Worksite shut down: Safety investigators order workers out of unshored 14-foot trench

Seeded on Sat Sep 20, 2008 10:50 AM EDT (tmcnet.com)

Sep. 19--State safety investigators ordered two city employees out of a 14-foot deep trench with no shoring Thursday afternoon and shut down the job for safety reasons.

business, trench, excavation, safety, worker-safety, osha, accident

OSHA Issues Penalties of $300,000 in Collapse of Crane

Seeded on Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:35 AM EDT (The New York Times)

This case illustrates in stark terms that failure to follow required procedures can have wide-ranging and catastrophic consequences," Edwin G. Foulke Jr., the assistant secretary of labor for OSHA, said in a statement.

business, crane-collapse, osha, crane, worker-safety, accident, osha-fines

Manufacturer in Athens, GA Cited for safety violations

Seeded on Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:15 AM EDT (wtoctv.com)

OSHA cited Overhead Door Corp.'s Athens plant. It said that in recent inspections it found machines operating without proper guards and a lack of switches that keep machinery from being turn on by accident.

business, osha, citations, fines, accident, worker-safety, safety

OSHA cites General Contractor as well as Subcontractor in fatal fall

Seeded on Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:29 AM EDT (www.wday.com)

A thirty-seven-year old construction worker of Fargo died after falling 43 feet down an elevator. The proposed fines total more than $22,000.

business, osha, safety, worker-safety, fatality, fall-protection, osha-fines

Cintas Cited for Endangering Chicago-Area

Seeded on Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:19 AM EDT (pr-usa.net)

After one Cintas employee died in a gruesome incident in March of 2007, the company still has a long way to go to improve overall worker safety.

business, cintas, osha, worker-safety, fatality, accidents

OSHA cites Benton excavator after 2 deaths

Seeded on Mon Sep 8, 2008 11:48 PM EDT (bentoneveningnews.com)

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Midwest Petroleum and Excavating Inc. in Benton for alleged willful and serious violations of federal workplace safety standards.

business, trench, construction, osha, fatality, safety, worker-safety

Michigan Releases New Draft of Controversial Ergonomics Standard

Seeded on Mon Sep 8, 2008 9:59 AM EDT (ergoweb.com)

The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) recently released a new draft of an ergonomics standard that faces an uncertain ride through the legislative process.

business, osha, miosha, ergonomics, safety, worker-safety, general-industry

New inspections find no problems with Ala. bridges

Seeded on Sat Sep 6, 2008 1:58 PM EDT (www.wztv.com)

Three deck truss bridges in Alabama have had another round of inspections because they are similar to the Interstate 35 bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis last summer.

business, bridge-collapse, safety, inspections, highway-safety

Utility Company Fined For Trench Collapse In Alabama

Seeded on Sat Sep 6, 2008 1:08 PM EDT (digtriad.com)

The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined Pike Electric for violations found at a site in Mobile, Alabama after an employee was injured in a serious trench collapse.

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In Nevada, safety could be big issue in the next election

Seeded on Sat Sep 6, 2008 12:27 PM EDT (lasvegassun.com)

Workplace safety has hardly been a major topic on the campaign trail or at the recent Democratic and Republican national conventions. But some prominent worker advocates think the issue could appeal to workers and help draw distinctions between the presidential candidates.

business, worker-safety, osha, obama, safety, construction, worker-injuries

OSHA fines Hyundai supplier $94,500

Seeded on Fri Sep 5, 2008 12:52 PM EDT (The Montgomery Advertiser)

A supplier to Montgomery's Hyundai plant is facing $94,500 in fines for 11 federal safety violations, including one that resulted in an employee losing parts of two fingers.

business, osha, injury, worker-safety, safety, manufacturing

Rochester roofing contractor faces $70,000 in fines from OSHA

Seeded on Fri Sep 5, 2008 9:37 AM EDT (www.whec.com)

A.M. Stern Inc. was cited for five alleged repeat violations of safety standards following an OSHA inspection on June 24 when an inspector observed employees working without fall protection while performing roofing work atop Ontario Hall.

business, osha, fines, citations, roofing, contractor, construction, worker-safety, falls, fall-protection

