OSHA

Claiming the company did not provide appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) or training for workers, OSHA has cited A & B Foundry & Machining LLC in Franklin, Ohio with 33 health and safety violations, including four repeat violations. The Nov. 15, 2012, inspection was initiated under the national emphasis program targeting the primary metals industry. Proposed fines total $170,107....More

Fewer than 20 words. In the 320-plus-page rulemaking on Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS), that is how many words OSHA devoted to the most extensive new training requirement companies face in 2013. That change requires every affected U.S. company to train its workers on the new update to the Hazard Communication Standard. OSHA estimates that the GHS training will cost American industry more than $95 million dollars....More

In a wide-ranging, informal discussion at a May 21 general session at AIHce 2103, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Dr. David Michaels shared his views on budget constraints, the regulatory process and public policy issues in workplace safety and health with  former OSHA Administrator John Henshaw, CIH. Henshaw is vice president of the Academy of Industrial Hygiene....More

OSHA has cited Phoenix Industrial Cleaning for 28 alleged serious safety violations following the death of Bernardo Martinez, 37, who fell from a ladder inside of a storage tank at Sunnyside Corp. in Wheeling, Ill. – a manufacturer of paint removers, paint thinners and wood care products – on Nov. 29, 2012. OSHA has proposed fines of $77,200. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office ruled in November 2012 that Martinez fell into the 50-ft. chamber, suffering multiple blunt injuries to the head as well as exposure to methylene chloride....More

Christopher Chin probably thought it only would take a second to remove the piece of cardboard from the hopper at the Pilgrim’s Pride facility where he worked in Canton, Ga., last October. Reaching in to grab the cardboard, Chin became caught in the machine and was killed. According to OSHA investigators, the machine should have been fitted with a guard to keep employees from reaching into the machine while it was operating....More