A fire and explosion at a titanium and zirconium processing facility in the northern panhandle of West Virginia Thursday afternoon has claimed the lives of two workers.
OSHA has issued a total of $154,700 in proposed fines against three Massachusetts contractors for exposing workers to cave-in hazards at a Salem, N.H., worksite. Cited were Joseph P. Cardillo & Son Inc. of Wakefield, Majestic Mechanical Contractors Inc. of Tewksbury and Domenick Zanni Sons Inc. of Reading.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Newman and Co. for exposing workers to numerous workplace safety and health hazards after a worker was killed at the paper manufacturer's Philadelphia plant.
OSHA has cited GSI Group LLC, headquartered in Assumption, Ill., after a worker was killed at the company's Newton plant on June 7 while operating a laser cutting machine. According to a U.S. Labor Department press release, the manufacturer of grain dryer equipment was issued one willful and two serious safety violations for failing to have machine guarding in place.
OSHA has cited J&P Construction of Tuscaloosa, Ala., doing business as Jamison Construction, with safety violations for exposing its workers to cave-in hazards while installing storm drains along Highway 98 in Destin, Fla. Proposed penalties total $45,500.
Every day, approximately 2,000 U.S. workers suffer a job-related eye injury, with one-third of them serious enough to require treatment in a hospital emergency room, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
OSHA has cited U.S. Minerals LLC with willfully exposing its workers to dangerously high levels of hazardous dust, and not providing adequate breathing protection and training for workers at its facility in Coffeen.
A new OSHA Safety and Health Information Bulletin and companion Worker Alert recommend that employers use safety measures to prevent exposing workers to the potentially fatal health effects of butter flavorings and other flavoring substances containing diacetyl or its substitutes.
With buildings becoming taller and floor areas becoming larger, several thousand building occupants may need to be evacuated quickly and safely during an emergency, noted National Fire Protection Association’s Russ Sanders during a recent ASME symposium on elevator use in building emergencies.
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