The Virginia Occupational Safety and Health program (VOSH) says the agreement, which includes the United Steelworkers, lays out a process for the elimination of numerous hazards identified in 11 inspections in the last 18 months.
The agreement calls for $1 million to go to the state with $750,000 set aside for use at the Danville plant to abate hazards.
Investigations were conducted into four worker deaths:
Among the citations issued to Goodyear:
A judge must sign off on the settlement for it to become final.
Goodyear also agrees to apply to VOSH’s Voluntary Protection Program. The VPP application process may take as long as five years. Goodyear will also host three VPP Best Practices Day training sessions for hundreds of employees from around the state during 2017, 2018 and 2019.
The Danville facility employs about 2,200 workers and manufactures aviation and specialty tires.
“Goodyear is committed to working in partnership with the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United Steelworkers to continually identify hazards and improve the safety of our Danville plant,” said Greg Kerr, plant manager.
Source: safetynewsalert
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