Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has been fined more than $1 million following safety, health, fatality and accident inspections at its Danville, Va., plant, local media reports.
On Oct. 7, the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry’s Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH) program issued 4 willful, 115 serious and 3 other violations to the tiremaker, totaling $1,012,400 in penalties, according to VOSH documents.
The four employee deaths in 2015 and 2016 were included in the citations, as well as two non-fatal accidents and health and safety violations found during inspections.
Tire Review received the following comment from Goodyear:
“Goodyear is committed to the health and safety of all its associates. We are reviewing the citations received from the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH) program office this week and will work with VOSH and the United Steel Workers to implement any necessary additional corrective actions at our Danville plant, beyond those we have already identified ourselves and are addressing. Goodyear is following the standard administrative process for responding to the VOSH citations.”
According to VOSH, Goodyear has 15 days from receiving the citations to comply, request an informal conference with VOSH’s Roanoke Regional Director, or contest the citations and penalties.
