OSHA Enters Feed Provider Into 'Severe' Enforcement Program, Publicizes Action

OSHA has entered into its Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) an agriculture feed supplement employer whose storage bins collapsed in January, killing two people and devastating the facility -- and OSHA also called out the employer in a highly publicized statement, as industry while lamenting the tragedy questions the agency's approach to putting employers in such programs prior to completion of legal contest.