WNYCOSH Releases “Risky Business: Wendt Corporation Walkthrough Inspection & Safety Record Review”

Risky Business is the result of a 4 month study of company and OSHA reports, worker interviews, and a facility walk through in May of 2018. What’s detailed in the report are patterns of lax safety planning, policies, and procedures in a very high risk industry.

WNYCOSH discovered the following serious health and safety concerns:

• • Questionable atmospheric conditions
  • Welding hazard exposures known to cause serious effects on health and safety
  • Lack of adequate training and related documentation
  • Pressure on workers to perform unsafe tasks placing production over safety
  • Inadequate material handling equipment
  • Lack of guarding on machinery and equipment throughout the facility exposing workers to impact from flying debris
  • Procedures placing an emphasis on the worker changing their behavior rather than protecting workers from hazards
  • Crushing, caught in between, or struck by hazards caused by workers performing tasks next to or underneath suspended material
  • Multiple storage racks, or material handling equipment at risk for overloading
  • Unsecured machinery and equipment throughout the facility
  • Guardrails that can be moved by touching them because they are not attached to the floor
  • Malfunctioning equipment that moves without operator control
  • Explosion hazards

Read the full report here.