OSHA: Companies Gambled on Safety and Lost
OSHA has proposed more than $127,000 in fines against five contractors for hazards at casino construction site in Queens, NY. The companies were cited for 19 alleged serious violations of workplace health and safety standards....
OSHA Settlement Requires N.Y. Facility to Commit to Safeguarding against Workplace Violence
OSHA has reached a settlement with the Renaissance Project regarding a workplace violence citation issued under the General Duty clause to the Ellenville, N.Y., treatment facility, which agreed to enhance employee safety...
10 Things Chemical Plant Operators Need to Know About OSHA's New Chem NEP
On Nov. 30, OSHA announced the launch of its PSM National Emphasis Program for chemical facilities (Chem NEP). The new Chem NEP expands nationwide a previous 2009 Pilot Chemical Facilities Process Safety Management NEP, which had covered only a few OSHA regions, and established policies and procedures for inspecting workplaces covered by the PSM Standard...
Haasbach Agrees to Pay $200,000 to Resolve Citations Connected to Teen Grain Worker Fatalities
In July 2010, two teens employed at a grain bin facility lost their lives when they were engulfed by corn. Now, the Department of Labor (DOL) has resolved the citations brought against Haasbach LLC following that fatal incident. The Illinois-based company, which no longer is in business, has agreed to pay $200,000 in penalties...
Miami, Fla., Contractor Cited by OSHA following Carbon Monoxide Incident
General contractor Trans Florida Development Corp. of Miami has been cited by OSHA for one willful health and one serious safety violation following an incident that occurred in June at a work site at Ocean Drive and First Street, where workers were installing a new drain system. A worker using a powered saw to cut a hole in a storm drain box was overexposed to carbon monoxide from the saw and had to be taken to a hospital for treatment. OSHA’s proposed penalties total $66,990...
Waymar Constuction Fined after Minor Is Injured on an Ohio Construction Site
OSHA has cited Waymar Construction Co. in Shelby, Ohio, for child labor and safety violations after 16-year-old worker was injured on job site in May. The youth suffered head trauma and fractures after falling off a scissor lift during roofing operations at a Sandusky, Ohio job site. ...
OSHA NEP Strives to Protect Workers from Chemical Releases
According to OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels, "Far too many workers are injured and killed in preventable incidents at chemical facilities around the country." OSHA set out to address this concern by announcing a National Emphasis Program (NEP) on Nov. 30 to protect workers at these facilities from releases of highly hazardous chemicals...
Wisconsin Company Fined by OSHA for Exposing Workers to Crystalline Silica
Northern Steel Castings Inc. has been cited for two safety and four health violations at its Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc., carbon steel foundry, including for overexposing workers to crystalline silica, a known respiratory hazard. Proposed fines total $95,480. The company has been cited by OSHA 24 times prior to this inspection, six times for overexposing workers to silica....
AIHA: It’s Time to Move Forward on the Silica Standard
In a Nov. 10 letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Jacob J. Lew and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) urged OMB to finish its work on OSHA’s proposed crystalline silica standard, calling the extended review of the rule "an unacceptable attempt to 'short circuit' the existing process and may make it unusually vulnerable to political influence."...
Vinton Construction Co. Cited for Failing to Provide Cave-In Protection
OSHA's Trenching and Excavation National Emphasis Program has snared Manitowoc, Wisc., utility contractor Vinton Construction Co. The company was cited for one willful and four serious safety violations for failing to provide trench workers with cave-in protection at a Brookfield, Wis., site. The company was performing trenching operations to install water main lines in Brookfield. ...
OSHA Cites Texas Drilling Company Following Deaths of Two Workers
Best friends Sandy Daves and Jason Bolt did a lot of things together. On June 11, when Daves only had been working for the company for one week, they died together on Robinson Drilling of Texas Ltd.'s Drilling Rig #3 in Lamesa, Texas. Four Robinson Drilling employees have died on the job since April 2010, three of them on Rig #3. ...
