midst allegations of child labor, mismanagement, and racism, Hyundai’s supply chain in Alabama just can’t seem to “catch a break” as they are now facing penalization for the death of a worker on the shop floor. But to demonstrate just how much employers can get away with, this citation comes 7 years after the death occurred.
20-year-old Regina Elsea, an employee at a metal stamping plant that makes parts for Hyundai in Cusseta Industrial Park, was killed while performing maintenance on the shop floor when a robotic component reset itself and crushed her to death. This was in June of 2016, and a push to penalize the plant has been in progress ever since, only now, 7 years later, coming to fruition.
“The Department of Labor, a week or so ago, had a press release saying: ‘An administrative law judge affirmed citations that an Alabama automotive parts supplier pay $1.3 million dollars in penalties, after a 20-year-old worker’s 2016,” Jacob said during last week’s show when the penalty was discussed, quoting a statement from the U.S. Department of Labor.
Jacob went on to announce that OSHA was part of the investigation and found the automotive parts supplier was guilty of over 50 safety violations, and over three-quarters of those were deemed “willful violations.”
For a full breakdown of the citations, watch the full discussion on YouTube: