
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, July 24, 1990                   TAG: 9007240171
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

FORD AGREES TO $1.2 MILLION OSHA FINE

Ford Motor Co. agreed Monday to pay a $1.2 million fine for repeatedly failing to keep track of on-the-job injuries, the government said.

In a separate settlement with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Ford agreed to launch a program to reduce hazards caused by repetitive-motion tasks at 96 percent of its plants. The Labor Department said it was the most extensive such settlement in OSHA's history. A Ford spokesman said about 150,000 workers would be affected.

The fine involves record-keeping violations found by OSHA investigators in 1989 at a Ford Electronics and Refrigeration facility in Lansdale, Pa.

Ford spokesman Dick Routh attributed the poor records to carelessness. "We had not put the effort into it that we should have. Certainly, OSHA got our attention with the size of the fine," he said.

by CNB