IHOP PENALTIES Federal Regulators Want IHOP To Pay $25,000 For Chemical Incident
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Mamie Buoy
Reported: May. 2, 2012 3:51 PM EDT
Updated: May. 2, 2012 3:57 PM EDT
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South Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
Federal regulators are proposing $25,000 in civil penalties against IHOP Restaurants, stemming from a chlorine incident at its South Charleston restaurant that made nine workers sick.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the company for five alleged serious safety and health violations. They include failure to conduct a personal protective equipment hazard assessment; and failure to provide training, eye protection, eye wash facilities and material safety data sheets for chemicals used in the workplace.
South Charleston fire officials have said chlorine fumes dispersed throughout the building February 17th when workers mixed bleach and a cleaning agent together in a skin area.
IHOP's West Virginia director of operations, John Whittington, said he hasn't yet reviewed the citations and couldn't comment.
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