Company kept mum about coal "outburst" prior to collapse
March 12, 2012
The owner of a Utah coal mine has been charged with criminal violations of mandatory health and safety standards under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, following a mine collapse that killed six miners and three rescuers.
2009 incident at same site caused fire, worker injuries
March 7, 2012
A seven-person investigation team from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has arrived at the site of an accident reportedly involving the release of hydrofluoric acid (HF) at the CITGO Corpus Christi, Texas alkylation unit.
An investigation by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) found that enforcement efforts at the Upper Big Branch Mine (UBB) were "compromised" prior to the deadly 2010 explosion there, due to a failure to follow established policy on the part of agency personnel.
OSHA has cited Hobart Brothers Co., a manufacturer of welding wire and ground power equipment for airplanes in Troy, Ohio with a total of 55 safety and health violations including inadequate lockout/tagout programs, fall protection and noise sampling, among others.
As a warehouse worker in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the nation’s biggest distribution hub for consumer goods, Jorge Soto handles shipments for retail giant Walmart every day.
A former Massey Energy security director was sentenced to 36 months in jail on Wednesday for making a false statement and obstructing a government investigation into the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster.
While OSHA’s emergency eyewash and shower requirements and the relevant ANSI standard are fairly straightforward, the experiences of other companies offer some helpful information.