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 re-occur,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 because the company did not provide timely documentation that the issues had been corrected and the follow-up inspection found uncorrected hazards, hazards that had been allowed to re-occur, and a new hazard.

In September,OSHA Issued Six Serious Citations to a Woodworking Company