The U.S. Department of Labor announced on Monday that it fined BioLab $61,000 in penalties related to a chemical fire that occurred at the company’s Conyers-based facility last September.
An investigation by the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) found that the fire originated at a company warehouse that “improperly stored hazardous chemicals,” according to a press release.
OSHA cited the chemical manufacturing company for four serious and two other-than-serious violations, totaling $61,473 in proposed penalties.
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