U.S. Proposes $2.78 Million Fine (against Cintas) in Worker’s Death - Eleazar Torres Gomez - Tulsa

“Federal safety officials have called for a $2.78 million penalty against the Cintas Corporation, the nation’s largest supplier of uniforms, for violations at its Tulsa plant, where a worker died when he was pulled into a large dryer.

The penalty that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Thursday evening is more than four times any previous safety penalty leveled against a service-sector company.

In March, the Cintas employee, Eleazar Torres Gomez, 46, died when a conveyer belt in the automated laundry of the Tulsa plant dragged him into an industrial dryer. Workers said Mr. Torres was trapped more than 20 minutes in temperatures that reached 300 degrees.”

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