Incidents involving floor contaminants (wet or dry) aren’t isolated to entrances or production areas.
Racking safety awareness is an integral part of any business with a warehouse and a production line because it is the difference between a company that can be trusted and a company that cannot.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board urged OSHA and EPA to address regulatory gaps in safety oversight of petroleum storage facilities.
Linden Lumber of Linden, Ala., has been cited for repeat safety violations.
OSHA issued eight serious citations to TIMET for the incident.
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. faces $46,825 in fines after an OSHA inspection in West Virginia.
A judge has ordered American Recycling & Manufacturing Co. Inc. to pay $154K in fines.
Reser’s Fine Foods was cited for 13 serious safety and health violations
CSB investigators will present their findings and suggested recommendations and will include an animation depicting the events that led to the deaths.
Wireless gas monitoring is flexible and provides more control—at a time when regulators are about to make sure you have such control.
Hannaford Supermarkets was cited for failing to keep distribution centers free from recognized hazards likely to cause these types of injuries.
Sometimes electrical equipment must be installed in areas where combustible vapors and gases are used or may be present. These are commonly referred to as "hazardous locations" and are defined by the National Electrical Code (NEC) in the United States.
"This premises was a potential death trap, and the fact that the judge sentenced both Mr. Farag and Mr. Wassef to six months in prison should serve as a stark warning to other landlords who choose to ignore their fire safety responsibilities," said Neil Orbell, the London Fire Brigade's assistant commissioner for fire safety. "The courts plainly take fire safety as seriously as we do, and if we find landlords are putting their tenants' lives at risk, we won't hesitate to prosecute."
OSHA has proposed $38,000 in fines for Allen Harim Foods LLC.
Proposed penalties are 14K.
OSHA says the death could have been prevented.
The guide was developed at the request of the National Center for Transgender Equality.
The collaboration will address research for occupational safety and health in the nanotechnology industry.
State health inspectors will regularly be at the Brenham plant to test ice cream and other items. For at least two years after resuming production, Blue Bell must report any presumptive positive test result for Listeria in a product or ingredient to DSHS within 24 hours.
Pacemaker Steel & Piping Co. Inc. faces $45,500 in penalties as a result, according to OSHA.