OSHA calls for $90,000 in penalties for Griffin Industries’ Florida plant.

The AP (9/10) reports, “The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $91,275 in penalties following an inspection of Griffin Industries in Starke. The rendering plant is being cited with one willful violation and a $55,000 proposed penalty for not providing workers with fall protection when working above an industrial blender. It also faces another $36,275 in proposed penalties for five other OSHA violations.”

        The Gainesville Sun (9/9, Clark) added that the citations “include three serious and one ‘other-than-serious’ violations for failing to anchor a machine, not providing a lock to lock-out equipment, not shutting down equipment during cleaning and not covering a floor hole. Griffin has 15 days to comply, request a meeting or contest the citations and penalties. … The company, headquarted in Cold Spring, Ky., collects and recycles meat and poultry by-products, grocery scraps, restaurant grease and bakery waste for use in pet and animal food, leather, turf, and industrial/chemical and petroleum industries.”