Millenium Designed Muzzleloaders Fined $1.2 Million by OSHA

[MaineCWPtraining]

Colebrook company fined $1.2M by OSHA after fatal explosion

COLEBROOK – Five months after a deadly explosion rocked this North Country town, the manufacturer of a gun powder substitute has been fined a total of $1.2 million by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Two men were killed on May 14 in the explosion at Millenium Designed Muzzleloaders, in the Colebrook Industrial Park. Following an invesigation, OSHA issued a total of 54 workplace safety and health citations with penalties totaling $1.2 million.\

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[NHAtHeart]

Is it just me or is OSHA like the police, they show up after the fact, take notes and punish people but don't do a lot of prevention? If the place had 54 violations, shouldn't OSHA have found these prior to the explosion and saved 2 lives? What a useless governmental agency, oh wait, most of them are useless.

 

[Mr Weebles]

OSHA is a government fundraiser, nothing more. I worked in a precious metals refinery during college and they'd show up once every two weeks, make a list of petty BS violations and give the plant manager a document listing them along with a fine.

The company considered it part of the cost of doing business.

 

[DickWanner]

And where exactly does the 1.2 million go anyways? Surely not the the families of the victims