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Behr Iron & Steel Inc. Pleads Guilty to OSHA Violation Causing Death of Employee

ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2016.   A Rockford-based company pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Iain D. Johnston to willfully violating Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations, resulting in the death of an employee at the company’s facility in South Beloit, Ill.

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BEHR IRON & STEEL INC., a high volume ferrous and nonferrous scrap processor, admitted in a plea agreement that on March 10, 2014, the company failed to provide lockout/tagout protection and confined space…

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