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Most employers hit with COVID-19 safety fines haven't paid, reports Reuters

February 18, 2021

Of the more than 300 employers who have accrued safety penalties during the coronavirus pandemic, only about one-third have paid, according to an investigation by Reuters.


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10 safety mistakes that can cost you a legal case

Breaking the chain of “substantial continuity” — Tenth Circuit clarifies test for repeat OSHA violations

Megan E. Baroni Christopher Y. Eddy Peter R. Knight Jonathan H. Schaefer
February 10, 2021

As OSHA practitioners and environmental, health and safety professionals know, avoiding repeat citations is often a central issue when resolving an OSHA enforcement matter. OSHA policy instructs the agency to consider several factors when determining whether to characterize a citation as “repeat.” One of those factors involves a situation in which there has been a change in corporate structure or ownership between the initial and subsequent violations.


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OSHA reports $3,930,381 in coronavirus violations

November 12, 2020

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic through Dec. 31, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued citations arising from 300 inspections for violations relating to coronavirus, resulting in proposed penalties totaling $3,930,381.


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OSHA announces $1,222,156 in coronavirus violations

October 21, 2020

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic through Oct. 8, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited 85 establishments for violations relating to coronavirus, resulting in proposed penalties totaling $1,222,156.


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New Orleans sues Hard Rock Hotel developers over fatal collapse

September 2, 2020

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced that the city has filed suit against the property developers who were overseeing the construction of a Hard Rock hotel that collapsed last year and killed three workers, reports ABC News.


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Fatalities involving confined spaces & failing to provide fall protection
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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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Recent OSHA Enforcement Cases
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Recent OSHA Enforcement Cases

October 2, 2019
The following are recent OSHA enforcement cases around the country, including a Florida roofing company, an Ohio roofing contractor, a Michigan pipeline company, a Florida tortilla company, a New York frozen foods packager, a Wisconsin manufacturing company, and a Pennsylvania manufacturing company.
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Recent OSHA Enforcement Cases

September 13, 2019

OSHA cited Graphic Packaging International LLC – an Atlanta, Georgia-based paper product manufacturer – for exposing employees to hot steam, and failing to ensure the use of proper hazardous energy control methods. The company faces $211,400 in proposed fines.


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Desperate hours at OSHA?

Neglect leaves OSHA short-staffed and leaderless

Desperate hours at the agency?
Davejohnson
Dave Johnson
June 18, 2019
In OSHA’s 48-year-old history, the agency has experienced desperate hours on a regular schedule. The agency opened its door in 1971. Before the decade was out a “STOP OSHA” lobbying movement was underway. In 1979, Republican Senator Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania proposed an “OSHA Improvements Act” which would have exempted from inspections all employers, large or small, regardless of industry, with good safety records. It was defeated in 1980.
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No forklift training for injured distribution center employee

March 4, 2019
OSHA has cited Hilti Inc. – a hardware merchant wholesaler – for exposing employees to struck-by hazards after an employee was injured while operating a forklift at a distribution center in Atlanta, Georgia. The Plano, Texas-based company faces penalties of $164,802.
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