Pakutseka/kutulutsa mawu, kuphwanya malamulo a chitetezo cha makina

Bungwe la Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) linanena mawu a Safeway Inc. pa Ogasiti 10, ponena kuti kampaniyo inaphwanya lamulo la kampani loletsa/kuletsa kugwiritsa ntchito fakitole ya mkaka, chitetezo cha makina, ndi miyezo ina. Chindapusa chonse chomwe OSHA yapereka ndi US$339,379.

Bungweli linayang'ana fakitale yopaka mkaka ku Denver yomwe imayendetsedwa ndi Safeway chifukwa wantchito adataya zala zinayi pamene ankagwiritsa ntchito makina oumba omwe analibe njira zodzitetezera.

"Safeway Inc. inkadziwa kuti zida zake zinalibe njira zodzitetezera, koma kampaniyo inasankha kupitiriza kugwira ntchito popanda kuganizira za chitetezo cha ogwira ntchito," adatero Mtsogoleri wa Chigawo cha OSHA ku Denver, Amanda Kupper, m'mawu a bungweli. "Kusasamala kumeneku kunapangitsa kuti wantchito avulale kwambiri."

Malinga ndi OSHA, Safeway ndi kampani yothandizidwa ndi Albertsons Companies ndipo imagwira ntchito m'masitolo m'maboma 35 ndi District of Columbia.

OSHA inatchula Safeway ngati kuphwanya kwakukulu malamulo akutseka/kutulutsa mawumiyezo ndipo adapeza kuti kampaniyo sinachite izi:

Bungweli linatchula kuti Safeway inaphwanya dala lamulo lakutseka/kutulutsa mawumuyezo chifukwa pamene ogwira ntchito yokonza makina awiri oumbira mufakitale, analephera kupanga, kulemba, ndi kugwiritsa ntchito njira zowongolera mphamvu zomwe zingakhale zoopsa. OSHA inanenanso za kuswa mwadala komanso kwakukulu kwa Safeway miyezo yoteteza makina kwa makina osatetezedwa, zomwe zimaika antchito pachiwopsezo chodulidwa ziwalo, kugwidwa/kutsekeredwa, ndi kuphwanyidwa.

OSHA inatchula zomwe Safeway inanena kuti inaphwanya kwambiri miyezo ya pamwamba pa ntchito yoyenda chifukwa cha kutayikira kwa mafuta a hydraulic, zomwe zinayambitsa ngozi zotsetsereka ndi kugwa. Oyang'anira mabungwe adapeza kuti chotsukiracho sichinasinthidwe pamene chinali chodzaza mokwanira, ndipo khadibodi yotayirirayo inayikidwa pansi pansi pa makina opangira.

Bungweli linatchulanso zomwe bwanayo ananena kuti linaphwanya kwambiri miyezo ya mpweya wopanikizika wa masilinda osatetezeka a nayitrogeni. Woyang'anira adapeza kuti silinda ya nayitrogeni pakati pa chipinda kumbuyo kwa makina oumbira inali yoyima ndipo sinakonzedwe.

Pambuyo polandira chikalata choitanira anthu ku ofesi ya boma ndi chilango, Safeway ili ndi masiku 15 ogwira ntchito kuti itsatire lamulo la chilango ndi chithandizo cha bungweli, kupempha msonkhano wosavomerezeka ndi mkulu wa chigawo cha OSHA, kapena kupereka zotsatira za kafukufuku wa bungweli pamaso pa bungwe lotsutsa za Chitetezo ndi Umoyo pa Ntchito.

      Kutseka/kutulutsa mawundipo miyezo yoteteza makina ndiyo miyezo yomwe OSHA imatchula kwambiri. Mu chaka cha ndalama cha 2020 chomwe chimatha pa Seputembala 30, 2020, bungweli linatchulakutseka/kutulutsa mawumuyezo (29 CFR §1910.147) nthawi 2,065 ndipo muyezo woteteza makina (§1910.212) nthawi 1,313. OSHA yapanganso Pulogalamu Yofunika Kwambiri ya Dziko (NEP) yopitilira popanga ziwalo zodulidwa, kuphatikizapo kuyang'anira ndi kukakamiza miyezo yotsekera/kutulutsa ndi kuteteza makina.