Ikigo gishinzwe umutekano n'ubuzima mu kazi (OSHA) cyavuze ko Safeway Inc. ku ya 10 Kanama, kivuga ko isosiyete yishe itegeko rya sosiyete ryo gufunga/gufunga uruganda rw'amata, kurinda imashini, n'andi mahame. Amande yose yatanzwe na OSHA ni amadolari y'Amerika 339,379.
Ikigo cyagenzuye uruganda rupakiye amata rwa Denver rukorera muri Safeway kuko umukozi yatakaje intoki enye ubwo yakoraga imashini ibumba ariko idafite ingamba zo kwirinda zikenewe.
“Safeway Inc. yari izi ko ibikoresho byayo bidafite ingamba zo kubirinda, ariko isosiyete yahisemo gukomeza gukora idatekereje ku mutekano w'abakozi,” Umuyobozi wa OSHA mu Karere ka Denver, Amanda Kupper, yagize ati mu itangazo ry'ikigo. “Ubu burangare bwatumye umukozi akomereka bikomeye burundu.”
Nk’uko OSHA ibivuga, Safeway ni ishami rya Albertsons Companies kandi ikora amaduka muri leta 35 no mu Karere ka Columbia.
OSHA yavuze ko Safeway ari icyaha gikomeye cyo kutubahiriza amategekogufungira hanze/gusohokaamahame kandi basanze ko ikigo kitabikoze:
Ikigo cyavuze ko Safeway yarenganyije ku bushake kandi bikomeye amategekogufungira hanze/gusohokaibisanzwe kuko igihe abakozi bo kubungabunga imashini ebyiri zo gushushanya mu ruganda, bananiwe gutegura, kwandika, no gukoresha intambwe ku yindi kugira ngo bagenzure ingufu zishobora guteza akaga. OSHA kandi yavuze ko Safeway yarenze ku bushake kandi bikomeye amahame yo kurinda imashini ku mashini zitarinzwe, bigatuma abakozi bagira ibyago byo gucibwa amaguru, gufatwa/gushimutwa, no gukanda.
OSHA yavuze ko Safeway yarenze cyane ku mahame agenga ubuso bw'aho batembera kugira ngo haveho amavuta ya hydraulic, bigatuma habaho ibyago byo kunyerera no kugwa. Abagenzuzi b'ibigo basanze aho basuka hadasimbuwe igihe habaga huzuye neza, kandi ikarito yashyizwe hasi ku mashini ikora.
Ikigo cyanavuze ku byo umukoresha yavuze ko binyuranyije cyane n’amahame agenga gazi ifunze ku ma cylinders ya azote adafite umutekano. Umugenzuzi yasanze cylinders ya azote iri hagati mu cyumba inyuma y’imashini ibumba yari ihagaze kandi itarakosowe.
Nyuma yo kwakira ikirego n'igihano, Safeway ifite iminsi 15 y'akazi yo kubahiriza itegeko ry'ikigo rihana n'ingoboka, isaba inama idasanzwe n'umuyobozi w'akarere wa OSHA, cyangwa kwerekana ibyavuye mu iperereza ry'ikigo imbere y'inama ishinzwe isuzuma ry'umutekano n'ubuzima mu kazi.
Gufunga/guhagarikan'amahame agenga uburinzi bw'imashini ni byo bikunze kuvugwa na OSHA. Mu mwaka w'ingengo y'imari wa 2020 urangira ku ya 30 Nzeri 2020, ikigo cyavuze kogufungira hanze/gusohokaibipimo ngenderwaho (29 CFR §1910.147) inshuro 2.065 naho ibipimo ngenderwaho byo kurinda imashini (§1910.212) inshuro 1.313. OSHA yanashyizeho gahunda y’igihugu ihoraho yo gushyira imbere abafite ubumuga bwo gucibwa ingingo, harimo kugenzura no gushyira mu bikorwa amahame agenga ubwishingizi/gufunga/guhagarika no kurinda imashini.
Igihe cyo kohereza ubutumwa: 11 Nzeri 2021
