
The agency said it cited Zwanenberg again about two weeks before the accident, but that the company had contested the violations.

OSHA said it had cited Zwanenberg in 2017 and placed it in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program.

"This young man suffered a preventable debilitating injury because his employer failed to train him and the majority of its third-shift sanitation workers adequately to lockout equipment to ensure their own safety," said Bill Donovan, regional administrator for the DOL's Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Chicago, in a statement. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
