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Omaha Steve

(99,628 posts) Wed Aug 7, 2013, 06:41 AM Aug 2013

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OSHA proposes $45,500 in fines for grain elevator over safety issues

http://www.omaha.com/article/20130807/NEWS/130809215/1707#osha-proposes-45-500-in-fines-for-grain-elevator-over-safety-issues

Published Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at 2:19 am / Updated at 2:27 am

WILBER, Neb. — Federal regulators are proposing $45,500 in fines for what they say were two safety violations at a grain elevator in the southeast town of Wilber.

The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a press release Tuesday that it is seeking to fine the Farmers Cooperative elevator in Wilber.

Farmers Cooperative is based in Dorchester and has facilities in 40 Nebraska and Kansas communities.

FULL story at link.