Fuyao Glass America Inc. says it has resolved the standing complaints filed with the Occupational Health and Safety Administration

Tristan NaveraSenior ReporterDayton Business Journal

Fuyao Glass America Inc. says it has resolved the standing complaints filed with

the Occupational Health and Safety Administration by some of its 2,000 workers.

The Moraine-based automotive company has been working over the past year to 

handle a number of outstanding concerns for safety in the new plant, where it has 

nearly 2 million square feet under roof. In November, OSHA said Fuyao had 

racked up $227,000 in fines from 23 complaints. Tuesday, the auto glass 

manufacturer said it had "amicably" resolved those violations.

Workers man a production line at Fuyao 

Workers man a production line at Fuyao Glass America Inc.'s Moraine plant.

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“Over the past year, our team of health and safety professionals — including 

nurses, specialists, engineers and outside contractors — have worked tirelessly to 

develop innovative safety solutions,” said Jeff Daochuan Liu, president of Fuyao 

Glass America. “We are committed to maintaining a safe working environment 

for our employees.”

In the past few months, the company has put $7 million into stronger safety 

measures around the plant. It has also partnered with local colleges to train 

supervisors in safety skills and formed an internal environmental health and 

safety team, teaching in both English and Chinese.

The complaints, according to OSHA, had centered around alleged lack of 

protective equipment, exit signs and other safety equipment.

“Fuyao’s rapid growth means more than just new equipment,” Liu said. “Our 

people are new, too. It’s necessary that we invest in training programs as we 

continue to invest in this plant, the largest auto glass manufacturing plant in the 

world.”

Fuyao Glass America Inc. has more than 2,000 employees in Moraine now, and 

the company expects that number to grow to 2,300 to 2,500 by the end of this 

year. In October, officials said that Fuyao could employ 3,000 people in Moraine.

It reported a $41 million loss in 2016, in spite of a $104.4 million net profit for the

 organization. Fuyao officials said in the fall they expect the plant to break even 

this year and turn a profit in years after.