Within the next decade approximately 2.7 million “Baby Boomers” (b. 1946-1964) will retire, ensuring tens of thousands of skilled, well-paid positions will become available, all without a ready supply of American workers to fill them. Statistics paint an especially gloomy picture for the manufacturing sector, and a widening of the skills gap as young employees replace old.
OSHA has ordered Union Pacific Railroad to pay $51,000 in punitive damages and back pay to an employee based in Carson, CA after it violated federal whistleblower provisions when it illegally suspended him for videotaping a safety inspection on his cell phone.
Here are the stats for machine guard standard (19100212 General requirements for all machines) violations cited by Federal OSHA during the period October 2012 through September 2013
