Ultium Cells has contested each one of the 19 health and safety violations federal investigators say they uncovered at the electric-vehicle battery-cell manufacturer’s factory in Lordstown, according to a regulatory agency’s website.
The cases now rest with the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, an independent federal agency that decides contests of citations or penalties issued by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
The commission does not have a public online docket to monitor cases before its administrative law judges, but a spokesperson for the agency said the cases were recently docketed and are in the earliest stage.
Meanwhile, a spokesman with OSHA said it could take up to one year before there is a final decision.
According to reports on OSHA’s website, investigators inspected the factory April 24 and May 5, finding 17 serious and two other-than-serious violations.
Inspectors found the company “exposed workers to machine and chemical hazards by failing to use and train workers on safety and emergency response procedures,” an Oct. 12 news release from OSHA states.
OSHA also found the company did not comply with federally-required safety standards regarding use of personal protective equipment, including respirators, the release states.
The agency recommended a more than $270,000 fine against the company, which, according to OSHA’s website, contested the violations Oct. 26.
Said Katie Burdette, spokesman for Ultium Cells,...
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