Articles Tagged with ''citations''

MSHA issues hundreds of citations during September impact inspections

October 31, 2011

The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration announced last week that federal inspectors issued 374 citations, orders and safeguards during special impact inspections conducted at 18 coal mines and two metal/nonmetal mines last month.


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Mine Commission upholds citations issued to quarry for not safeguarding 300-foot “highwall”

November 9, 2011

The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission has upheld citations issued last May to Connolly-Pacific Co.'s Pebbly Beach Quarry, located on Catalina Island, Calif.


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Dallas facility fined for exposing workers to noise, energized machine hazards

November 10, 2011

In late October OSHA cited Anaheim, Calif.-based Bridgford Foods Corp. for 27 safety and health violations at its food manufacturing facility in Dallas, with proposed penalties totaling $422,600.


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Oil company cited after worker electrocuted

November 21, 2011

A Texas drilling company has been cited by OSHA for seven safety violations, after an employee was electrocuted while performing repair work on an oil drilling rig.


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MSHA announces results of October impact inspections

One of targeted mines was placed on pattern of violations last April
November 23, 2011

The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) today announced that federal inspectors issued 226 citations and orders during special impact inspections conducted at eight coal mines and three metal/nonmetal mines last month.


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Carbon monoxide exposure leads to OSHA action

December 12, 2011

An incident in which a worker suffered carbon monoxide exposure has led to OSHA citations and penaltiies for a Miami, Fl general contractor.
 


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Daisy Construction loses court battle over OSHA citations

January 30, 2012

A Deleware construction company got its day in court, and was ordered by an administrative law judge to pay penalties assessed by OSHA for  trenching violations.


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Gunpowder plant owner indicted for manslaughter in worker fatalities

February 3, 2012

A grand jury convened in Coos County, N.H., has indicted Craig Sanborn, owner of gunpowder manufacturer Black Mag LLC, for manslaughter and negligent homicide as a result of a deadly 2010 explosion that took the lives of two workers at the company's Colebrook, N.H., worksite.


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Upper Big Branch mine superintendent charged with felony conspiracy

February 22, 2012

Federal prosecutors today charged a Massey superintendent with conspiring to impede the Mine Safety and Health Administration enforcement efforts at the Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine in West Virginia -- the site of an April 2010 blast that killed 29 miners.


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Conveyer belt injury leads to multiple safety citations

February 28, 2012

A worker at an Ohio company was injured after his clothing became caught in a conveyer belt -- an incident which prompted an OSHA investigation and resulted in citations for 13 safety violations.


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