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Investigation Finds Contractor Could Have Prevented Worker's Drowning

OSHA reports site lacked worker training, proper PPE

January 15, 2025

OSHA finds that North Carolina site lacked worker training, proper PPE.

OSHA: Manufacturer failed to prevent worker death from caught-between, struck-by hazards

April 18, 2024

Ohio's Faurecia Emissions Control Systems faces more than $300K in proposed penalties.

OSHA finds Mississippi poultry facility lacked safety standards following teen worker’s death

It’s the second fatality in two years for the plant

ISHN Staff

January 17, 2024

A16-year-old sanitation worker who was pulled into a machine, suffering fatal injuries.

Honor Labor Day every day- workers memorial

Workers Memorial Day

Honor our fallen workers by doing your part to protect others

Bill Donovan

April 27, 2023

On this Workers Memorial Day, remember that we all have a role to play in making sure our nation’s workplaces do not endanger our safety and health.

One worker electrocuted, two who try to help him injured

October 16, 2018

OSHA has cited a Pennsylvania contractor for health and safety violations following an electrical accident on April 12, 2018 that killed one worker and injured two others. News sources said a crew employed by Pipe Contracting LLC was repairing the sewer system when a machine the workers were using touched a 23,000-volt high-tension line.

Study: Right-to-Work laws harm workplace safety

October 9, 2018

A study analyzing the effect of Right-to-Work (RTW) laws finds a correlation between decreased unionization and a rise in occupational fatalities. The study, published in the medical journal BMJ, looked at the period from 1992 to 2016 and found that RTW laws “have led to a 14.2 percent increase in occupational mortality through decreased unionization.”

Advocacy group slams Amazon’s worker safety record

Seven deaths at company warehouses since 2013

October 5, 2018

Amazon, the retail giant which announced this week an across-the-board wage increase to $15 an hour for all employees, must also pay “urgent attention” to workplace safety issues, says the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH).

OSHA cites, fines Crystal Finishing Systems following fatality investigation

Worker dies after being caught between crane hook, load bars

December 12, 2016

A federal investigation prompted by the death of a 51-year-old chemical technician at a coatings company's facility in Mosinee has resulted in multiple safety violations. OSHA issued three repeated, four serious and three other than serious safety citations on Dec. 7, 2016, to the Schofield-based, Crystal Finishing Systems' following the agency's investigation into the June 14, 2016, death.

From electrocution to crushing: NIOSH FACE reports gather the grim facts

September 12, 2016

A dozen workers die almost every day in the U.S. as a result of a traumatic injury on the job. In order to identify the factors that contribute to these fatal injuries, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducts investigations through its Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) program.

A NIOSH Science Blog post

Palm tree worker suffocated by palm fronds

Another death in California

September 4, 2015

On August 13, 2015, another worker was suffocated by palm fronds in California (see news report ). This is at least the fourth similar fatality since the California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) program (CA/FACE) program issued a report and video on this hazard in February 2014.