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Wisconsin paper mill worker killed while servicing operating conveyer belt

No lockout-tagout used

April 26, 2016

A machine operator who suffered fatal injuries as he serviced a high-speed conveyor belt in a Ladysmith paper mill in October 2015 might still be alive if his employer had ensured that equipment was powered down and locked out before the 46-year-old man entered the hazardous area.

OSHA finds a dozen violations after two workers suffer finger amputations

April 15, 2016

After two workers suffered partial amputations of their index fingers in separate incidents in October 2015, federal investigators found numerous machines lacked safety guards at the Holdrege facility of Becton, Dickinson and Company, a global medical technology company.

Ill. steel company pleads guilty in death of employee

March 16, 2016

Behr Iron & Steel Inc. of Rockford, Illinois pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Iain D. Johnston to willfully violating OSHA regulations, resulting in the death of an employee at the company’s facility in South Beloit, Ill.

Citations follow amputation at Ala. chicken processing plant

Pilgrim's Pride is world's second largest chicken producer

March 14, 2016

An OSHA investigation into conditions at an Alabama poultry producer has resulted in one repeated and one serious safety violation, with proposed penalties of $77,000.

Three workers suffer amputations at Schwan's food processing facility

February 15, 2016

A leading supplier of frozen specialty foods is facing more than $172,000 in fines after two workers at its Salina facility suffered amputations in separate incidents and a third suffered lacerations and burns.

Colorado worker pulled into a compression machine; seriously injured

L&P Springs Manufacturing faces $77,000 in OSH fines

February 2, 2016

An OSHA inspection conducted after an employee at a mattress spring manufacturer was hospitalized with serious injuries found that the employer exposed its workers to crushing hazards from manufacturing equipment that was not properly guarded.

Unguarded machinery injures two workers at Miss. Manufacturing plant

January 26, 2016

OSHA inspections initiated after the agency learned of two serious injuries at Mississippi Polymers, Inc. in the fall of 2015 led to 11 serious safety violations for the Corinth-based company.

Two serious injuries in one month expose hazards at Alabama co.

January 18, 2016

OSHA inspections at an Alabama manufacturing facility following two serious injuries resulted in a host of citations for safety and health violations.

OSHA: Worker’s hand mutilated because his employer ignored safety hazards

December 23, 2015

A newly hired worker suffered a traumatic hand injury after only three days on the job at Southern Fiber Inc. of Miami Gardens, Florida. An OSHA inspection determined that the fiber-processing machine started unexpectedly as the worker - a 30-year-old man - tried to clear a jam caused by mattress foam.

After leg amputation, OSHA finds 37 safety & health violations in PA workplace

November 18, 2015

A May, 2015 workplace accident brought OSHA enforcement officers to Clarion Sintered Metals, Inc. in Ridgway, Pennsylvania, where they found dozens of violations – including the one that led to the worker’s injury.

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