Newark Recycling Plant Cited For 14 OSHA Violations

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited a Newark recycling plant with more than a dozen “serious” safety and health violations on Thursday.

G&F Recycling and Salvage Inc. - a recycling facility located on Frelinghuysen Avenue – allegedly exposed its workers to amputation hazards by not having procedures to prevent inadvertent machine start-up, known in the industry as “lockout/tagout.”

OSHA Inspectors also cited the company for having emergency exit stairways that were blocked by up to six feet of debris, allowing workers to operate forklifts without the proper training and certification, exposing workers to the hazard of being struck or run over by damaged wheel loaders, and exposing workers to noise hazards.

“The safety and health hazards found during this inspection put G&F workers at risk of being seriously injured or killed,” said Kris Hoffman, director of OSHA’s Parsippany Area Office.

OSHA is proposing penalties that total $53,900. The company has been given an Aug. 28 deadline to abate the alleged violations.

See the full list of citations here.

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