OSHA Issues Fines After Worker Is Pulled Into a Mixing Machine
OSHA has cited three Brooklyn, N.Y., tortilla manufacturers after a young worker was killed when he became caught in the unguarded auger of a machine used to mix tortilla dough at Tortilleria Chinantla Inc...
Washington Transportation Worker’s Death Leads to Fines, Citations
The Washington Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has issued four serious safety violations carrying penalties of $22,000 following an investigation of the January death of Billy Rhynalds, a maintenance technician for the state Department of Transportation, citing WSDOT for four serious safety violations...
Chemical Safety Board Declares Florida’s Response to Public Worker Deaths “Unacceptable”
For the first time in its history, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) declared a state’s inaction and failure to adopt recommendations to provide federal-level workplace protections for state and municipal public workers an “Unacceptable Response.”...
Contractor With History of Violations Hit with Proposed $354,000 in Fines
A Massachusetts contractor repeatedly cited by OSHA for unprotected trenches and excavations has been cited again, this time for violations related to cave-in hazards at Cambridge and Framingham construction sites...
AIHA Letter Defends OSHA, NIOSH Budgets
Fearing the worst during the Congressional debates about the federal budget, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) has sent letters to the members of Congress who are overseeing appropriations and oversight of OSHA and NIOSH, asking that the budget not be balanced in part on the backs of those two agencies...
Did DuPont Prioritize Cost Over Safety at Belle, W.Va., Facilities? Chemical Safety Board Investigation Indicates It Did
Despite having a reputation for safety, the three serious incidents that occurred in a 33-hour period at DuPont Corp.’s chemical plant in Belle, W.Va., on Jan. 22-23, 2010, were the result of a series of preventable safety deficiencies, according to the draft report from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), and some of them were related to the cost of alternative equipment that would have prevented the incidents...
OSHA Web Chat Covers HazCom, I2P2, Ergonomics, Combustible Dust
During OSHA’s July 11 Web chat to discuss the agency’s Spring 2011 regulatory agenda, participants sought information about the hazard communication ruling, the Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2), combustible dust, the proposed addition of an MSD column to the 300 log and more...
MSD Column Proposal Appears on OSHA’s Spring 2011 Regulatory Agenda
On July 7, OSHA released its Spring 2011 semi-annual regulatory agenda, which lists impending final rules for confined spaces in construction and hazard communication and reintroduces the proposed rule to restore a musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) column on the OSHA 300 log. OSHA will hold a Web chat to discuss the agenda July 11 at 2:30pm EDT...
OSHA: Focus on Safety First when Using Scissor Lifts
The death of University of Notre Dame student last year has prompted OSHA to warn colleges and high schools of the hazards involved in using scissor lifts to film extracurricular activities...
Safety Stakeholders Invited to Weigh In on OSHA’s Proposed Reporting Revisions
On June 22, OSHA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes injury and illness reporting requirement revisions. The agency welcomes public comments on these revisions by Sept. 20...
Contamination from Coal Ash at Some Sites High Enough to Trigger ‘Open Dumping’ RCRA Provisions
A new report from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) claims 33 coal ash dump sites in 19 states are contaminating groundwater with arsenic, lead and other toxins. According to EIP, these sites may be violating a federal ban on open dumping...
ASSE: Workplace Safety Oversight Must Be Strengthened
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) submitted draft legislation to leaders in Congress in efforts to bolster employer responsibility for occupational safety...
Worker Fatality Results in OSHA Citations, Fines for Three NY Contractors
H Rock Corp. Sing Da Corp. and Vera Construction Inc. have been cited by OSHA for alleged willful, repeat and serious violations of workplace safety standards following an investigation of a Jan. 10 fatality that occurred on a construction site in Elmhurst, Queens, N.Y...
Safety 2011: Do Americans Care More about Chickens than Workers?
OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels and NIOSH Director Dr. John Howard sat down with Diana Stegall of the American Society of Safety Engineers to discuss the focus of the agencies and the role those agencies play in the lives of safety professionals. Believe it or not, the subject of chickens came up...
Employers Allotted More Time to Comply with OSHA Fall Protection Directive
Employers in the residential construction industry now have until Sept. 15 to comply with OSHA’s new fall protection compliance directive. The agency issued the directive on Dec. 16, 2010, and released a guidance document, Fall Protection in Residential Construction, in April...
OSHA Standards Changes Estimated to Save Employers Millions of Hours, Dollars
OSHA claims its new final rule, “Standards Improvement Project – Phase III,” can reduce employers’ paperwork burden by 1.85 million hours annually; help simply and streamline standards; and save employers in excess of $43 million annually – all without reducing worker protections...
OSHA Establishes New NEP for Primary Metal Industries
OSHA is establishing a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) for the primary metals industries to better protect workers from hazardous exposures in workplaces that produce metal products...
Another Explosion at Metal Powder Plant in Tennessee Seriously Injures Workers
Emergency crews are on the scene after a third serious incident at the Hoeganaes Corp. in Gallatin, Tenn. An explosion was reported at the plant at approximately 6:30 am this morning, with reports that five workers were injured. Three of the workers are listed in critical condition at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center burn unit in Nashville...
AMD Industries Faces $1.2 Million in OSHA Fines for Asbestos Exposure
Cicero, Ill.-based AMD Industries Inc. faces more than $1.2 million in proposed OSHA fines after allegedly exposing unprotected and untrained workers to asbestos...
Michaels on Gulf Cleanup Workers: We Were Trying Not to Kill Them
The greatest threat facing the Gulf Coast clean up workers following the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil leak wasn’t the murky, oily water or various safety hazards, says OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels. It was the summer weather found in the Gulf of Mexico...
Report Slams Massey Energy for Its Role in Upper Big Branch Mine Explosion
An independent investigative panel has released a report calling the fatal Upper Big Branch Mine explosion a “predictable result for a company that ignored basic safety standards and put too much faith in its own mythology.”...
OSHA Seeks Input from Employers through Anonymous, Voluntary Survey
OSHA announced it will survey thousands of employers this summer in efforts to improve its future rules, compliance assistance and outreach efforts...
OSHA Reopens the Door on Proposed MSD Column Addition on the 300 Log
In the May 17 Federal Register, OSHA published a notice that it would reopen the public record on the proposal to revise recordkeeping requirements by adding a work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) column on the OSHA 300 log...
AIHce: David Michaels Looks Ahead to OSHA’s 41st Year and Beyond
OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels offered a lively and informative overview of OSHA at 40 and beyond during a keynote address on May 18 at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo in Portland, Ore...
AIHce 2011: The Ins and Outs of I2P2 and Worker Involvement
The Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2) is still considered OSHA’s top rulemaking priority and safety stakeholders and businesses alike are curious what, exactly, would make up the rule’s content and scope. Several leaders discussed I2P2 in a roundtable discussion May 16 at AIHce in Portland, Oregon...
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