Science building closure linked to contaminated artifacts from 2000
People in hazmat suits work in SF State's Science Building, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014.
View ArticleManufacturer accused of exposing Kansas workers to flammable chemicals
... flammable chemicals at its Tecumseh, Kan., plant, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA investigators cited Atlanta-based Innovia Films Inc. for 19 serious...
View ArticleSafety products: Online, electrical safety training from IRISS
... safety standards, CSA Z462 and NFPA 70E and provides due-diligence for OH&S Regulation in Canada (CSA Z462) and OSHA in the United States (NFPA 70E). Risk is inherent to all electrical work and...
View ArticleNJ man killed in oven explosion was 'brilliant engineer,' friend says
... Tuesday at a Pittsburgh hospital, according to a report on NBC 40. Mersen USA would face financial penalties if OSHA investigators determined Uecker's death was the result of safety standard...
View ArticleSecond worker dies from Antero gas well blast
... Paxton, 45, of Walton, died. He was employed by another of the contract firms, C&R Downhole Drilling, according to OSHA. The other contract company was Willowbend Investments. The incident,...
View ArticleW.Va. police: 3 die when cell towers collapse
A 300-foot cellphone tower collapsed Saturday and minutes later a smaller tower fell, killing two contractors and a firefighter, authorities said.
View ArticleHiggins wants answers on Tonawanda Coke explosion
Congressman Brian Higgins is writing to United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration calling on the federal agencies to investigate a recent...
View Article7 essentials to better trench rescue: Part 2
... weak, complicated and typically under engineered. All shoring models should follow tabulated data charts. Based on OSHA's tabulated data, the allowances for 4 x 4 material to be used in functional...
View ArticlePalmer man working for tree company dies after struck by falling tree in Ware
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has joined local and state police investigating a fatal accident when a Palmer man was struck and killed by a falling tree on Monday.
View ArticlePolice ID fatal construction incident victim
... hiring workers for the facility. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the fatal incident. OSHA has not released additional details of that investigation since first...
View ArticleUtah employers not liable for subcontractor safety violations
... state Legislature's intent of balancing worker safety with employers' business concerns. "A principal purpose of our OSHA statute is to enhance the safety of the Utah workplace," Justice Lee said....
View ArticleStennis honors Contractor Excellence Award winners
... stics and transportation services to Stennis and its federal city resident organizations. Jacobs also was recognized by OSHA as a VPP Star work site for its ongoing safety and health program.
View ArticleBrady Adds New High Visibility, Absorbent Safety Mat to SPC Product...
... caution color and printed message visually warn workers of potential risks. "With fall protection as the number-one OSHA cited violation in 2013, reducing the number of slips, trips and falls is an...
View ArticleOSHA: Blue Rhino plant had 20 serious safety violations
... being fined $73,000 by federal investigators for workplace safety violations. In a report just obtained by WESH 2 News, OSHA cites Ferrellgas for 26 different safety violations; 20 of them are...
View ArticleOSHA Slaps Star Mine Operations With Hazardous Workplace Citations
OSHA recently issued several citations to Star Mine Operations for workplace safety violations at its warehouse in Ouray.
View ArticlePalmer man killed in Ware tree-cutting accident
A Palmer man was killed Monday when a tree that he and other workers were taking down at a house on Beach Road fell on him.
View ArticleMo. PSC staff: Utility violated rules before blast
The 120-page report said the utility's workers waited too long before checking whether gas levels had reached unsafe conditions inside JJ's restaurant on Feb. 19, 2013.
View ArticleFrozen Line Blamed for Blast at N.Y. Coke Plant
The blockage led to a build-up of pressure of coke oven gas in the manifold, which supplies gas for combustion in the ovens.
View ArticleRegulators say Missouri Gas Energy didn't act quickly enough in...
Missouri Gas Energy's responders to last year's gas leak that blew up JJ's Restaurant near the Plaza found that natural gas concentrations in the restaurant were four times higher than the minimum to...
View ArticleWitness at IRS Hearing: - I Will Not Retreat; I Will Not Surrender'CNS
... audit going back for a number of years." Her business was inspected by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 2012 when neither she nor her husband was present. She said she was...
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