Harold Felton was killed last January when the dirt walls of the trench he was working in collapsed and buried him, and rescuers were unable to dig him out in time.
Both the host employer and the staffing agency may be held responsible for safety violations, Norman R. Deitch, OHST, explained during a session at the conference.
The Department of Industrial Relations, the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, and the California Environmental Protection Agency announced new rules to strengthen safety at oil refineries statewide in July.
The first Labor Day was celebrated here in New York City over a hundred years ago, and today we mark another important milestone in our city's efforts to support working families," Mayor Bill de Blasio said Aug. 24. "The strong leadership of Commissioner [Lorelei] Salas and Deputy Commissioner Vladeck will grow our ability to protect, educate, and empower workers across New York City's five boroughs."
D.R. Horton Inc. and Garcia Carpentry LLC received repeat and serious citations.
The action will implement the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order.
A British distillery was fined about $353,000 on Aug. 18 in a case prosecuted after one of its employees was engulfed in flames during a fire that destroyed an Alcohols Ltd warehouse and its contents.
OSHA found hazards at the Silver Spring facility and issued one other-than-serious violation and five repeated violations to the company.
OSHA has fined the company $263,498 for 15 serious and two repeated safety violations.
Two employees were severely injured Feb. 12, 2016, when a compressed gas cylinder designed for a fire-suppression system exploded while they were attempting to fill it with compressed air from a high-pressure source.
The company is based in Belle Glade, Fla., and operates 12 buses and six trucks, according to the agency.
"In some areas, 6 inches or more of dust had accumulated, creating a dangerous risk of explosion," said Theresa A. Naim, director of OSHA's Erie Area Office.
An investigation determined seven workers were at risk in February and March of 2016 at a Pittsburgh facility.
The worker was crushed by a 4,000-pound machine part, according to OSHA.
OSHA has fined Environmental Remediation Services a total of $142,200 for violations.
OSHA issued the company 12 citations for safety failures.
The worker fell at a job site where OSHA previously cited violations. Material Handling Systems/MHS Technical Services faces total proposed penalties of $320,400.
Workers were exposed to lead at levels up to 20 times the permissible exposure limit, according to OSHA.
Oscar Renda Contracting faces $124K in OSHA penalties.
Scapa North America has been cited for 17 violations.