Compliance

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Improving safety becomes more difficult
September 28, 2011

What are two practices that characterize companies with the best safety records?


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Death by recycling

Lack of lockout/tagout training proves fatal at Ohio refuse facility

September 27, 2011

An OSHA inspection begun after a worker was found dead inside a rotating drum assembly at Refuse Recycling in Marietta, Ohio, has resulted in 21 safety citations against Marietta Industrial Enterprises, Inc., which operates the facility.


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Worker’s death uncovers dozens of hazards at Alabama coke company

September 27, 2011

OSHA has cited ABC Coke in Birmingham, Alabama for 27 safety and health violations following the death of a worker in March.


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Blowing the whistle over needlestick hazard gets dental employee fired

OSHA takes dentist to court
September 22, 2011

OSHA is suing a Massachusets dentist who allegedly terminated an employee for raising concerns about contaminated needle disposal.


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Contractor sentenced to prison for illegal asbestos disposal

September 22, 2011

A Rochester, NY contractor who disposed of asbestos illegally, exposed untrained workers to the substance and lied to an OSHA inspector has been sentenced to six years in prison.


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Ideas for improving OSHA

September 21, 2011

I really like the idea of reinventing OSHA. I think OSHA is good, but public perception is mostly negative. 


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Teenage workers lose legs; grain company has no workers’ comp insurance

September 20, 2011
Zaloudek Grain Co., where Bryce Gannon and Tyler Zander each lost a leg after they were caught in an auger on Aug. 4, did not have workers’ compensation insurance at the time of the accident.


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Blast at adhesive plant leads to dozens of OSHA violations

September 20, 2011

A Massachusets adhesives manufacturer is facing more than $900,000 in fines for 50 safety violations, following an explosion at its Middleton plant that injured four workers.


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Better late than never: Asbestos training scam fugitive finally gets justice

September 19, 2011

The former owner of the country’s largest asbestos abatement training school was sentenced to prison last week, after having fled the United States after her trial in November 2008. Albania Deleon, 41, formerly of Andover, Mass., was sentenced to 87 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release.


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Whistleblowing numbers cruncher to get half mill in back pay

September 19, 2011

A corporate officer fired because he refused to manipulate sales figures will be reinstated and get $500,000 in back pay and costs after his former employer was found by OSHA to be in violation of the whistleblower protection act.


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