Three Amputations on One Machine in Five Months – – DOSH Issues Three Sets of Citations, $200,000+ in Penalties

A Chino cabinet-making facility has been cited following three separate investigations by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health's High Hazard Unit (HHU) into several amputations on the same machine within five months.One of the amputations had not even been reported to Cal/OSHA, triggering a willful/regulatory violation of reporting requirements and a proposed $25,000 penalty. In all, the three sets of citations carry proposed penalties of $211,600.The HHU in Anaheim initi