"After agreeing to correct problems found during our previous inspection, management's admitted failure to make those changes seriously jeopardizes the safety and health of the people working in their plant," said Roberto Sanchez, OSHA's area director in Birmingham.
Charges of six willful and 10 serious citations follow a March 2008 explosion that caused serious injuries to two employees at the facility in Spooner, Wis.
FDA is advising consumers not to purchase infant formula manufactured in China from Internet sites or from other sources and said it will continue to check retail stores for food items imported from China that could contain a significant amount of milk or milk proteins.
Although it functions solely as an advisory body, the committee assists OSHA on matters relevant to the safety and health of employees in the maritime industry, including shipbuilding, ship-repair, shipbreaking, longshoring, and marine-terminal industries.
"If we can provide these employers and their employees with the knowledge and ability to anticipate, identify, and eliminate work-related hazards, we will get that much closer to eliminating job-related injuries," said Deborah Zubaty, OSHA's area director in Columbus.
According to OSHA, it all matters whether the employee's normal work schedule includes one or more work-from-home days.
Specifically, the agencies signed partnerships with the Rocky Hill, Conn.-based Independent Electrical Contractors of New England Inc. (IECNE) and the Wethersfield-based Connecticut Office of Apprenticeship and Training (CTOAT).
The proposed total penalty includes $92,500 in fines for five repeat citations involving unguarded elevated work areas, untrained forklift operators, storing a forklift in front of a marked exit, exposed wiring in a heater and an electrical junction box, and not providing hazard communication training to new employees.
Contractors say the proposal, which OSHA issued to clarify that certain respiratory and training standards apply on a per-employee basis, is a threat. And the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's comments predict a court will strike it down.
More Americans are buckling up than ever before, with 83 percent of vehicle occupants using seatbelts during daylight hours, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters announced recently. In 2007, 82 percent used seat belts.
Licensed by the state of New Jersey as a health inspector, Robert D. Kulick joined OSHA in 1977 and worked for six years as an industrial hygiene field compliance officer before advancing to other agency positions.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that an Arizona city will pay $240,000 to resolve a 2007 complaint against it for allegedly violating the asbestos provisions of the Clean Air Act.
If a motor carrier contests the denial of a safety permit, claiming crashes that caused its rate to be in the top 30 percent of the national average weren't preventable, the agency will consider it.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced Thursday that the operator of the Darby Mine #1 in Harlan County, Ky., withdrew its challenge to citations issued following the May 2006 explosion that claimed five miners’ lives.
"This case illustrates in stark terms that failure to follow required procedures can have wide-ranging and catastrophic consequences," said OSHA chief Edwin G. Foulke Jr.
The agency said it will evaluate the program's effectiveness and findings in July 2009.
Over the past 10 years, the company, which operates 1,632 sites across the nation with approximately 11,900 employees, has been inspected 37 times by OSHA and cited for similar violations.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters has directed the Federal Aviation Administration to implement 13 new safety recommendations from an independent review team tasked with reviewing the current U.S. aviation safety system.
The operator of Darby Mine #1 in Harlan County, Ky., agreed to drop its challenge to the MSHA citations and must pay the fines by Oct. 19.
The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a settlement with Encore Management Co. in Arlington to resolve findings by OSHA that the company illegally terminated an employee because she complained about safety and health issues.