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Northrop Grumman

Occupational Safety and Health Administration Citation

Date: 09/06/2002 (Date of News Release)

Misconduct Type: Labor

Enforcement Agency: Labor – OSHA

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $131,000

Disposition: Fine

Synopsis: After a welder was crushed between two ship modules, the Labor department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigated the company’s safety standards. “OSHA cited the company's Gulfport facility, where about 800 employees make modules used in ship construction, for 33 serious safety violations with a proposed penalty of $131,000...As part of the pre-citation settlement, Northrop Grumman accepted all citations, agreed not to contest the inspection results and paid all penalties.”