OSHA is proposing $61,000 in penalties for Conyers-based BioLab, where a massive fire occurred last year. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the company was cited for four serious and two “other-than-serious” violations related to the September incident, which led to hospitalizations, road closures, and the evacuation of 17,000 people in the surrounding community.
From the start of the fire until October 17, residents within a two-mile radius of the plant received nightly shelter-in-place warnings from the Rockdale County Emergency Management Agency. The smoke eventually drifted into parts of metro Atlanta, where residents reported a chlorine smell and visible haze.
The company says it has been cooperating with OSHA and takes operational safety very seriously.
