Two temporary workers injured in an explosion at Polychem Services Inc., were unable to return to work for months after being hospitalized with first- and second-degree burns, after their work site was ignited by a gas-powered forklift.
After learning of the Sept. 4, 2014, incident, OSHA investigators inspected the Chicago Heights facility and identified six willful, one repeated and four serious safety violations. Proposed penalties total $110,000.