OSHA Probes Health Complaints at Alabama Car Parts Plant
Federal regulators are investigating complaints about safety problems at an automotive parts plant in Selma.
The Selma Times-Journal reports the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reviewing operations at seat manufacturer Renosol.
A vice president with Renosol parent company Lear Corp. says it’s not unusual for the agency to visit manufacturing sites.
The investigation is based partly on a list of employee complaints. A public relations firm representing the workers says about three-quarters of the plant’s 90 workers have respiratory problems associated with a chemical used in the manufacturing process.
Employees say exposure to the chemical causes asthma-like symptoms.
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