Washington Drafts Standards for Medical Providers Who Treat Injured Workers
Washington's Department of Labor & Industries is taking the first step in creating a statewide network of providers to treat people with work-related injuries and illnesses, by seeking public comments on draft standards for health-care providers who treat injured workers. The new standards will apply to providers who treat injured workers covered by the state workers' compensation program as well as those covered by self-insured employers....
Injuries to Health Care Workers on the Rise, OSHA Plans Special Emphasis Program
Non-fatal injuries to health care workers requiring days away from work are on the rise, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Nov. 9, and OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels has vowed to launch a National Emphasis Program on Nursing Home and Residential Care Facilities...
NSC 2011: OSHA Compliance Officers Discuss Fatality Cases Involving Falls, Heat Stress
At the National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo in Philadelphia on Nov. 1, OSHA compliance officers shared some of their most notable workplace safety investigations. The following cases involved preventable workplace fatalities – heat stress and falls from height...
Warrant in Hand, OSHA Cites Pet Food Manufacturer for Failing to Protect Workers from Dust and Noise Hazards
For those employers who've thought about denying OSHA entry at the door of their facility…don't do it. OSHA cited All-Feed Processing & Packaging's facility in Galva, Ill., for 23 health and safety violations with fines exceeding $750,000...
Another Cintas Worker Dies In Incident Related to an Industrial Dryer
A second Cintas employee in less than 5 years has been killed in an incident involving an industrial dryer. Kevin Burgess of Louisville, Ky., was killed Oct. 28 while servicing an industrial dryer at the company’s facility in the Louisville area. The local coroner has ruled that Burgess died of blunt force trauma...
OSHA's Top 10 Citation List Highlights Fall Protection, Hazcom Violations
Every year at the National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo, NSC and OSHA partner to reveal OSHA's top 10 most commonly cited violations. While the specific violations may jockey for position from year to year, the list tends to feature the same players year in and year out. For FY 2011, fall protection, scaffolding and hazcom topped the list...
NSC 2011: Michaels Makes Case for OSHA
During the occupational keynote at the National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo, OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels asserted that OSHA regulations don’t kill jobs – they prevent jobs from killing workers...
Corpus Christi Grain Co. Stands Knee-Deep in $258,900 in OSHA Fines
When a Corpus Christi Grain Co. employee was engulfed by grain, he was able to escape with his life. The company, however, now faces $258,900 in proposed OSHA fines for not providing PPE, performing lockout/tagout procedures or having a competent person present with rescue equipment when workers entered grain storage bins...
Death of City Worker Highlights Need for Protections for Public Workers
A traffic device designed to make roads safer for drivers proved to be the death of a Quincy, Mass., worker...
OSHA Wants Workers to Know Their Rights
A new OSHA booklet offers updated information concerning workers’ rights under the OSH Act, including rights provided under OSHA standards, filing a complaint with OSHA, participating in OSHA inspections, whistleblower protections and available educational and training resources...
'Heads are Going to Roll' Following Death of Sanitation Worker
Jerry Holton climbed into the back of his garbage truck Feb. 3 to clear debris from the blade that compacted trash. He never climbed out ...
It’s a Buffet of Penalties for Two Restaurant Owners Accused of Wage and Child Labor Violations
The Attorney General's Office of Massachussets has ordered the owners of two restaurants in Somerset and Raynham to pay $185,000 for "egregious and intentional" wage and child labor violations and worker retaliation ...
Sandy Says: Why OSHA Won’t Regulate the Causes of Workplace Violence
We all can agree that workplace violence is a fairly widespread problem and murder is a leading cause of workplace fatalities, so why won’t OSHA regulate it?...
Washington Study Finds Workplace Inspections Improve Safety, Save Money
A decade’s worth of inspection data in Washington suggests that a visit from the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) can be good not just for workplace safety, but also for a company’s bottom line...
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