OSHA Violations Not Expected to Have Impact On Rebuilding

Story Created: Oct 10, 2008 at 4:49 PM EDT Story Updated: Oct 10, 2008 at 5:12 PM EDT UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - F.X. Matt Brewery officials have been working hard to recover from May's devastating fire. An important part of that recovery has been submitting a claim to the insurance company for the funds to make rebuilding possible. Although the brewery is just weeks away from an answer from their insurer, recent reports about OSHA violations have added a dark cloud to the recovery process. OSHA inspected the brewery just days after the fire broke out. As a result of those inspections, the brewery faced a seven thousand dollar fine for several violations. Violations included the lack of workforce training, though Nick Matt says they were just weeks overdue for their yearly training. In addition, they were fined for not having a... [read full story]