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Fatalities involving confined spaces & failing to provide fall protection

Recent OSHA Enforcement Cases

November 5, 2019

The following are recent OSHA enforcement cases around the country, including a Texas company cited after fatality, Two Florida roofing companies cited for exposing employees to fall and other hazards, Athens, Georgia Dollar Tree Store, and a Missouri food flavoring manufacturer.

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Department of Labor issues Mental Health Toolkit

Creating a workplace culture for employees facing mental health issues

November 5, 2019

The U.S. Department of Labor has launched a new resource to help employers better understand mental health issues, and obtain guidance on how to cultivate a work environment that supports employees with related conditions.

DOL's Sweatt: Strong enforcement a priority for OSHA

November 5, 2019

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Loren Sweatt spoke at the Pennsylvania Governor's Safety and Health Conference on October 28, 2019.

Assessing the “ins and outs” of confined spaces

What’s going on in there?

Pat Furr

November 3, 2019

If your facility has confined spaces on site, it is critically important that you evaluate those spaces to determine if you need to have a permit-required confined space program.

Draft a LOTO policy, install equipment, train workers

Controlling hazardous energy

Tim O’Connor

November 2, 2019

Each year when OSHA reports its most frequently violated standards, the control of hazardous energy, also known as lockout tagout (1910.147) consistently appears high on the list of greatest offenders.

Reporting variables makes comparisons difficult

How relevant are injury rates?

Flavio Simon

November 2, 2019

It’s somewhat tricky to interpret the true relevance of any injury rate greater than zero without an accompanying context.

Weekly news round-up

November 2, 2019

A million dollar occupational fatality fine, a new guide for cut-resistant gloves and pregnant workers’ safety were among the occupational safety and health stories featured on ISHN.com this week.

Alabama construction workers exposed to falls, other hazards

November 1, 2019

OSHA has cited Diaz Professional Construction LLC for exposing employees to falls at a Montgomery, Alabama, residential worksite. The framing contractor faces $31,879 in penalties. The agency initiated the inspection as part of its Regional Emphasis Program for Falls in Construction after inspectors observed employees performing framing activities without fall protection.

Oil industry association updates guidance on GHS

November 1, 2019

Given the expanding international market in chemical substances and mixtures, a global system of classification and labeling was proposed at the 1992 Earth Summit by the International Labour Organization, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and many other governments and stakeholders. In response, the United Nations developed the ‘Globally Harmonised System’ (GHS) which is a single worldwide system for classifying and communicating the hazardous properties of industrial and consumer substances and mixtures.

Outdoor work during extreme heat claims a life

October 31, 2019

A company based in Anson, Maine has been cited by OSHA for an employee fatality that occurred at a jobsite in Inman, Nebraska. Smith Mountain Investments LLC is a professional pole inspection company that inspects and treats some of the 150,000,000 wood utility poles in North America to ensure structural integrity. An employee of the company became ill while performing extreme physical activity in excessive temperatures in July 2019 and later died.