The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is looking into the circumstances behind a fatal accident on Tuesday at Resource Recycling, located on Neubrecht Road in Lima. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, an employee was working on a conveyor around 45 feet off the ground when it was turned on. Officials say the employee fell to their death.

BEF Foods Inc. in Lima has been levied a $136,532 fine for two repeat violations of machine safety standards. A 39-year-old production worker got her left arm caught in a running auger while cleaning it last year. The worker suffered multiple lacerations and the partial amputation of her arm. OSHA determined the company failed to shut down and isolate energy during maintenance work. They also say BEF failed to train employees on required lockout procedures when conducting maintenance. BEF’s Lima plant was cited for similar violations in 2016. The company has 15 business days to comply with the penalties or contest the findings. BEF Foods Inc. has 350 employees at its Lima facility.

WHEMCO Ohio Foundry has reached a settlement with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, following an accident last year that sent four people to the hospital. After initially being fined nearly $30,000, the two parties agreed WHEMCO would pay a fine close to $21,000. An explosion was reported on February 2nd, 2018, prompting a response from the Shawnee Township Fire Department. According to OSHA records, while trying to pour molten metal into a furnace a faulty ladle caused a spill of 9,600 tons of molten metal. Four people suffered various burns from the splatter. Three were hospitalized for two days, another was hospitalized for two weeks and went through rehabilitation.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is looking into an industrial accident that killed the president of the company over the weekend. 53-year-old Darren Langhals from Columbus Grove was pronounced dead Saturday morning at Colonial Surface Solutions. According to officials, Langhals was struck in the head with a steel beam, which killed him. The Allen County Sheriff's Office started the initial investigation but then handed it off to OSHA. Colonial Surface Solutions has been operating since 1975 and they have 50 employees.