In October 2010, two employees were painting the inside of a water tank when a suspended scaffold device anchored on the outer surface of a roof hole fell through the hole, causing one side of the scaffold to collapse.
Vanessa Forbes, based in the firm's London office, has experience as an inspector in the UK offshore industry and as a technical consultant in oil & gas and nuclear energy.
After a three-week trial, a jury convicted a small company in connection with the September 2008 death of geologist Alexander Wright in a trench collapse. Cotswold Geotechnical was fined $622,000.
The deaths are the most reported since 2006 and a steep climb from the 65 fatalities reported in 2009.
The estimated number of affected entities is 773,632, while the time to comply can be as much as 80 hours, according to the agency.
Entitled “Deadly Practices,” the video includes animations that show the hazards of releasing gas into areas where it can accumulate, ignite, and kill or injure workers or members of the public.
OSHA's inspection found NER employees exposed to falls of up to 17 feet due to a lack of fall protection while power washing the side of a building and while dismantling scaffolding.
Truck drivers, firefighters and emergency responders, law enforcement officers, oil and gas industry workers, and highway construction workers are worker populations at high risk for vehicle-related fatalities, according to the agency.
Two fatal falls and an electrocution have killed workers installing solar panels and been investigated by the California FACE program.
The agency is keeping its crane operator safety training rule in force for now and adopting a new rule requiring workers to use fall protection when they are on a crane’s unguarded walking/working surface and more than 10 feet above a lower level.
The supplemental issue of the International Journal of Audiology highlights research that was presented at NHCA's 35th Annual Conference last year.
Three fatal accidents within a four-year period in Europe involved overturned JLG 500 RTS lifts where a lockout valve failed or the lift/drive interlock system didn’t work, according to the agency, which reminded users to follow two JLG field service bulletins.
The company's willful and repeat safety violations put McEntire's Roofing in OSHA's Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
The investigation found that the roof of the facility did not have the required strength and structural integrity for repair work to be performed.
The grand prize went to a shot of a St. Joseph, Mo. member of Local 545 making a difficult weld at a Conoco refinery.
Some changes to the new training criteria that trades in California have made include plumbers adding geothermal and hydroponic solar water systems to their core training skills and electricians incorporating energy-efficient systems.
The individual employees, safety managers, and companies represent a range of industries and hazard solutions, including highly successful first aid iPhone apps and an electrical engineer's contribution toward a national arc flash standard. Winners will be announced April 28.
"This basic principle, that protection needs to be provided equally to all workers, argues against exempting certain classes of workers or occupations from fall protection rules where there are technological feasible, practical, and affordable means of preventing fall injuries," said Dan Shipp, president of ISEA.
The company was issued two willful citations with $42,000 in fines and seven serious citations with $10,500 in fines.
"The dangers of scaffolding can be controlled by adhering to OSHA standards, but this company continues to expose its workers to unnecessary hazards," said Darlene Fossum, OSHA area director in Fort Lauderdale.