Add It Up May 18 2005

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??