OSHA issued $196,000 in proposed fines to a Connecticut contractor for allegedly exposing workers to hazards similar to those in a Philadelphia building collapse in June 2013.
The DOT agency's advisory bulletin asks pipeline owners and operators to look for deficiencies like the ones NTSB found in Enbridge's program after a large pipeline spill in July 2010.
OSHA has cited Five Star Commercial Roofing and issued nearly $50,000 in fines for allegedly exposing its workers to fall hazards.
The agency has cited Cooper Power Systems for allegedly exposing its workers to chemical hazards.
Any activity that creates dust should be investigated to see whether there is a risk of that dust being combustible.
L&L Lumber Co. faces $45,000 in proposed fines following an OSHA inspection at an Alabama work site.
The company faces $185,400 in proposed fines for alleged willful and repeat violations.
The agency also cited Salko Kitchens Inc. for allegedly exposing workers to fire and explosion hazards.
The agency has cited Grede Wisconsin Subsidiaries LLC for one repeat violation involving silica exposures.
The agency's data show its inspectors issued 210 citations, eight orders, and one safeguard.
The agency inspected Diversified CPC International's Sparta, N.J., facility as part of its Process Safety Management Covered Chemical Facilities National Emphasis Program.
The companies have agreed to comply with chemical emergency planning laws intended to protect communities and first responders during chemical emergencies.
It supports requiring more management system elements and recommends that OSHA include some improvements based on the consensus ANSI/AIHA Z10 standard.
All 86 workers evacuated safely, but 13 were treated for smoke inhalation during the Feb. 5, 2014, incident. Many workers had trouble donning their self contained self rescuers, according to the report.
They identify safety issues that should be addressed and steps to be taken to resolve them, some of which are already underway. The reports do not highlight any issue as serious as the construction flaws that caused the collapse of the Rana Plaza in April 2013.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's new class of 275 prospective police officers is the largest in the department's 86-year history.
Consolidated Nuclear Security—whose members are Bechtel National, Inc., Lockheed Martin Services, Inc., ATK Launch Systems Inc., SOC LLC, and Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.as a teaming subcontractor—will manage the operations. The two facilities maintain the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile.
The agency has cited Inferno Wood Pellet Inc. of East Providence, R.I., following a combustible dust wood explosion and fire.
OSHA cites Nichiha USA Inc. for almost $140,000 in proposed safety violation fines.
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