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Last updated on Friday, March 16, 2018
(INDIANAPOLIS) - An Indiana medical-waste disposal company is facing a $26,000 fine for violating 14 serious safety conditions.
An Indiana Department of Labor report says inspectors found the violations during repeated visits to MedAssure of Indiana, which collects, treats and disposes of medical waste from hospitals, clinics and other customers.
The Indianapolis Business Journal reports that those violations included flying debris hazards, potential shock hazards and unstable storage materials at the Indianapolis business.
A Labor Department spokeswoman says the inspection was the result of a referral from a local government agency.
The company was fined $9,000 by state regulators in 2016 for improperly accepting fetal remains, which violated its state permit. MedAssure has said those remains were tiny fetal tissue samples taken from aborted fetuses for pathology testing in Missouri.
Information from: Indianapolis Business Journal, http://www.ibj.com
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