Toxic dirt worries Shelton workers - The Connecticut Post Online

Seeded on Tue Sep 2, 2008 9:26 AM EDT (connpost.com)

Public works employees who handled contaminated material from a Riverdale Avenue lot may have contracted medical problems from the exposure.

business, worker-health, osha, contamination, environmental, accident, worker-safety

Two Dallas City Employees injured in Crane Accident

Seeded on Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:55 AM EDT (The Dallas Morning News)

Two Dallas city employees were hospitalized Thursday after a 100-ton crane toppled onto a pump station just north of the Trinity River in West Dallas. It was the third crane accident in the Dallas area within the past few months.

business, crane-safety, osha, worker-accident, workers-compensation, employee-safety, compliance, crane-accident

OSHA Limitations Undermine Worker Safety

Seeded on Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:33 AM EDT (OHSONLINE.COM)

The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy has released a white paper calling for stronger criminal penalties for those violating OSHA regulations.

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Cal/OSHA Targets Areas for Compliance with Heat Illness Prevention Rules as Temperatures Soar

Seeded on Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:30 AM EDT (MarketWatch.com)

With triple-digit heat consuming much of California this week, Cal/OSHA investigators are targeting Fresno, Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Napa, Sonoma, Yolo, Santa Clara counties for heat illness prevention inspections of outdoor workplaces.

business, osha, worker-safety, heat-stress, worker-injury, accidents, illness, workers-compensation

IOSHA to investigate death at FedEx hub

Seeded on Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:38 AM EDT (The Indianapolis Star)

The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration has joined in the investigation of an accident that killed a construction worker Monday after he was trapped under a dump truck

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2 men seriously hurt at Henderson work site - San Jose Mercury News

Seeded on Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:32 AM EDT (mercurynews.com)

Henderson city officials and Nevada OSHA are investigating a construction site accident that left two workers seriously hurt.

business, osha, employee-safety, worker-safety, safety, trenching, trench-collapse

WHNT-TV, Huntsville, AL: OSHA proposes stiff fine for Cullman-based company

Seeded on Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:23 AM EDT (WHNT - Tennessee Valley News, Weather and Sports)

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed $138, 500 in penalties for a Cullman-based company for 31 safety and health violations.

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OSHA fines Imperial Sugar $8.7M in deadly blast

Seeded on Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:26 AM EDT (Associated Press - Google)

Federal officials said Friday that Imperial Sugar Co. should face fines of more than $8.7 million for violations at two plants, including a Georgia facility where an explosion killed 13 people.

business, osha, safety, worker, fines, penalties, citation

$8 Million Dollar Fine for Safety Violations

Seeded on Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:18 AM EDT (www.osha.gov)

"I am outraged that this company would show a complete disregard for its employees' safety by knowingly placing them in an extremely dangerous work environment," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Edwin G. Foulke Jr.

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Tower climbing: deadliest job in U.S.

Seeded on Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:49 AM EDT (www.rcrnews.com)

Eight fatalities resulting from falls from tower structures have occurred this year. This article discusses the growing consensus that Tower Climbing is the deadliest job in the United States.

business, safety, tower, climbing, death, worker-safety, osha, tower-erectors, fall-protection

Democratic senators want tougher OSHA penalties

Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:57 PM EDT

By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press Writer (Clipped by John M.)

People can get more prison time for mail fraud than for violating safety standards that can kill workers, Democratic senators said Tuesday as they called for tougher punishment for workplace fatalities and stricter enforcement from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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osha, penalties, health-administration, politics

Glass Panel Falls From 27th Floor Nearly Killing Passerby

Seeded on Wed Apr 2, 2008 9:05 AM EDT (The New York Times)

A technician at Con Edison, Mr. Cianciotta went to the Bank of America tower being built at Avenue of the Americas and 42nd Street to replace some electrical meters on Tuesday morning.

odd-news, glass, fall, injury, worker-safety, accident

Two Workers Seriously Injured in Construction Accident at Indy airport

Seeded on Wed Apr 2, 2008 8:54 AM EDT (wishtv.com)

Two electricians working at the new terminal construction site at Indianapolis International Airport were seriously hurt on Tuesday when a piece of equipment toppled over.

business, worker, safety, accident, injury, worker-safety, construction-accident, construction, lift, fall

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