A suburban 51ºÚÁÏ company could face nearly $200,000 in fines after the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited 37 health and safety violations in an investigation that began after a fatal accident.
A worker at Resource Management in Earth City died June 12 in an accident involving a baling machine at the recycling company.
OSHA said Monday that 22 of the 37 violations are considered serious. The agency proposed fines of $195,930.
Resource Management has 15 business days to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA, or contest the findings. The company's senior vice president, Greg Maxwell, says officials plan to discuss the findings with OSHA.
The co-worker found Mario Montoya, 43, inside a baler compactor machine at Resource Management's plant at 4375 Ryder Trail North, according to a preliminary investigation by the 51ºÚÁÏ County medical examiner's office. The machinery was a compactor for recycling paper.
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Montoya apparently got fatally injured while trying to fix a jam, authorities said at the time.
Montoya had lived in the 7500 block of Riddle Court in 51ºÚÁÏ County.
Resource Management in Earth City is the largest materials recovery facility in the area; its sorting line separates materials for bulk sale. The plant is the company's only Missouri location. Resource Mangement has three plants and its corporate offices in Illinois.
