Have you ever fired someone for violating a company safety rule? In this case, a company did just that and then found itself in court on a charge of racial discrimination.

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Tags: lockout/tagout, racial discrimination, safety violation

When it’s time to clean or perform maintenance on machinery, are your workers sure they know the proper lockout/tagout procedures to prevent serious injury? How about your newest workers?

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Tags: hand caught in meat grinder, lockout/tagout, maintenance on machinery

Laundry company Cintas Corp. has reached a settlement with OSHA to resolve six safety-related cases, including one that resulted in a worker fatality.

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Tags: Cintas, Fatality, lockout/tagout, OSHA fine, settlement