Ohio Company Fined $250K, Gets Probation in Worker’s Death
A federal judge has fined a northeast Ohio company $250,000 and has placed it on two years’ probation for covering up previous safety concerns during an investigation of an accident that killed one worker and seriously injured another in 2012.
The Vindicator newspaper reports Extrudex Aluminum Inc. was sentenced Friday in Youngstown.
Twenty-one-year-old John Tomlin Jr., of Niles, was killed when racks weighing more than 4,000 pounds (1,814 kilograms) and containing hot aluminum products tipped over and crushed him.
The plant’s manager and safety coordinator pleaded guilty last month to one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. Authorities say they tried to hinder an investigation of the accident. They’re scheduled to be sentenced in October.
A message seeking comment was left Saturday with Extrudex’s attorney.
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