Ill. worker dies while cleaning chemical storage tank
Company fined previously for confined space violations
OSHA has cited Phoenix Industrial Cleaning for 28 serious safety violations following the death of a worker who fell from ladder inside of a storage tank, apparently after being overcome by methylene chloride vapors at a chemical manufacturing facility in Wheeling, Ill. on Nov. 29, 2012.
"Phoenix Industrial Cleaning failed in its responsibility to evaluate working conditions and provide proper respiratory and personal protective equipment to workers,” said Diane Turek, OSHA's area director for the Chicago North Area Office in Des Plaines.