A remodeling firm was fined and ordered to pay court costs in connection with the February 2011 injury of a worker who fell about 20 feet and was seriously injured.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall Feb. 27.
The text of his Feb. 4 speech is posted on OSHA’s popular website. He said 2012 was "a remarkable year, because as we were hard at work, we watched the empirical evidence continue to accumulate: OSHA inspections prevent injuries, and we do this without hurting employment or employer profitability."
The worker fell about 10 feet, breaking his shoulder and several ribs, when he stepped on a walkway section that had been removed and replaced but not secured, HSE reports.
Sinclair Oil's refinery has been cited by Wyoming OSHA several times in recent years, and now the agency has proposed a $259,950 fine.
Fatalities must be reported within eight hours and overnight hospitalizations within 24 hours.
Publisher Karen Cavallo wears two hats at 1105 Media Inc. She is also group publisher of the Home Medical Equipment Group.
Know what each employee is doing and how he/she is progressing in task management and safety.
The organizers say more than 1,600 exhibitors will participate in the Nov. 5-8 trade fair and congress at the Dusseldorf, Germany fairgrounds.
Resulting in $54,000 worth of fines, Rana Meal Solutions in Bartlett, Ill. exposed employees to ammonia hazards and lack of adequate safety procedures.
OSHA cited a Rochester, N.Y. roofing company for hazardous conditions that could lead to falls. The fines total nearly $160,000.
The Jan. 9-10 event includes a regulatory/compliance panel discussion and seven other presentations on specific topics.
Our new training curriculum for residential frame carpenters proved the skeptics wrong.
Each of these 10 elements of fall protection must be mastered by the end user.
Wind energy impacts the economy, environment, and employee safety in significant ways.
Ten thousand typical homes on the island can be powered by the eight wind turbines installed on a ridge of the Haleakala volcano.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 249th Prime Power Battalion non-commissioned officers conducted the training on safety fundamentals, power line maintenance, operating bucket trucks, and operating augur trucks used to drill and place utility poles.
City Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri and his department urged contractors and property owners to follow 10 safety tips for preparing their construction sites for winter.
A West Midlands steel company has been ordered to pay that amount after one of its employees was crushed to death by a 15-tonne crane.
Both mentioned it during Dec. 4 presentations at the 2012 OSHA Oil & Gas Safety Conference in Dallas.