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NEWPORT An Eastern Washington aerospace company has been fined $500,000 by the state Department of Labor and Industries, one of the largest penalties ever assessed by the agency. <\/p>\n
The agency announced the settlement Thursday in its case against Zodiac Cabin & Structures Support LLC of Newport. <\/p>\n
Seventeen workers were injured in an explosion at Zodiacs plant in mid-July 2015. An L&I investigation completed in January 2016 found 17 willful violations, one for each worker who was injured and hospitalized. The company was originally fined $1.3 million. <\/p>\n
Zodiac appealed the citation and the two parties reached the settlement. <\/p>\n
The explosion at Zodiac Aerospace on July 14 was due to defective equipment and the lack of proper safety procedures, L&I said upon completion of its investigation. Zodiac Cabin was required to fix problems and will be subject to follow-up inspections. <\/p>\n
The Newport plant has reopened. It makes plastics and other composite materials used in the production of airplane cabin interiors. <\/p>\n
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