OSHA has cited two separate wood product companies in Superior for exposing workers to a variety of safety and health hazards. Eureka Pellet Mill's proposed fines total $58,500, and Mountain West Products LLC's proposed fines total $42,500.
OSHA has cited Barringer Brothers Roofing Inc., a residential roofing contractor in Belleville, for violations in connection with fall hazards. Proposed penalties total $106,400.
The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment ordering The John Galt Corp. and two of its former managers, Mitchel Alvo and Dorota Lebkowska, to compensate a worker who was fired for raising a health and safety issue during an asbestos removal project the defendants oversaw at the former Deutsche Bank Building at 130 Liberty St. in Manhattan.
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis will re-establish the charter of OSHA’s Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health. The group advises the secretary on formulating safety and health standards and policies that affect construction workers and the construction industry. The charter will expire in two years.
OSHA has cited Tactical Cleaning Co. in Commerce City, Colo., for 12 alleged serious violations at its tank cleaning facility for exposing a worker to a flash fire while working in a confined space with flammable materials. The worker sustained significant burns and died later from his injuries.
OSHA has issued notices of unsafe and unhealthful working conditions to the U.S. Army Garrison, Directorate of Public Works, in Fort Riley, Kan., for one willful and 18 serious violations.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is proposing to cut in half the exposure limit for coal dust, the cause of black lung disease. MSHA estimates the new standard will prevent thousands of illnesses and hundreds of deaths over the lifetimes of miners.
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Minister of Environmental Protection Zhou Shengxian signed an agreement that formalizes the partnership between the United States and China on environmental protection.
Cal/OSHA's nationally recognized Process Safety Management (PSM) Unit has completed investigations at all of California's refineries in the aftermath of the deadly explosion in April at the Tesoro Refinery in Washington State. This measure was taken to ensure safeguards are in place to prevent California from experiencing a similar disaster. Cal/OSHA's PSM Unit released its inspection findings on October 11 and concluded that the hydrogen corrosion that led to the Tesoro accident was due to circumstances that do not exist in this state.
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