The Indian Mountain Lake Civic Association is facing fines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration after an employee was severely injured while working with an under-the-tailgate salt spreader.

The injury, which occurred on Feb. 3, was not reported to OSHA within the required 24 hours. Specifics of the injury have not been released.

The violation, which was issued on Feb. 26, includes three citations related to the incident.

The first citation is identified as a “serious” violation.

According to the OSHA inspection report, the violation pertains to failing to have a procedure or training in place to make employees aware of the potential of unexpected release of energy or startup of machinery.

More specifically the citation referred to the employer not having “a lockout/tagout program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections for the maintenance and servicing of equipment.”

The fine assessed for the first violation is $5,174.

The second violation reported as “other-than-serious” was related to lack of proper employee training regarding the use of labels and safety data sheets.

The violation stated that the “Employees worked with hazardous chemicals, including, but not limited to Safe-T-Salt (sodium chloride), and the employer did not provide these employees with the required OSHA Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals.”

There was no fine assessed for this violation.

The third violation is related to the delay in reporting the incident to OSHA.

Regulations require employers to report any incident of inpatient hospitalization of employees or of an amputation or loss of an eye to be reported to OSHA within 24 hours of its occurrence.

The citation states that, “The employer did not report to OSHA an employee injury resulting in an amputation within 24 hours, on or about Feb. 3, 2018.”

The fine assessed for violating the reporting requirement is $3,696.

According to Mark Stelmack, area director for OSHA’s Wilkes-Barre office, the reporting requirement is there to ensure that OSHA can inspect and follow up on any injury and get to the root cause of the injury quickly.

Stelmack said OSHA takes into consideration the size of the company, number of employees, history of violations and what types of employee safety programs they have in place when levying fines.

Stelmack would not comment on Indian Mountain Lakes’ history of violations.

According to the citation, all violations needed to be abated by March 22.

The Times News reached out to Indian Mountain Lake Civic Association President J. Raymond Oldroyd for comment. Oldroyd did not respond.