foods plant in Wakefield violated several safety provisions in the September death of a worker.
OSHA determined that the plant failed to properly brace a dock leveler as it was undergoing maintenance, causing it to fall on the employee who was helping with the maintenance. A dock leveler is a device used to allow a forklift to travel between a loading dock and a trailer.
OSHA says Michael Foods faces $188,464 in proposed penalties and has 15 business days to respond.
A spokeswoman at the company’s Minnetonka, Minnesota, headquarters did not immediately respond to an email Friday seeking comment.
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