Workers flee building
... to ensure a safe working environment and the employer was in breach of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSHA) and that (union) members had a right to refuse to work as it affects their...
View Article$1M settlement in crane-crash death
... required before each work shift as well as on monthly and annual bases, according to an Oct. 5, 2012, news release from OSHA. "Had the proper procedures been followed, this incident and this...
View ArticleWelding inspector falls to death at Summerlin Centre
Las Vegas police say a worker is dead after falling at a construction site in Summerlin.
View ArticleFire at Jersey City recycling facility burns out of control for 12 hours
... other serious fires in the past three years, including a four-alarm blaze in 2010 that burned for several hours. The OSHA fines were not related to fires. "The Sims facility ... is one of the...
View ArticleCan OSHA Use a Supervisor's Own Misconduct to Establish...
The issue of whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration can introduce evidence of a supervisor's own misconduct to show employer knowledge of an OSHA violation has created a split in the...
View ArticleLandscaper in Holliston electrocuted on the job
A landscaper died after being electrocuted in Holliston Tuesday morning when his cutting equipment came in contact with a power line while working in a hoist, police said.
View ArticleFrozen food producer fights 27 OSHA citations
... plants in the state, was cited by by the US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on July 25. Associated fines cost the company $150,000 if the independent case...
View ArticleHero Bronx Plumber Describes Helping Woman Struck by Cab
A bike rider who was hit by an out-of-control cabbie speaks to reporters near the scene of the crash at Sixth Avenue and 49th Street Tuesday.
View ArticleRLE Technologies and Northwire manufacture disaster prevention solutions
... with third party testing, Northwire maintains various UL, ANSI, CSA, cUL, cULus, CE, NEC, AWM, IEEE, NPFA, SAE, ABS, OSHA and MSHA approvals. Field-proven with over 41 years of design, test and...
View ArticleOWTU reports NP after failed safety meeting
... OWTU president general Ancel Roget said the union has reported the matter to the Occupational Health and Safety Agency (OSHA). "It was since Friday, we requested that meeting, and today (yesterday)...
View ArticleRialto man killed in recycling plant collision
... officials said. San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies, the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office and Cal/OSHA are investigating the incident.
View ArticleMira Loma warehouse workers protest working conditions
... a couple of weeks ago to protest their retaliation.” If the temperature is higher than 85 degrees outdoors, Cal-OSHA requires that workers are entitled to take a 5-minute recovery break...
View ArticleMachine Shop Cited for Lead Exposure
... said. Spectrum Machine Inc. has been cited with 13 health violations - 10 serious and three willful - after a January OSHA inspection at the Ravenna, OH, facility found workers were exposed to lead...
View ArticleBusiness briefs: Ripley logging firm cited after fatality
... tree-trimming site. On Feb. 21, one of the company's workers, who was not identified, died after a tree fell on him. OSHA inspectors examined the location following the incident and said Wednesday...
View ArticleInspector Falls to Death in Las Vegas
... in Las Vegas, directed by The Howard Hughes Corp. Work has been halted at the project while the company works with OSHA and other authorities. "The Howard Hughes Corporation is dedicated to the...
View ArticleMark Lovett, 26, was living a dream as a building inspector
Clark County coroner's officials say Henderson resident Mark Brian Lovett died at the scene of the fall a little before 9 a.m. Tuesday.
View ArticleWelding inspector falls to death at Summerlin Centre
Las Vegas police say a worker is dead after falling at a construction site in Summerlin.
View ArticleMillerCoors asks OSHA: Shouldn't "package size changeover" be...
MillerCoors Larry Trunek, Manager of Manufacturing Systems in Corporate Engineering, is wondering if the lockout-tagout-tryout routine required by law under OSHA regulations is in need of a little...
View ArticleCoroner IDs man, 26, dead at Summerlin work site
Clark County coroner's officials say Henderson resident Mark Brian Lovett died at the scene of the fall a little before 9 a.m. Tuesday.
View ArticleJersey City investigating fire at recycling plant, probes its safety routines
Jersey City fire officials said yesterday that Monday night's large fire at a Jersey City metal recycling plant may have been caused by an electrical spark.
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