Circus Starts With Eye On Safety
... it's unclear why. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating as well as the circus. An OSHA spokesman had no updates on the investigation Thursday. Nine performers...
View ArticleCampbell Co. Man Killed in Industrial Accident on Wards Road
... 23-year-old Ryan Tribble in the neck. He was taken to the hospital and later pronounced dead. Tribble is from Nathalie. OSHA is investigating the incident, which the sheriff's office is calling a...
View ArticleAn Asbestos Decision That Disserves Our Vets
... even though the company's own incriminating documents say it is. So do the Occupational Safety & Heath Administration (OSHA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the International Agency...
View ArticleAre there Hazardous Chemicals in the Office?
We recently posted information concerning OSHA's new training requirements that are designed to align its Hazard Communication Standard with the United Nations' Globally Harmonized System of...
View ArticleHybrid Enters into the $35 Billion Insulation Market
... t isocyanates (see page 4 Figovsky and Shapovalov) . OSHA National Emphasis Program: On , initiated a National Emphasis Program to protect workers from the serious health effects from
View ArticleKansas is 10th most dangerous state to work, according to report
... levy penalties strong enough to deter workplace safety violations. At current levels, it would take federal and state OSHA inspectors an average of 105 years to inspect every workplace within the...
View ArticleFaulty Metal Clip Eyed in Circus Accident
Sydney Bragg tweeted this photo on May 4,2014, writing, "There was an accident at the circus during an act and snapped the performers necks.
View ArticleEPA may force disclosure of fracking chemicals after public backlash
A rig contracted by Apache Corp drills a horizontal well in a search for oil and natural gas in the Wolfcamp shale located in the Permian Basin in West Texas October 29, 2013.
View ArticleOregon Zoo whistleblower: 'They were caught with their pants down'
... Side Investigators also obtained documents , video and pictures from an Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (OSHA) probe into an incident at the Oregon Zoo in April 2013. Surveillance...
View ArticleWe drank a pitcher of green sludge so you don't have to
... One fellow even has a drawer full of emergency bread. If we could get over food, for the sake of workplace safety and OSHA desk-drawer standards, shouldn't we try? Initial observations: The serving...
View ArticleUnion Files Safety Complaint Over Worker's Death
... death claim against the university. UC Berkeley officials weren't immediately available for comment on the union's Cal/OSHA complaint. --By Bay City News
View ArticleClose to home: State worker fatality reports chronicle local stories
... safety measures had been taken. NYCOSH found that throughout the state for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012, at least one OSHA safety standard violation was cited in more than half - 66 percent - of...
View ArticleLETTER: Vote for the Increase in the Brooktrails Township Fire Tax
... does not meet current National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. It is unacceptable to have our firefighters placed into harm's...
View ArticleCable from Ben Franklin Bridge falls onto I-95
... time of day. The Delaware River Port Authority and the State Police are investigating, and a federal investigator from OSHA was also on the scene this afternoon looking into the situation. The...
View ArticleNorth Dakota is the deadliest state to work in
... byproduct of fracking operations, is often found at unsafe concentrations at well sites, and remains unregulated by OSHA despite being linked to a number of fatal diseases. Indeed, the most serious...
View ArticleToday’s Death Toll:150 Workers
... who has worked both sides of the workplace safety regulations and been trained and a trainer of Worker's Compensation/OSHA safety training, it has been my experience that the majority of deadly...
View ArticleJob-Related Deaths In US Are Too High Despite...
... to reduce both injuries and fatalities in the workplace. "The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the state OSHA plans have a total of only 1,955 inspectors (864...
View Article2 construction workers killed on I-69, police say
A pickup truck that was part of a fatal accident sits on Interstate 69 in Indianapolis on Friday.
View ArticleMan dies following accident at Stewart County jail site
Am Erin man died Wednesday, May 7, after a May 6 construction accident at the site of the new Stewart County Jail on Gen.
View ArticleUnion files complaint over Cal death
Damon Frick , a 45-year-old father of two, fell from a lift he was using to clean windowsills 20 feet off the ground at the International House on April 7. He died two days later, said Peter Melton , a...
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