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December 13, 2010
Cintas Plant Receives OSHA VPP ‘Star’ Certification for Safety Efforts

CHANDLER, Ariz. — The Chandler facility of national uniform services provider Cintas Corp. has been accepted as an Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) “Star” site, the agency’s highest recognition for the practice of, and commitment to, world-class occupational safety and health.

Cintas says it is the first industrial launderer in the United States to receive the Star certification.

January 26, 2010
Cintas Donates Garments to Haitian Earthquake Victims

CINCINNATI — Cintas Corp. has partnered with Cincinnati-based Matthew 25: Ministries to provide humanitarian aid to victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. Cintas has donated more than 43,000 garments, nearly half of which are medical scrubs, for a total value of more than $330,000, the company says.

December 23, 2008
Cintas, OSHA Reach Settlement on Safety Program Enhancements

CINCINNATI — Cintas Corp. has reached an agreement with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) pertaining to all automated and semiautomated laundry facilities under OSHA’s federal jurisdiction, the agency reports. The agreement resolves six cases relating to citations against Cintas for safety hazards at laundry facilities across the country, including hazards that led to the March 2007 death of Cintas worker Eleazar Torres-Gomez.

August 22, 2007
Cintas CEO Defends Safety Record

CINCINNATI — With his company facing $2.78 million in penalties stemming from an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigation, Cintas CEO Scott Farmer is defending his company’s workplace safety and says it will contest the agency’s findings.

Eleazar Torres-Gomez, 46, was killed March 6 when he fell into an operating industrial dryer while clearing wet laundry jammed on a conveyor at Cintas’ Tulsa, Okla., plant. Last Thursday, OSHA announced findings alleging 46 violations of safety standards in the plant.

March 22, 2007
Lawmakers Call for Safety Investigation in Wake of Cintas Fatality

TULSA, Okla. — A Cintas Corp. employee working in the wash room was killed in an apparent accident here March 6, prompting several Democratic members of Congress to ask a federal agency to investigate alleged machinery safety hazards at the company’s industrial laundries nationwide.

Eleazar Torres-Gomez, 46, became trapped in an industrial dryer that was in operation. Other workers found his body 20 minutes later.