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Officials: Unsafe Work Environment Lead To Death

By Eric Clabaugh
June 18, 2010 Updated Jul 3, 2009 at 9:39 AM EST

ELKHART, Ind. (AP) - State inspectors are citing a northern
Indiana lumber recycling plant with safety violations in the death
of a worker.
The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration report
says VIM Recycling in Elkhart did not do enough to maintain
"reasonably safe" conditions before 40-year-old Jose Luis
Guerrero Chavarria was killed on May 6.
He was gathering up debris that had fallen beside a wood grinder
when he was struck by an excavator.
The agency proposed a $6,000 fine and for VIM to fix the
violations by July 20.
VIM spokesman Tom Holt said the company would work with IOSHA to
improve safety.
A 2007 fire at the plant killed one worker and seriously injured
another. State officials fined VIM $10,000 for safety violations.



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