One violation was related to a 2010 accident involving a machine with rotating saw blades that severely cut an employee’s hand, eventually resulting in amputation.
“Last year, 15 West Virginians died on the job,” Perdue said. “Workplace safety is a critically serious matter that should not be part of a political agenda.
“Yet over the course of the past two years, Cole and his legislative team’s top priorities were rolling back mine safety regulations; adopting a so-called ‘Right to Work’ law that has led to a higher number of workplace deaths in other states; revoking a Prevailing Wage that encouraged hiring employees with proper safety training; and passing laws to give unsafe employers legal protection.”
Details of some of S&S Screw Machine Holding Co.’s violations can be viewed here:
