NEW BERLIN – Federal authorities have cited the makers of Chobani Greek yogurt with 34 workplace safety and health violations. The company faces $178,000 in fines.

The Syracuse office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration conducted an inspection of Agro Farma’s main manufacturing plant at 669 County Road 25, New Berlin, following an employee complaint, according to a press release.

“Our inspections identified a wide range of mechanical, chemical, electrical and health hazards that, left uncorrected, expose the plant’s employees to being caught in moving machine parts or unexpectedly energized machinery, electrocution, falls, being overcome in toxic or oxygen-deficient atmospheres, and hearing loss,” said Christopher Adams, OSHA’s area director in Syracuse.