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OSHA cites MHS Technical Services for fall and fire hazards at UPS conveyor installation
S3 · ~Oct 2015 · MHS Global
Record
| Company | MHS Global |
| Industry | Warehouse automation |
| Type(s) | regulatory |
| Date | ~Oct 2015 (month precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault) |
| Scale | single facility installation |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verified flag | Cited source on file; not independently re-verified |
Summary
OSHA cited Material Handling Systems/MHS Technical Services (conveyor systems integrator, same corporate family as MHS Global) for exposing workers to falls of up to 22 feet while hoisting conveyor equipment, and for using a combustible polyethylene tarp as a welding curtain creating a fire hazard, while installing high-speed conveyor systems under a UPS contract at the Addison, IL facility. Proposed penalties totaled $320,400. The company had prior similar citations in 2009, 2012, and 2014.
Primary source
U.S. Department of Labor / OSHA
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor / OSHA · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~Oct 2015 | OSHA cites MHS Technical Services for fall and fire hazards at UPS conveyor installation | U.S. Department of Labor / OSHA | U.S. Department of Labor |
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