UK Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations Mike Weightman filed an interim report last month, telling the British government there is no need to curtail operations at the country’s nuclear power plants in light of the Japanese crisis at the Fukushima plant.
In December 2010, OSHA began its inspection at the Cumberland Mall in Atlanta after Peach State Roofing employees were observed exposed to a fall hazard while working along the edge of a flat roof.
The rule requires mine operators to maintain the percentage of incombustible content of the combined coal dust, rock dust, and other dust at 80 percent in all accessible areas of underground bituminous coal mines.
OSHA initiated an investigation following the accident that occurred when two employees were installing storm water pipes in a trench that was approximately 60 feet long and 18-20 feet deep without trench protection, such as a trench box or proper sloping.
OSHA's Region 4 announced the program began May 29 in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Georgia and will end Sept. 30, unless it is extended.
Employers who provide temporary work that allows an injured worker to "Stay at Work" while recovering from an injury will be eligible to be reimbursed for half of the worker's wages.
OSHA cited the company for one serious safety violation related to the fatality for exposing workers to struck-by hazards by not requiring them to wear high-visibility clothing and by not implementing traffic control measures.
The final rule will include procedures to improve training, mitigate fatigue, and clearly define roles and responsibilities for employees in control rooms for DOT-regulated pipelines.
The violations include failing to provide appropriate machine guarding on equipment, such as the automated bread oven, and provide fall protection for employees working on top of the ovens.
"This tragedy could have been prevented," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Dr. David Michaels. "It is imperative that employers take steps to eliminate hazards and provide a safe working environment."
The agency said it has cited Phenix Lumber Co. 77 times since 2007 and wants to include it in the Severe Violators Enforcement Program.
OSHA's investigation found that at the time of the incident, employees were filling an 18-foot-high by 65-foot-long concrete block wall with cement when the wall collapsed, killing one employee and hospitalizing three others.
OSHA inspectors found four Lessard employees exposed to potentially life-threatening falls of 23 feet while working without fall protection on a steep-pitched roof at a work site in Lewiston, Maine.
"Methylene chloride exposure can have very serious health effects, such as cancer and cardiac distress," said Paula Dixon-Roderick, director of OSHA's area office in Marlton, N.J.
From 2000−2009, 350 workers died in trenching or excavation cave-ins—an av¬erage of 35 fatalities per year.
OSHA's investigation was initiated in March after an employee was pinned and injured in a 9-foot-deep trench when a large piece of the trench wall caved in on him.
Proposed penalties total $159,700. OSHA began its inspection in December 2010 as part of its national emphasis program to prevent workplace amputations.
A trade association and the U.S. Labor Department offered very different interpretations of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2005 decision in IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez when they commented on its application to FSIS inspectors.
"This precedent-setting agreement will go a long way in protecting the interests of workers employed by this farm, as well as others in the industry," said Patrick Reilly, director of the division's Southern New Jersey District Office.
Novo Nordisk Inc., a Danish drug maker, agreed to pay that amount to resolve its civil liability for illegally promoting a hemophilia drug for treating traumatic bleeding of combat casualties.