The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Coomes Oil & Supply Inc., doing business as the 5th Wheel BP gas station in St. Augustine, and Florida Rock & Tank Lines Inc. for safety hazards after an employee of the latter company was burned in an explosion at the station in August.
Latest white paper describes how predictive analytics, which has already optimized several other industries, is now being used by safety professionals to predict and prevent workplace injuries
February 22, 2012
A new white paper, “Predictive Analytics in Workplace Safety: Four ‘Safety Truths’ that Reduce Workplace Injuries,” has been released by Predictive Solutions Corporation, an Industrial Scientific company.
Company had "inexcusably lax" attitude toward worker safety
February 21, 2012
OSHA has cited Mount Enterprise, Texas-based J.P. Spivey Supply for one willful and 13 serious safety and health violations after two workers had fingers amputated at the company's facility in Mount Enterprise, TX. Proposed penalties total $57,200.
The company Predictive Solutions recently published a White Paper on Safety Inspections, containing four truths of inspections. Safety truth #1: More inspections predict a safer workplace.
OSHA has cited Jeffboat LLC for nine safety violations, including one willful violation, at its Jeffersonville,Indiana facility after a worker was fatally crushed on Aug. 19, when he became trapped between a malfunctioning transfer car and a barge.
In a statement released today, CSB Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso used the ninth anniversary of a deadly Corbin, Kentucky plant explosion to criticize OSHA for the agency's failure to issue combustible dust regulations.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is making available a series of bulletins designed to help home health care workers stay safe and healthy on the job.
Publix Supermarkets Inc. has been cited by the OSHA for 16 safety and health violations at its Jacksonville, FL distribution facility in Jacksonville after receiving a complaint in September that a worker's hand was amputated while cleaning conveyor equipment.