The report highlighted that the number of occupational diseases went up from 124 in 2010 to 361 in 2011, primarily due to the increased reporting of noise-induced deafness cases.
Charles Greer Lumber Co. has been cited by OSHA for 18 safety and health violations following an April inspection of the company's plant in Suwanee, Ga. Penalties total $87,780.
Some of the serious violations involve exposing employees to electrical hazards due to the company's failure to properly mark voltage panel boxes, properly guard voltage junction boxes, and cover live electrical parts.
Violations include failing to provide machine guards on a bandsaw blade, allowing aluminum dust to collect in the shot blast machine, and failing to implement explosion protection measures for equipment and exhaust ventilation systems.
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Eight serious violations involve a storage cabinet for flammable liquids that did not meet fire resistance requirements, an auger that did not have its power source locked out to prevent its activation while employees cleared jams, and blocked and unmounted fire extinguishers.
Five years after the company was founded, it has landed a deal with the U.S. Marine Corps that opens more opportunities with the U.S. military, CEO Justin Miller says.
Several large gifts already have been made to assist the institute and the 65 Faces Campaign marking its 65th anniversary.
They add a new "Wind Energy Uses" chapter to the Forest Service's Special Uses Handbook and a new "Monitoring at Wind Energy Sites" chapter to the Wildlife Monitoring Handbook.
Northeastern Wisconsin Wood Products was first inspected by OSHA in 2006 and issued eight citations. A follow-up inspection in 2007 found that most of the originally cited hazards remained unabated.
The company was cited for one willful, one repeat, 20 serious, and one-other-than serious violation, following a combined safety and health inspection at the company's facility.
Two employees received injuries while operating mechanical power presses in the plant prior to OSHA's January inspection. As a result, the company was cited for a total of nine willful safety violations.
Seventeen serious violations include the company's failure to ensure exits were unblocked, provide eye protection approved by the American National Standards Institute, and provide written energy source lockout/tagout procedures.
A trade association and the U.S. Labor Department offered very different interpretations of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2005 decision in IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez when they commented on its application to FSIS inspectors.
OSHA initiated an inspection on Feb. 1 as part of its National Emphasis Program on Amputations. As a result, the company was cited for 18 serious violations.
The willful violations address the company’s failure, from 2007 to 2010, to record standard threshold shifts on the OSHA 300 Log when employees’ hearing tests revealed that they experienced a work-related STS and the employees’ total hearing level was 25 decibels or more above audiometric zero.
This new National Emphasis Program aims to protect workers from chemical and physical hazards. Some are exposed to metal dusts and fumes, carbon monoxide, lead, and silica, according to inspection and BLS data.
Only one factor was found to be a consistent predictor of good ear plug fit: one-on-one training.
“W503 Noise - Measurement and its Effects” will provide registrants with a better appreciation of the nature of noise hazards in the workplace and the effects of noise on people, noted AIHA.
Two days of live webcasts of tech sessions taking place at the Portland, Ore., conference will begin May 18.