Louisiana-based Diversified Foods fined $124k by OHSA after evacuation

Posted on 19 Apr 2016 by Tim Brown

The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Louisiana food manufacturing company Diversified Food and Seasonings for 25 serious violations for exposing workers to hazardous chemicals, electrical dangers and fall hazards.

OSHA discovered the violations after an inspection of the Madisonville facility operated by Diversified Foods and Seasonings. The agency inspected the plant after an ammonia leak on 16 October, 2015, resulted in at least one worker being taken to hospital as a precaution. Hazardous materials teams and Fire Department officials attended the scene on 16 October and both the Diversified…

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