Wisc. paper company exposes workers to sulfur dioxide vapors
OSHA has cited Flambeau River Papers for failing to protect workers from hazards associated with exposure to sulfur dioxide – a substance used to treat wood pulp for paper manufacturing that can cause numerous adverse effects to the respiratory tract when vapors are inhaled.
The hazards occurred at the company’s Park Falls, Wisconsin paper mill. OSHA cited eight violations, carrying proposed penalties of $42,300.