In September, OSHA issued six serious citations to a woodworking company for exposing employees to hazards from paint and lacquer vapors and for improperly stored flammable materials.Proposed penalties were $7,250.In December, OSHA proposed additional penalties of $27,800 because the company did not provide timely documentation that the issues had been corrected and a follow-up inspection found three uncorrected hazards, three hazards that had been allowed to reoccur, and a new hazard.The December proposed penalty is for which type of violation?

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The December proposed penalty is for a failure to abate violation, as the company did not timely document that they had corrected the initial hazards and failed to correct three hazards found during a follow-up inspection.

In September, OSHA Issued Six Serious Citations to a Woodworking