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Union Workers Cry Foul Over Safety at GM’s Ultium Battery Plant
- GM venture with LG Energy fined $68,000 by OSHA for violations
- Ultium sent safety reps to plant, says safety a ‘top priority’
In late June, workers at a General Motors Co. Ultium electric-vehicle plant confronted a startling sight: A defective battery was on fire.
The workers raced to put it out, and were able to do so, according to the fire department near the facility in Lordstown, Ohio. While no one faced life-threatening injuries, two people were sent to the hospital for smoke inhalation — adding tension to an already strained relationship between the plant’s workers and its managers.