Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Mine Safety and Health Administration Joseph A. Main issued a statement.
The rule would help prevent injuries at metal and nonmetal mines.
Stephens Plumbing Inc. has been issued one willful and four serious safety violations.
The agency says the companies violated confined space safety regulations while working on a renovation of the Springfield Metro Sanitary District's Sugar Creek Plant.
GLK foods has been cited by OSHA for the fourth time in five years for exposing workers to multiple hazards.
This is the fourth time Dedicated TCS LLC failed to address dangerous confined space hazards, according to OSHA.
Inspectors also found workers had to enter a dust-collection silo referred to as a "bag house" to perform routine maintenance without the required confined space safety precautions being in place, so 13 of the serious violations involved confined space hazards.
D.S. Meyer Enterprise LLC has been fined $52,500 for the violation.
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The administration announced the citations in a news brief.
One of the year's most significant enforcement developments occurred late in the year, in November: President Obama signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.
The company was cited for one willful and two serious safety violations.
Subpart AA of 29 CFR 1926 will help to prevent construction workers from being hurt or killed by eliminating and isolating hazards in confined spaces at construction sites.
The amount of exposure to individuals can depend upon work practices, ventilation, and location. Will the work be done in wide open areas, inside a building adjacent to other work processes and people, or potentially even in a confined space?
If the environment is hazardous, explosion-proof or intrinsically safe ventilation equipment must be used to protect workers.
It is imperative to get the adequate training, to select the proper equipment, and to practice entering, exiting, and performing simulated rescues.
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Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services has been cited for more than 30 violations after incident. The company faces penalties of $963,000, and OSHA has placed it in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
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The willful citation involved electrical equipment with damaged parts; there were damaged and malfunctioning pendant control boxes for a crane, damaged slings not removed from service, unguarded metal saws, unguarded floor openings, and a lack of machine guarding and confined space training, according to OSHA.