Beverage firm fails to provide required OSHA training
OSHA levies $192,000 fine
For Lawrence Day Davis, life was looking pretty good. He would soon be getting married. Sadly, his wedding never took place and he left behind a broken- hearted fiancée, family and friends. Davis was hired as a temporary worker at the Bacardi Bottling Plant in Jacksonville, Florida. He was 21-years old. Davis was cleaning glass from under the hoist of a palletizing machine when another employee restarted it. Davis was crushed to death. It was his first day on the job. The mandatory OSHA investigation following a job-related fatality, noted that Bacardi had not trained Davis, and other temporary employees, regarding Lockout / Tagout procedures. Bacardi was also cited for not properly training and documenting procedures for their full-time employees, not only in lockout/tagout, but in many other areas of safety concern
