Braselton, Ga. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposes to fine poultry processor KD Acquisition I LLC, doing business as Coleman Natural Foods, $164,300 for a list of safety violations at its KD5 plant in Braselton, including handling of anhydrous ammonia. The other violations involve failing to install machine guards and sealing electrical enclosures after receiving a complaint in July about safety hazards. Proposed penalties total $142,150. The four ammonia violations, which are considered serious and invoke a $21,150 penalty, involve failing to provide an ammonia detector that would warn of gas dispersal into the air and failure to provide training to workers acting in the capacity of hazardous materials technicians when accessing equipment during emergency releases of ammonia. "OSHA will not tolerate conditions that endanger employee safety. The company has been cited for similar hazards in the past, and there is no excuse for OSHA finding them again during our latest inspection," said William Fulcher, director of the agency’s Atlanta-East area office. "Management must correct these violations before a serious injury occurs to one of KD Acquisition’s workers."
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