OSHA's Omaha Area Office initiated its inspection as part of a local emphasis program on the handling of motorized equipment, such as powered industrial trucks, skid steers, and cranes.
The report identified regulatory gaps at the federal and state levels and called on the EPA and state regulatory bodies to improve current safety and security measures at exploration and production sites.
The willful violations address hazards associated with failing to develop and utilize energy control procedures, failing to train workers in energy control, and exposing workers to moving equipment parts.
The ISO 11096:2011 standard will inform consumers about pedestrian safety and help manufacturers develop vehicles with excellent pedestrian protection.
The retail grocery chain faces a total of $195,200 in proposed fines, chiefly for inadequate safeguards, to prevent the unintended startup of machinery during maintenance.
APHA President Dr. Linda Rae Murray is the featured speaker during tonight's national awards banquet, where honorees include Katherine Rodriguez, who became a workplace safety activist after her father died in the BP Texas City plant in 2004.
Four serious violations relate to the fatality, including failing to provide leg protection and enforcing the use of eye protection and trees being felled in a manner that created a hazard for workers.
The revision in the emergency management drill requirements in Standard EM.03.01.03 for the home care accreditation program would allow some organizations to use annual tabletop exercises rather than functional ones.
One repeat violation was cited for failing to maintain dry floors and allowing floors to be slick from oil and water accumulation, which created slip and fall hazards.
The regulation being published Oct. 25 is based on an amendment that was part of the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
An inspection conducted by OSHA's Providence Area Office found that the skylight opening lacked a guardrail or equivalent means to prevent workers from stepping on or through the skylight.
OSHA cited Corpus Christi Grain Co. for six willful and 20 serious violations with total proposed penalties of $258,900.
Low barometric pressure and low humidity, combined with the seasonal drying of many areas in underground coal mines, have been key factors in past mine explosions.
“Hospitals continue to make impressive progress in driving down certain infections in intensive care units through implementation of CDC prevention strategies,” said CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H.
It is one of seven recommendations the agency's staff is beginning to implement immediately from the task force examining lessons from the Fukushima Daiichi crisis.
The penalty consists of a $316,000 fine and $272,000 in costs after CEMEX UK Operations Ltd pleaded guilty to violating Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 in an employee's 2008 death.
"Workers at this welding shop are left vulnerable to hazards that could cause serious injuries or even death," said Prentice Cline, director of OSHA's Charleston Area Office.
OSHA issued the company a willful safety violation for failing to remove a crane from service that required necessary repairs before resuming crane operations.
Harley-Davidson Inc. reported its sales of new motorcycles climbed by 5.1 percent worldwide during the third quarter of 2011 from a year earlier, with a 5.4 percent increase in the United States leading the way.
Prepared by manufacturers in the ISEA Fall Protection Group, the use and selection guide describes the process of developing a corporate fall protection program and explains the components of fall protection systems.