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The Daily Breeze reports that Cal/OSHA has issued citations resulting in fines of $94,550 against U.K.-based Menzies Aviation, a contractor at Los Angeles International Airport, for unsafe working conditions, a union official said Thursday. Jacob Hay of SEIU-United Service Workers West said that the state Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal/OSHA, found the alleged violations during an investigation.

According to Hay, they included an inadequate safety guard on a high-lift industrial truck the company knew about and did not correct, and a failure to train workers on how to properly handle hazardous substances or properly store of hazardous substances in warehouses on airport property. Menzies also was cited for faulty electrical equipment, and for failing to keep an oxygen cylinder safely separated from a fuel gas cylinder, Hay said.

A regional manager for Menzies in Los Angeles said the company had no immediate comment.

The investigation began after Menzies workers filed a complaint with help from the Los Angeles Labor Federation and the Southern California Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health.

Menzies Aviation provides baggage handling, cargo, and cargo-forwarding services to airline clients at more than a dozen major airports in the country.