Oscar Renda Contracting faces $124K in OSHA penalties.
Seattle Bulk Shipping Inc. is currently appealing violations for which it was fined $424,850 and is considered a severe violator by L&I, meaning it is subject to follow-up inspections to determine whether the conditions still exist.
New Alliance has been cited for 16 serious and one other-than-serious safety and health violations.
13 serious and one other-than-serious violation were found.
One of the safety industry's best annual events again visits the Mile High City next year. (ASSE's Safety 2012 conference also was in Denver.)
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.
The best and brightest 2016 shows include NFMT 2016, which takes place in March 2016 in Baltimore, followed by AIHce 2016, ASSE's Safety 2016, NFPA's Conference & Expo VPPPA's national conference, WEFTEC 2016, and the 2016 National Safety Congress & Expo.
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.