Today’s reminder that you don’t want to know how the sausage is made: news about safety inspections involving an Alabama sausage-maker revealing basic issues with keeping workers safe.
OSHA cited Dean Sausage Company Inc. in 2022 with seven serious and seven other-than-serious violations for not ensuring machines had proper safety guards, failing to lockout/tagout machines before maintenance and servicing, using electric power and lighting installations unsafely and exposing employees to struck-by and caught-in hazards, electric shock and burns, and hazardous chemicals.
OSHA returned to the processing facility last year for a follow-up inspection and again found many of the same violations. Dean’s Sausage received citations for nine repeat and two serious violations, as well as one other-than-serious violation…