30 violations, $149K in fines for Ohio ethanol facility
An Ohio ethanol production facility faces $149,800 in federal penalties after OSHA inspectors found multiple violations of chemical and grain-handling standards during three separate inspections.
The agency issued 42 serious and four other-than serious safety and health violations at Three Rivers Energy LLC, abio-refinery that processes about 16 million bushels of corn annually and has an annual production of more than 46 million gallons of ethanol.