Million-Dollar Fine: OSHA, Ashley Furniture Reach Comprehensive Settlement Over Health and Safety Violations
Ashley Furniture has agreed to abate all hazards and implement safeguards to prevent future injuries, as well as pay a $1.75 million fine.
OSHA and Ashley Furniture, the nation’s largest retailer of home furnishings, have entered into a corporate-wide settlement agreement that the agency believes provides an effective framework for protecting workers from machine hazards. The agreement also resolves all pending OSHA citations at the company’s plants in Arcadia and Whitehall, Wisconsin, and in Ecru and Ripley, Mississippi.
