Ind. fines glass maker $150K for repeat violations

Date: 21 August 2012
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Date: 21 August 2012

Indiana regulators have fined a central Indiana glass factory $150,000 after inspections found repeat violations of safety lapses discovered at the plant following a worker's 2010 death.

The Indianapolis Business Journal reports that Pilkington North America was fined following a spring inspection by the Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration at the Shelbyville plant about 25 miles southeast of Indianapolis.A July 27 safety order alleges six "repeat" violations for the Toledo, Ohio-based subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate NSG Group.Read more below.Indiana regulators have fined a central Indiana glass factory $150,000 after inspections found repeat violations of safety lapses discovered at the plant following a worker's 2010 death.

The Indianapolis Business Journal reports that Pilkington North America was fined following a spring inspection by the Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration at the Shelbyville plant about 25 miles southeast of Indianapolis.

A July 27 safety order alleges six "repeat" violations for the Toledo, Ohio-based subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate NSG Group.

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