The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited an automobile parts manufacturer and two staffing suppliers for exposing employees to safety hazards at its facility in Auburn, Alabama.

OSHA cited Donghee Alabama LLC for willfully exposing employees to caught-in and crushed-by hazards by requiring them to operate machines with non-functioning safety laser scanners, according to OSHA. The scanners are designed to prevent employees from placing their bodies inside dangerous zones during the operating cycle. OSHA also cited the two staffing agencies for exposing their workers to hazards from operating machines with non-functioning light curtains and laser safety scanners.

Donghee Alabama faces $135,019 in penalties; the staffing firms that provided employees to work at the manufacturing facility – J & C Enterprise LLC and Jian Enterprise LLC – face penalties of $6,630 and $3,789 respectively.

The companies have 15 business days from receipt of its citation and penalties to respond.