Virginia Occupational Safety and Health issued five citations and $304,130 in penalties to Lanford Brothers Company for exposing workers to respirable crystalline silica hazards while using jackhammers to remove concrete from bridge piers.
Erie man killed in North East workplace accident. NORTH EAST, PA — The Pennsylvania State Police and the Erie County Coroner’s Office are investigating the death of an Erie man who was killed in a workplace accident at a North East Township business on Friday.
This webinar will discuss the most prevalent cognitive biases affecting how we process information and make decisions in the workplace. A certificate of participation will be given to all participants that may be used to secure certification maintenance points.
Pyramex Safety Products, LLC, a leader in industrial safety and personal protective equipment, announces the relocation of its world headquarters and distribution center to Piperton, TN. Located in Collierville, TN since 1998, the move places Pyramex in Fayette County right at the juncture of Tennessee State Highway 385 and Interstate 269.
OSHA has cited Thorpe Specialty Services Corp. - operating as Thorpe Plant Services Inc. - and Steel Dust Recycling LLC for fall and confined space hazards after an employee was hospitalized following a 30-foot fall at Steel Dust’s Millport, Alabama, facility.
A previous NIOSH report (2016)1 described the death of nine oil and gas extraction workers that occurred during gauging or sampling activities at open thief hatches on crude oil storage tanks. Hydrocarbon gases and vapors (HGVs) and associated oxygen displacement were the primary or contributory factors in these fatalities.
Motion Industries, Inc., a leading distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation replacement parts and a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company, announced the promotion of Pamela Sims to Vice President of Marketing, effective
September 1, 2018.
Two Colorado construction companies have been cited by OSHA after an employee fell to his death at a Greenwood Village worksite.
The worker fell while installing metal roofing panels on a storage unit building. OSHA cited Hammers Construction Inc. and Montes Construction LLC for failing to use adequate fall protection and restrict employees from standing on the mid-rails of scissor lifts.
I read a lot of articles about workers getting killed on the job in preventable incidents. They’re always upsetting.
But one of the things that infuriates me most is the all-too-common statement from a company spokesperson that “Safety is our top priority” after a preventable fatality.
A complaint brought OSHA inspectors to a rubber and plastic manufacturing plant in Killbuck, Ohio, where they found that employees were being exposed to nearly four dozen safety and health violations.
