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Articles Tagged with ''penalties''

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Canada using more criminal charges for OSH violations

Will the threat of jail really improve workplace safety?

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Norm Keith B.A., J.D.
March 2, 2015

Reducing workplace accidents, injury, and death is the purpose of Canadian Occupational Health and Safety ("OHS") laws in every province, federally under the CanadaLabour Code, and the Bill C-45 amendments to the Criminal Code ("Code").


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Lineman in training plunges 75 feet to his death in Nevada

Regs require fall protection for trainees at 4 feet
March 28, 2013

A trainee at a Las Vegas-based energy company died in September of last year after falling 75 feet from a horizontal ladder being used as a temporary platform between a transmission tower and a live 500-kilovolt transmission line.


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Worker crushed to death by pavement roller

Citations include failure to train employees
March 1, 2013

A worker who was crushed to death by a pavement roller brought on an OSHA investigation that resulted in 18 serious safety violations against Export Fuel Co. in Export, PA.


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Dozens of hazards found at Pa. recycling company

November 2, 2012

OSHA has cited Donald R. Klein, doing business as Vortex Recycling Inc., for 27 violations of safety and health standards, including 25 serious ones. Proposed penalties total $58,000.


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MSHA, Labor Dept. lower the boom on chronic violator D&C Mining Corp.

Company taken to court after ignoring penalties
October 1, 2012

After ten impact inspections in the last two years, the D&C Mining Corp. of Ky “still hasn’t gotten the message,” says Joseph A. Main, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health.


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Teenage worker trampled while herding cattle

September 14, 2012

A Nebraska auction ran afoul of the child labor laws when one of its teen employees was trampled by a 600 pound calf while herding cattle.


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Fall, lockout/tagout hazards continue at Pa. food company

Proposed fines total $140,000
August 15, 2012

OSHA has cited MVP Kosher Foods LLC for 21 safety and health – including two repeat – violations at its Birdsboro facility. The company faces $140,000 in penalties following a February inspection initiated in response to a complaint alleging the hazards.
 


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Ca. marine worker crushed to death by shipping container

July 31, 2012

OSHA has cited stevedoring services company SSA Marine with five safety violations – including one willful – following an investigation into the Jan. 19 death of a worker at the port of Long Beach.


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No escape line for Texas well drillers

July 29, 2012

OSHA has cited Horizontal Well Drillers with three repeat and one serious safety violation for exposing workers to hazards at a drilling site in Jacksboro.


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Feds going after New England mining companies for unpaid fines

Interest, surcharges also being sought
July 20, 2012

On behalf of its Mine Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. Department of Labor has filed complaints in U.S. district courts against mining companies in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire to collect $267,724 in unpaid civil penalties resulting from federal mine safety violations.


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