FMCSA ordered JDJD Transportation, LLC to immediately cease operations, saying the company is an imminent hazard to public safety.
The $93,700 in proposed fines and 18 violations resulted from Site Specific Targeted inspections, which are planned inspections at high-hazard workplaces where the highest rates of injuries and illnesses occur.
The freight-handling company faces two willful and six serious violations, according to the agency.
This is the second employee death in a year for the steel manufacturer, OSHA reported.
The agency has proposed a $243,750 civil penalty against the company, which is responsible for decontamination and decommissioning activities at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant located in Piketon. Ohio.
Today's public hearing in Birmingham, Ala., and another one next week in Chicago concern the proposed rule MSHA published last July.
"The company apparently blamed the victims for their own injuries, but there is clear evidence that injuries were caused by the unsafe conditions created by the company. OSHA is committed to making sure that the total disregard Ashley Furniture has shown to safety stops here and now," said Dr. David Michaels.
Caldwell-based Superior Steel Products Inc. did not protect employees from hazards related to the use of forklifts, and OSHA investigators also discovered confined space, flammable liquid, and respiratory hazards, according to an agency news release.
OSHA has cited Lone Star Management following the accident.
ARCO National Construction also received citations for serious hazards.
OSHA has cited Reybold Homes Inc. for willfully violating safety laws.
The October 2012 fire burned seven workers at an East Rutherford, N.J., plant.
A construction worker is dead after falling from a stage being built in a parking lot outside the University of Phoenix Stadium.
Two Canadian executives were sentenced to 25 days in jail after the 2013 warehouse accident.
MSHA announced that federal inspectors issued 117 citations and four orders during special impact inspections.
The memorandum represents a new effort by the agencies to work together.
The report from the National Safety Council and the Traffic Injury Research Foundation is based on extensive research and proven crash prevention tactics.
OSHA's case against the metal fuel-tank fabricator involves 25 serious violations.
"It is incumbent upon all of us to protect both the safety of our police officers and the rights and well-being of all of our citizens. We can, and we must, examine new ways to do both," Attorney General Eric Holder said Jan. 15.
The employers face more than $110,000 in fines for allegedly failing to provide protection.