The investigation into the workplace death of Goodyear employee William “Billy” Scheier is complete, and the state is in the process of issuing citations soon against the plant related to the August fatality, said an official with the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program.
VOSH also is reaching a settlement with Goodyear over fines and citations issued last year as a result of health and safety inspections by the state, said Jennifer Rose, VOSH safety director with the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry.
The Goodyear plant was hit with more than $1 million in fines and more than 100 citations in October as a result of health and safety inspections by the state. Three fatalities happened there in 2016, in addition to the Aug. 31, 2015 death of Jeanie Lynne Strader.
