Dust Explosions Prompt Oversight Calls
After an explosion at an Imperial Sugar Co. factory in Georgia killed 14 workers and injured dozens in 2008, U.S. officials promised rules for handling the well-known workplace hazard that caused it:...
View ArticleInd. Glass Plant To Pay Record Safety Penalty
A central Indiana automotive glass factory will pay a record $495,500 to settle workplace safety violations that were uncorrected following a worker's 2010 death, the Indiana Department of Labor said...
View ArticleNevada OSHA fines Summerlin Hospital in fatal TB outbreak
... Center for eight violations linked to a fatal tuberculosis outbreak last year, fining the hospital a total of $39,600. OSHA labeled six violations serious in the May 2013 outbreak. (Las Vegas...
View ArticleRoofer dies in fall while working in Florence
... fell about 9 feet to the ground. Hoffman says the man died of his injuries on Thursday. His name hasn't been released. OSHA Area Director Jeff Funke says the man was working for a Missoula-based...
View ArticleCanadian National Railway fined for firing injured worker
... "No worker should feel his job is at risk for reporting an injury or seeking medical attention," Nick Walters, regional OSHA administrator, said in a statement. According to the agency, the...
View ArticleLabelmaster Partnership Offers MSDS to SDS Conversion Service in...
... compliance products, packaging and shipping solutions, has expanded its Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) HCS/GHS offering to include an easy, hassle-free MSDS to SDS conversion...
View ArticleDeath of Georgia film crew member hit by train was 'senseless,' father says
Less than two months after his daughter was killed on a film set in southeast Georgia, Richard Jones grapples with waves of unexpected grief, such as a day last week when a riverside walk at home in...
View ArticleRed Bank: Station Place Powers Ahead
... of the pole will allow for the temporary removal of utility lines and the use of scaffolding to comply with federal OSHA workplace safety rules without having to shut off electrical power in the...
View ArticleWorker dies after fall from scaffolding
... because this was a workplace accident, it would be investigated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). To read the complete story, pick up the print edition of next week's...
View ArticleSummerlin Hospital faces $40,000 in fines over TB exposure
The Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing nearly $40,000 in fines against a Las Vegas hospital where employees were exposed to tuberculosis over the summer.
View ArticleOSHA cites Summerlin Hospital after TB exposure
The Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing nearly $40,000 in fines against a Las Vegas hospital where employees were exposed to tuberculosis over the summer.
View ArticleOSHA orders railway to pay $350,000 in injury case
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View ArticleColorado Tower work resumes after Osha Ok
... and prayers for the injured worker and his family. It also reiterated that DPR is cooperating with investigators from OSHA and the Austin Police Department. "At DPR, we see safety as a value and...
View ArticleCompany cited in death at 49ers' Levi's Stadium
Cal/OSHA found that Gerdau, a multinational firm headquartered in Tampa, Fla., failed to have adequate safety procedures in place and failed to ensure the steel was secure during the Oct. 14 accident...
View ArticleOSHA orders Canadian railway to pay $350K in injury case
... Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the fine Thursday against Wisconsin Central Limited railway. OSHA says the injury happened in Manitowoc. The agency says the conductor was...
View ArticleGas Workers Risk Silica Exposure
... operators and sand movers, they're in the cloud. They're seeing (silica levels) two, three four times higher" than OSHA standards, Breitenstein said. It's not clear when OSHA will make a decision...
View ArticleSevere Injuries to Cost Company $185K
... LLC, of Totowa, NJ, was cited for one willful, one repeat and 12 serious safety violations. Local police referred OSHA to the company in September 2013 after an employee's hand was crushed while he...
View ArticleOSHA orders railway to pay $350K in Manitowoc injury case
A federal agency has ordered a subsidiary of Canadian National to pay $350,000 to a Wisconsin conductor who was terminated after reporting he'd been hurt on the job.
View ArticleSeaWorld loses appeal against restrictions on trainer interaction with killer...
... worked with killer whales to "recognized hazards". The ruling means the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) can require SeaWorld to limit the interactions trainers have with killer...
View ArticleTrainers to Stay Out of Water During Shamu Shows at SeaWorld San Diego
Trainers will remain out of the water during "Shamu" shows at SeaWorld locations in San Diego, Orlando and San Antonio after a federal appellate court today denied the theme park's request to review a...
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