The Komatsu facility in Peoria has four federal fines related to the death of an employee last summer. A Komatsu employee was injured, and later died, after testing hydraulic cylinders for leakage when an equipment failure released hydraulic fluid. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says Komatsu failed to develop and train employees on understanding machine energy control procedures. OSHA says it found similar violations at the Peoria facility in 2011. It also says the company failed to correct repeated failures of machine parts or document annual inspection reviews. The proposed fines total 82-thousand dollars. Komatsu has two weeks to comply with or contest the finding.
Komatsu fined for violations that led to worker death
