Greenwood’s Delta Oil Mill has been cited by the government for 25 safety and health violations following injuries to a worker earlier this year.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says in a news release today that it has proposed penalties of $83,415.
The cottonseed oil producer has 15 days to appeal.
John Stewart, the mill’s manager, was not available for comment this morning.
OSHA says a worker at the plant sustained a back injury as a result of falling through a floor opening and landing on a powered industrial truck.
The federal agency listed 22 serious safety and health violations including failing to guard wall openings, opened-sided platforms and floor holes without a cover or standard railings; and failing to inform workers of the hazards they face before entering a rail car.
There were three other-than-serious violations.
A fire on Aug. 30, caused by an overheated hydraulic pump, temporarily closed operations at the plant. It has not reopened.
