OSHA cited Cimbar Performance Minerals with 20 health and safety violations and fined the company $214,550 for exposing workers to hazardous chemicals and excessive noise levels at the company's Cadet, Mo., ore crushing facility. Inspectors found that employers had failed to protect workers from exposure to lead and arsenic. Overexposure to lead can cause brain damage, paralysis, kidney disease and even death, and acute exposures to arsenic can cause lung distress and death. Inspectors also cited the company for willfully ignoring its responsibility to protect workers from the risk of hearing loss due to excessive noise levels from machinery.
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