OSHA Enforcement

Two temporary workers hired to cut and weld pipes at the Omega Protein plant in Moss Point, Miss., on July 28, 2014, had no idea that the storage tank beneath them contained methane and hydrogen sulfide gases and they had no training about the explosion hazard associated with those gases. One of the two men found out later as he lay in a hospital with a fractured skull, internal injuries and broken bones. The second, a 25-year-old man named Jerry Taylor, died when the tank exploded....More

For the eighth time since 2011, Domestic Casting Co.’s iron foundry has been investigated, cited, and fined by OSHA for not protecting its employees from safety and health hazards....More

 In the past few years, Olympia Chimney Supply Inc. employees have suffered crushed fingers, amputation of multiple fingertips and entire fingers, but serious safety violations persist at the Scranton-based company, according to OSHA. A June 2014 inspection of the Scranton, Pa., company once again found Olympia workers exposed to a number of serious machine hazards....More

A 39-year-old worker and father of three was crushed to death on May 22 while repairing a bin at the Ready Mix Batch Plant owned by Nuvo Construction Co. in Milwaukee. The following day, an employee for a different company, Sonag Ready Mix LLC, completed repairs to a bin sensor at the Ready Mix Batch Plant while exposed to the same hazard....More

The good news is that the number of reported workplace injures and illnesses continues to decline, according to the latest report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bad news is that more than half of the 3 million workers who represent the human cost of those numbers suffered a serious injury or illness in 2013....More