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Articles Tagged with ''hazards''

Worker dies in NY grain engulfment

November 16, 2011

A worker died at an animal feed processing facility in NY because his employer sent untrained and improperly equipped employees into a dangerous work situation, according to OSHA, which leveled 21 violations against Harbor Point Mineral Products following the fatality.


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around the world

Global union rejects "behavioral safety"

November 16, 2011

At its first-ever convention, a transatlantic union has produced a joint statement opposing the use of "any scheme that ‘blames the worker’ for
injuries, illnesses and fatalities in the workplace."


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noise

ASSE to hold webinar on potential noise-reducing “Prevention Through Design” standard Nov. 30

November 10, 2011

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) will host a webinar on November 30th addressing the new American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/ASSE Z590.3 standard, “Pevention through Design: Guidelines for Addressing Occupational Risks in Design and Redesign Processes” (PTD). 


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mining high wall

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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oil facility

CSB: Oil, gas production sites hazardous to the public -- especially children

Board issues recommendations for improving safety and security at sites
October 27, 2011
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today released a new study of explosions at oil and gas production sites across the U.S., identifying 26 incidents since 1983 that killed 44 members of the public and injured 25 others under the age of 25.


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OSHA

Cave-in and struck-by: Mass. worker exposed to both hazards in one trench

Employee worked in unprotected trench below crumbling asphalt, lacked exit ladder
October 27, 2011

A Boston-based contractor faces $161,000 in fines after an OSHA inspector saw one of its employees exposed to both cave-in and struck-by hazards while installing a watermain.


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OSHA

In over his head

Trenching dangers in Florida draw OSHA fines
October 25, 2011

A South Florida contracting company apparently didn't learn its lesson the first time around, in 2010, when it was cited by OSHA for having an employee work in a 10-foot-deep trench at a Miami site with no cave-in protection.


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Despite broken bones and head trauma, no 9-1-1 call after worker injured in fall

While grocery shopping, OSHA inspector sees same fall hazards at another location
October 19, 2011

When an employee of a Market Basket store in Rindge, MA fell 11 feet to a concrete floor and sustained broken bones and head trauma, store management didn't call 9-1-1.


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laboratory

OSHA releases new info on laboratory hazards

October 17, 2011

OSHA has released new educational materials on laboratory safety aimed at helping laboratory managers protected their workers from exposure to chemical, biological and physical hazards.


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Grain elevators

OSHA reaches half million dollar grain bin safety settlement with farm co-op

October 17, 2011

A farmer-owned Wisconsin cooperative has agreed to pay $550,000 in penalties, step up grain bin training for employees and abate all safety issues at its four grain handling facilities, according to OSHA.


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