The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was cited by OSHA for endangering maintenance employees working on steam lines.
OSHA identified one willful violation and two repeated violations by the department's Northern Arizona Veterans Affairs Healthcare System and issued three serious notices for exposing employees to burns and other serious injuries. The findings come after a pair of workers died at the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System in West Haven, Connecticut, in November 2020 after suffering fatal burns while working on a steam line.