Worker loses fingers, OSHA Fines East EP Company

manufacturer is accused of safety violations! abc-7’s andrew j. polk went to “el paso tool and dies” o pellicano between yarbrough and lomaland. here’s what he learned: :15 :38 after a two month investigation, osha – the occupational safety and health aministration – says this el paso manufacturer will have to make fixes for numerous safety violations – and pay $119- thousand dollars in fines. nats “the 61 pag citation document lists 33 different types of violations osha says el paso tool and die committed, also doing business as stampcoat, and this all started osha says when an employee lost three of his fingers – index, middle, and part of his ring finger in an accident. and then during the investigation, another employee lost the tip of his thumb.” “this would be one o the more severe circumstances, so based on that particular incident, we decided to open an investigation.” osha’s el paso area director diego alvarado junior says this was a particularly large investigation for our area. “it encompassed several other machines and the guarding of those machines, energy control of machining hazards, hearing conservation issues, some forklift issues, etc.” reached out to the company by phone, email and in person… but wasn’t able to speak with owner salvador robles directly. employees i talked with said they had seen the report… and were worried about the plant closing alvarado says osha’s purpose is not to shut a company down … the owner can pay the fine, contest it in court or… “come on int the area office here at the local level, discuss the citations here with me, and hopefully come to some sort of resolution or settlement offer here at the local level.” andrew j. polk, abc-7. el paso tool and die’s owner, sal robles, did send us a statement, saying quote – “we received the osha citations yesterday and are in the process of reviewing them. “we have been in business for many years and are committed to the safety and health of our employees.” the company has 15 days to decide how to respond to the citation. talk of more jobs coming to el paso… and we’re seeing that with a group of companies in town looking