The inspection of Supreme Oil Co.'s Englewood, N.J., facility arose from OSHA’s Site-Specific Targeting effort, which is based on self-reported injury and illness data.
"This is the second time in less than a year that BCW Food Products has failed to comply with OSHA's regulations which safeguard lockout and tagout equipment energy sources," said Stephen Boyd, OSHA's area director in Dallas.
The settlement resolves two enforcement cases and applies to all 2,857 Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores in OSHA's jurisdiction.
"Both the number and seriousness of safety and health violations we identified during our inspection are cause for grave concern," said Galen Lemke, director of OSHA's Honolulu Area Office.
Lockout/tagout and rubber insulating gloves help to protect workers.
Proven strategies and technologies will protect workers and speed the recovery from arc flash incidents in mining operations.
The 17 violations will cost more than $62,000 in fines.
The agreement followed negotiations after inspections at 42 facilities in 2009-10 found violations of OSHA electrical standards.
The June 8-11 event in Orlando will be here before you know it, and it follows a highly successful conference in another prime destination, Las Vegas.
Always test circuits for the absence of voltage before placing personal protective grounds. Just because you know it's de-energized doesn't mean that it really is.
ASSE's Safety 2013 conference includes more than 250 sessions and one of the best safety and health exhibit halls of the year.
Garland Sales Inc. in Georgia now owes $73,000 for the numerous violations.
OSHA alleges Ball Aerosol and Specialty Container Inc. allow guards to be removed from slitting machines and other machinery.
A worker died when he slipped and fell into an unguarded screw conveyor while cleaning it last September in the plant in Moselle, Miss. Now, OSHA has assessed 37 serious violations against Southern Hens Inc.
OSHA cited Grede Wisconsin Subsidiaries LLC, an iron foundry, for 28 alleged violations.
Fatalities must be reported within eight hours and overnight hospitalizations within 24 hours.
While crimping air conditioning hoses, an Alabama man's finger was amputated due to lack of safety guards on the machine.
When a worker is injured, his or her average time lost for recuperation is 24 days, according to OSHA.
Improper guarding is one of the most commonly cited violations in the metal and nonmetal mining industry, according to the agency.
Posted March 30, it stems from the March 23 death of a coal mine shuttle car operator at an Alabama mine.