Facility Safety


Connecticut Financial Services Firm Cited for Electrical Hazards

OSHA found that The Hartford's data center policy required electricians employed by its maintenance contractor, Grubb & Ellis, to perform work in live electrical panels for computer equipment without first de-energizing the panels.

As summer heats up, mosquitoes begin to breed.

Experts Predict 'Mosquito Summer from Hell'

Homeowners are advised to be vigilant in eliminating places where water can collect and stand in their yards and gardens.

AFFLINK's Transformation

Celebrating its seventh consecutive record year, this organization has grown far beyond its roots as a jan/san buying group.

24/7 Supply

Most customers using the FAST 5000SM machines find they have better control of their PPE and MRO supplies than ever before.

Grainger's Services Taking Shape

Online SafetyManager, management tools organized into "Four Corners of Safety," was a hot item during the 2011 Grainger Show.

CSB Stays Busy Investigating Hoeganaes Corp.

An investigative team deployed to the Tennessee company's site May 27 -- the third serious accident CSB has investigated there, according to the board.

ASSE Offers Cleanup Tips for Businesses Affected by Recent Disasters

"It is projected that we can expect more serious storms and tornadoes during the summer," said ASSE President Darryl C. Hill. "Thus, it is imperative we plan accordingly.”

Beef Processing Plant Slapped with Fines for Repeat, Serious Violations

Serious violations include failing to ensure the safe and proper use of step ladders, to keep floor surfaces free of water to prevent slipping or sliding, and to provide an adequate and timely emergency response plan for night shift workers.



OSHA Casts Iron Foundry $44,300 Fine for Repeat, Health Violations

The repeat violations include a lack of guardrails on work platforms greater than 4 feet above the ground, a lack of eyewash and shower, and unguarded machinery.

Worker Fatally Crushed on Conveyor, Company Fined $82,100

OSHA's Little Rock office initiated a safety inspection on Dec. 22, 2010, at the company's facility on Frazier Pike following a report that a worker was crushed to death by being caught between two pipes on a conveyor.

Illinois Firm Fined $1.2 Million in Asbestos Case

OSHA cited AMD Industries Inc. of Cicero for 19 allegedly willful and eight allegedly serious violations after inspecting its facilities at the request of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

OHSA Prescribes Rite Aid $60,500 Fine for Blocked Emergency Exits

On Nov. 30, 2010, an OSHA inspector found two of the store's emergency exits blocked by filled totes and wooden crates, and informed management that the exits must not be blocked.

OSHA Launches Health, Safety Program Survey for Private Sector Employers

Questions include whether respondents already have a safety management system, whether they perform annual inspections, who manages safety at their establishments, and what kinds of hazards they encounter at their facilities.

Combustible dust fires are frequently precursor events to dust-related explosions, John Astad says. (NIST photo)

ComDust Group Wants Fire Input in OSHA's Standard

Some members of the LinkedIn Combustible Dust Policy Institute Group are concerned that the fire service may not be involved in discussions as the proposed standard is being developed.

Tokyo Electric Power Co., which owns the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, released this photo May 19 showing the tsunami approaching its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear reactor.

Green Light from Chief UK Inspector for Nuclear Plants

Mike Weightman's interim report for the British government said there's no need to curtail operations at the country's nuclear power plants in light of the Japanese crisis.

ASSE Offers Cleanup Tips for Flood-Related Mold

Besides infection and allergic reactions, excessive mold growth indoors can result in offensive, musty odors from the gases released by certain molds as they grow and die.

Kansas Beef Processor Hit with $176,400 Fine for Slew of Hazards

OSHA's inspection of the beef processing and packaging company was initiated in November 2010 under the agency's Site-Specific Targeting Program, through which OSHA focuses on employers with higher-than-average occupational injury and illness rates.

This Lightstep Technologies photo shows unsafe routes marked with a red "X" in a demonstration building.

University to Install New Life Safety Technology

Upper Iowa University's Fayette campus will be the first U.S. university to install what is billed as an intelligent evacuation system from Lightstep Technologies of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

This BHP Billton illustration shows how the Olympic Dam mining operation would look when expanded as the company plans.

Expanded Mining Closer for World's Largest Uranium Deposit

BHP Billiton on May 13 published its final Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement for a huge expansion of its Olympic Dam operation in South Australia.

Postal Service Fined $93,500 Following Worker Complaints

OSHA found exit routes blocked by bins, carts, boxes and other equipment, and electrical control panels blocked by carts and bins.

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