Add It Up May 18 2005
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Proposed fine for safety violations at Golden State Food Corporation in Conyers?
$76,000
Average fine for a serious violation of U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations?
$873
Highest possible OSHA fine for a willful workplace safety violation resulting in an employee death?
$25,000
Number of days OSHA gave Golden State Food Corporation to clean up its plant?
15
Years since Golden State Food Corporation was honored at the Governor's Pollution Prevention Awards ?
6
Number of years it would take OSHA to visit every workplace in Georgia once
55
Number of Latinos killed in the workplace in Georgia in 2003 ?
26
Percent increase in fatalities of Latino workers nationwide between 1992 and 2001?
67
Percent of the U.S. work force comprised of Latinos in 2003 ?
14
Percent of construction fatalities nationwide involving Latinos in 2000
24
Percent of illegal immigrants who can legally drive to work after the U.S. Real ID Act goes into effect?
0
Sources: OSHA, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, AFL-CIO??