OSHA cites Wisconsin manufacturer after worker’s leg crushed

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Wisconsin-based heavy fabrication manufacturing company after a worker’s leg was crushed by a falling load.

OSHA said Monday it cited Kewaunee Fabrications LLC, which manufactures aerial ladders and mounting plates primarily used for fire trucks, for one willful and 11 serious violations and proposed a penalty of $250,696.

The agency said the worker was seriously injured when a falling load from a below-the-hook magnet crushed his leg at the manufacturing site in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, on June 7.

The company has 15 business days to contest the citations.