OSHA has cited an East Hartford mattress recycler for uncorrected, new and recurring hazards for workers. It faces $74,000 in penalties.
Recyc-Mattress Corp. was first inspected in 2015 and violations were found. After that, the company failed to provide the Hartford area office of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration with information that it had remedied all the hazards cited. OSHA began an inspection last Jan. 12 to verify correction of the hazards.
Warren Simpson, OSHA’s Hartford area director, said in a statement, “In this instance, employees were exposed to the risk of electric shock, being caught in a shredder, chemical hazards and being unable to exit the workplace swiftly in the event of a fire or other emergency. Recyc-Mattress Corp. must correct these hazards immediately.”
Recyc-Mattress President/CEO Eric Castro insisted Monday that all the alleged violations have been corrected and that he is set to meet Tuesday with OSHA officials to seek reduction and/or removal of the fines.
