According to DOJ, on average, the center’s residents die at the age of 46.5 years, compared with the average age of 72 years for other individuals with developmental disabilities living in institutional settings.
Several agencies within the department, including OSHA, have their own presentations on the DOL page that explain how they support the draft plan. It will be posted for review and comment in July.
Among the 18 serious hazards the agency cited are the company’s failure to protect workers from rotating parts on conveyor belts and not providing a wash station for employees during the use of corrosive chemicals.
According to investigators, the company has not maintained OSHA 300 logs for two years and has failed to develop and implement a hazcom program, train employees on hazardous chemicals, and develop and implement a respiratory protection program, among other problems.
"Illegal marketing of pharmaceutical drugs jeopardizes the public's confidence in our health care system," said Tony West, assistant attorney general for DOJ's Civil Division.
"Having proper machine guarding on equipment can prevent these needless injuries to workers," said OSHA Area Director Jule Hovi in Toledo, Ohio.
If the proposal to establish a No Discharge Zone is approved, the discharge of sewage from boats into canal waters will be prohibited.
Working with EPA, the port authority will phase out trucks made before 1994 as of Jan. 1, 2011.
EPA alleges that UCM failed to conduct hazardous waste determinations at their point of origin and failed to comply with universal waste regulations by not storing waste in closed containers.
The proposed fines address a series of three maintenance violations that took place from March 2008 to May 2009.
Allegedly not providing clean water to construction workers housed in a barracks at Harmon, Guam, brought an OSHA willful violation against Hua Sheng International Group Corp. in Barrigada, Guam.
The 45 serious violations of which the facility stands accused address hazards with industrial trucks, falls, PPE, machine guarding, electrical safety, process safety management, respirators, and emergency response.
OSHA has ordered The Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. to pay $1,000 in punitive damages and to take corrective actions, including expunging disciplinary actions and references to them from various records as well as compensating the worker for attorneys' fees.
The mine operator failed to follow the ventilation plan and conduct an adequate pre-shift exam.
The American Trucking Associations says it will use the safety data submitted in a confidential online survey "to continue to educate the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration leadership and staff" about the industry's experience with the current hours of service rule.
Magdy El-Sibaie, Ph.D., officially assumes his duties Monday as the new associate administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety at DOT's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. He has been acting assistant secretary for the past six months.
With coastal water temperatures just a few degrees above freezing and inland waters even colder, the lure of spring-like weather creates a deceptively dangerous combination, USCG notes.
Unguarded protruding steel rebar, uncovered 7-foot deep holes, and an unprotected 14-foot-high excavation wall were among the unsafe conditions OSHA found at the construction site in Newton, Mass.
"Unprotected trenches can become deathtraps in an instant when cave-ins occur," said Richard S. Terrill, OSHA's regional administrator in Seattle.
"Employers should not assume this [combustible dust] hazard is minor or non-existent. Addressing it requires ongoing attention and effort, but proper precautions can prevent or minimize the possibility of a devastating explosion or fire," said William Coffin, OSHA's area director for Maine.