OSHA bares its enforcement teeth (9/10)
Not that scare tactics have even been employed in the selling of safety… no sir… but some of you might want to communicate to management that there is a new OSHA out there conducting inspections and levying fines.
Consider how the agency started off the first week of September:
September 4 — International Bridge & Iron Co., a manufacturer of structural steel bridge parts, faces a total of $225,500 in proposed fines from OSHA for new and recurring safety hazards at its Newington, Conn., manufacturing plant.
September 4 — OSHA cites Metal Improvement Co., doing business as E/M Coating Services in Lombard, Ill., with alleged serious and repeat citations of federal workplace safety and health standards. Proposed penalties total $275,000.
September 3 — OSHA proposes $148,000 in fines against C.W. Pond Contractors Inc., a Norwalk, Conn., electrical contractor, in connection with a March 4 electrical fire at the Old YMCA at 980 Washington Blvd. in Stamford, Conn.
September 2 — OSHA proposes $69,500 in penalties against Chris Brigham, doing business as Brigham Farms, for safety violations at its Ball Ground, Ga., poultry additive facility.
September 1 — OSHA cites Stavis Seafoods Inc. for 15 alleged serious violations of safety and health standards at its Channel Street distribution and processing facility in Boston. The seafood company faces a total of $47,250 in proposed fines, chiefly for deficiencies in its process safety management (PSM) program.
Not exactly EPA-mega fines, but a sign that OSHA field compliance officers have gotten the word from Washington that a new sheriff is at the Department of Labor.
Consider how the agency started off the first week of September:
September 4 — International Bridge & Iron Co., a manufacturer of structural steel bridge parts, faces a total of $225,500 in proposed fines from OSHA for new and recurring safety hazards at its Newington, Conn., manufacturing plant.
September 4 — OSHA cites Metal Improvement Co., doing business as E/M Coating Services in Lombard, Ill., with alleged serious and repeat citations of federal workplace safety and health standards. Proposed penalties total $275,000.
September 3 — OSHA proposes $148,000 in fines against C.W. Pond Contractors Inc., a Norwalk, Conn., electrical contractor, in connection with a March 4 electrical fire at the Old YMCA at 980 Washington Blvd. in Stamford, Conn.
September 2 — OSHA proposes $69,500 in penalties against Chris Brigham, doing business as Brigham Farms, for safety violations at its Ball Ground, Ga., poultry additive facility.
September 1 — OSHA cites Stavis Seafoods Inc. for 15 alleged serious violations of safety and health standards at its Channel Street distribution and processing facility in Boston. The seafood company faces a total of $47,250 in proposed fines, chiefly for deficiencies in its process safety management (PSM) program.
Not exactly EPA-mega fines, but a sign that OSHA field compliance officers have gotten the word from Washington that a new sheriff is at the Department of Labor.
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