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Industryweek 13013 Tires
Industryweek 13013 Tires
Industryweek 13013 Tires
Industryweek 13013 Tires

Goodyear Reaches $1.75 Million Settlement After Four Worker Deaths

Feb. 14, 2017
Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH) settles with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company after four fatal accidents in one year.

Akron, Ohio-based Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has agreed to pay $1.75 million in penalties and overhaul its health and safety program after four fatalities occurred at its Danville, Va. plant over the course of a year.

Jeanie Strader, Kevin Waid Edmond,  Charles “Greg” Cooper  and William Scheier were killed at the facility between August 2015 and August 2016. Eleven subsequent investigations discovered numerous violations at the plant, which manufactures aviation and specialty tires.

“USW Local Union 831L is pleased that this process has concluded with a very positive settlement agreement that will benefit all of us working at the Danville Goodyear plant now and in the future,” said Danny Barber, president, USW Local Union 831L in a statement. “While nothing will replace our sister and brothers who were fatally injured, the elements of the settlement agreement between VOSH and Goodyear will greatly improve safety at the Danville Plant.”

The multifaceted agreement lays out a process for addressing workplace hazards such as machine guarding, fall protection, adequate training and forklift safety, all which contributed in some way to the fatalities. In addition, the company has a new manager to oversee changes at the plant, which employs 2,200 workers.

“Goodyear is committed to working in partnership with the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United Steelworkers to continually identify hazards and improve the safety of our Danville plant, with the goal of acceptance in the Commonwealth’s Voluntary Protection Program,” said Greg Kerr, plant manager, Goodyear Danville to the press. “On a personal note, having been recently named Danville’s plant manager, I want to assure the Danville community and all my coworkers that nothing is more important to me or Goodyear than the safety of our associates.”

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