MM Industries to comply with findings

MM Industries to comply with findings

SALEM

MM Industries, 36135 Salem Grange Road, will comply with the findings from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which this week cited MM with up to $102,600 in fines for 38 serious safety and health violations.

Twenty-eight of the violations involve not knowing the weight capacity of a floor for overhead stocking, and 12 deal with a failure to have a written respiratory-protection program.

Under guidelines, a business has 15 business days to comply, request a hearing with an area OSHA director or contest the findings. An MM representative, when contacted by The Vindicator, said the company will comply and acknowledged the facility, built in 1968, needs some safety improvements.

MM Industries fabricates filtration systems.

Home sales rise in Mahoning Valley

YOUNGSTOWN

Home sales in the Mahoning Valley rose in July, according to statistics released Thursday by the Youngstown-Columbiana Association of Realtors.

There were 171 homes sold in Mahoning County in July, up from 153 during the same month last year. In Trumbull County, home sales increased slightly, from 103 in July 2010 to 110 this July; in Columbiana County, sales rose from 47 to 56.

In Mahoning County, the average home price rose from $92,146 to $102,254 this year; In Trumbull, the average jumped from $62,328 to $81,872. In Columbiana, the average selling price rose from $81,836 in July 2010 to $100,233 this July.

Power-plant careers

YOUNGSTOWN

The YWCA of Youngstown, in partnership with the Youngstown State University Power Plant Technology Program, will host a free orientation session on good-paying and stable career options in the power-plant-technology field.

The session will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the YWCA of Youngstown, 25 W. Rayen Ave.

Speakers will cover current and future industry trends, how power plants operate and why there is a need for an educated work force.

To register, call Jennie Andrews at 330-746-6361.

Traffic increases at Pittsburgh airport

PITTSBURGH

Passenger traffic at Pittsburgh International Airport increased for the 15th consecutive month in June, according to the most-recent statistics released by the Allegheny County Airport Authority.

The traffic rate rose 1.5 percent compared with June 2010, thanks in part to a larger Dallas-Ft. Worth flight and the addition of a daily flight to Paris.

Year-to-date passenger traffic is up 4.8 percent.

The authority also reminded travelers to arrive at least 90 minutes before scheduled departure times to help combat heavy summer passenger traffic.

Vindicator staff and wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Aqua America, .62, 21.72 1.51

Avalon Holdings,2.60.08

Clear Channel, .63 52.31 .21

Cortland Bancorp, 7.10.00

Farmers Nat., .12, 4.32 —.02

First Energy, 2.20, 41.812.12

FirstMerit Corp., .64,12.31 .37

First Niles Financial, .32,7.25.00

First Place Fin., .70.00

FNB Corp., .48,9.06.56

General Motors,25.811.89

General Electric, .60,15.68.59

Motors Liquidation, .0422.00

Huntington Bank, .04, 5.13.42

JP Morgan Chase, 1.00,36.692.32

Key Corp, .12,6.70.50

LaFarge, 10.58 .74

Macy’s, .40, 25.48.96

Parker Hannifin, 1.48, 66.713.69

PNC, 1.40,47.652.37

RTI Intl. Metals,25.321.41

Simon Prop. Grp.,3.20,114.536.64

Stoneridge 7.60 .33

United Community Fin. .90—.07

Selected prices at 4 p.m. Thursday. Provided by Stifel Nicolaus. Not to be construed as an offer or recommendation to buy or sell any security.