10/26/12 - Liquid Manufacturing in Green Oak Township has received a hefty fine from a state agency for what it deemed to be health and safety violations. The Michigan Occupational Safety & Health Administration or MIOSHA conducted three separate inspections at the brewing, distilling and packaging facility on Whitmore Lake Road and citations were issued October 12th. MIOSHA Spokeswoman Elaine Clapp tells WHMI the total penalties issued for all three inspections is $104,300. She says the inspections were conducted concurrently and related to an employee complaint and both health and safety hazards were reviewed. She says the inspections resulted in 31 âseriousâ violations, 2 ârepeat seriousâ violations and several âother-than-seriousâ violations, which carry no penalties. Clapp says some of the violations involved machine guarding and variety related to training including lockout. There is an appeal process to contest the inspection findings, citations, penalties and abatement. Clapp says an employer has the opportunity to contest the citations completely and ask that they be vacated. An employer can also appeal the size of penalty, whether a violation should have been classified as serious or other-than-serious or request an extension for the time allowed to correct violations. Liquid Manufacturing CEO Peter Paisley declined to comment, other than to say his attorney is looking into the matter and the appeal process. (JM)
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