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Sterilization Firm Cited for Repeat Ethylene Oxide Hazards

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OSHA has proposed $117,000 in fines against Steris Isomedix Services Inc., a medical devices sterilization company in Waukegan, Ill., for repeat and serious violations of federal workplace safety standards. As the result of a safety and health inspection conducted in August 2007, OSHA issued the company citations for three repeat violations, with proposed penalties of $62,500, for failing to provide adequate protection, training, monitoring, and emergency plans regarding employee exposure to ethylene oxide (EtO), a dangerous, colorless gas used in the sterilization process.

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