Cape Elizabeth has corrected a long list of safety violations an inspector from the Maine Department of Labor found during an unannounced visit in July, but still faces a potential $6,085 fine.
It was the first time in Michael McGovern’s 26-year tenure as Cape Elizabeth’s town manager the state department had made such an inspection.
McGovern said the inspector cited the town for “100 odds and ends,” workplace safety violations “mostly minor in nature.”
Citations ranged from a missing safety bar on a paper cutter in the Thomas Memorial Library to a $275 fine because custodians were not properly fit-tested for their respirators. The largest fine was $1,100 because the town did not have a complete written policy outlining the use and maintance of respirators by school custodians.
McGovern said many of the violations involved electrical outlets or exposed wires, which the town has spent more than $2,000 to correct.
The violations were to be corrected by Sept. 30, and McGovern said he delivered the report to state officials in person Wednesday morning. The town has appealed the $6,085 fine and was told by the state the issue of fines would be considered after the report was received.
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