OSHA violation News
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Severe Violator Program Tag Added When Multiple Amputations Reported
OSHA’s Severe Violator Program Tag was assigned after an October 21st, 2016, the United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspections where it issued citations to Ohio-based automotive appliance manufacturer, Milark Industries Inc., for multiple violations. These included 3 willful and 3 serious violations. The citations stem from multiple ...
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Top 10 OSHA Violations and Preventing Injuries, Fatalities and Costly Noncompliance Penalties
Protecting the health and safety of the U.S. workforce has improved over the years, but as recently as 2016, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) reports that over 5,190 workers still died on the job. This is a dramatic improvement from the estimated 14,000 workers killed on the job each year before the creation of OSHA back in 1971, but a 7% increase from the 4,836 fatal ...
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Business Community Takes Note as OSHA Announces Top 10 Violations of 2014
Last month, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) named their Top 10 violations of 2014 at the National Safety Council Congress and Expo. OSHA publishes this annual list to alert employers about commonly cited standards so that steps can be taken to find and fix these recognized hazards. The 2014 Top 10 List includes: Fall Protection Hazard Communication ...
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Cave-in Protection Violations Land Plumbing Company In Severe Violator Program
Cave-in protection violations resulted in a Chicago-based plumbing company to be placed on the Severe Violator Program. OG Plumbing LLC, was recently cited by the United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for one serious, one willful, and three repeat violations. OSHA initially conducted an inspection of an OG Plumbing work site in Chicago, on March ...
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Employees Exposed to Asbestos at Illinois Workplace
A company in Kankakee, IL has been cited for five health violations concerning asbestos by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The violations were detected after receiving a complaint claiming hazards at the workplace. The total projected fine for the company is $59,400. One of the company’s major repeat violations was their failure ...
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Lead Exposure at Ohio Workplace Costs Company $126,700
� An Ohio-based glass company has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for 15 health violations. The company’s projected fines total $126,700. The violations were detected by OSHA following a complaint stating that workers were not provided with adequate protective equipment and were being exposed lead. The company was ...
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OSHA Imposes Costly Asbestos Violations for Two Affiliated Construction Companies
Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that two affiliated construction companies and one of its managers is facing almost $1.8 million in fines. According to OSHA, they violated numerous health standards related to worker exposure to asbestos. The fines are associated with work that was done at a former Illinois ...
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CRT Processor Fined with Safety Violations
Escrap News reports today, CRT processor fined. Kuusakoski Recycling, with locations in Plainfield and Peora, IL and their US Headquarters in Pennsylvania, has been fined by OSHA for safety violations. The processor known for its controversial approach to handling CRT glass has been fined more than $100,000 for an alleged series of worker safety violations cited at its Plainfield, IL. plant. ...
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Repeat Mechanical Hazards Penalize Severe Violator
Repeat Mechanical Hazards were cited among 11 other safety violations at Pyongsan America Inc. following a recent inspection in Auburn, Alabama by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. These safety violations involved a lack of safety training for employees and a lack of proper machine implements for the prevention of machine operator injury, among ...
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National Safety Stand-Down Week to Prevent Falls and Create Dialogue Takes Place this Week
Earlier this year the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that the sixth annual National Safety Stand-Down event to prevent falls in construction would be held from May 6th through the 10th. OSHA describes it as a voluntary event for employers to talk directly to employees about safety, with a focus on fall hazards and fall prevention. The agency encourages employers ...
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Lockout/Tagout Protocol Procedures Missing in Amputation Accidents
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued citations to Ireland-based food and beverage company, Kerry Inc., for multiple violations involving lockout/tagout protocol at one of their Melrose Park, Illinois facilities. Kerry, a multi-billion-dollar company, operates facilities on six continents and employs more than 20,00 employees, worldwide. The ...
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OSHA's Approach to Workplace Violence Prevention
In the US, Workplace violence has become a serious concern in many industries. It has weakened the workforce, creating chaos that leads to a poor productivity ratio. In order to combat the issue, Occupational Safety and Health Administration - OSHA, has initiated a workplace violence prevention plan. The federal agency has been working for the safety and protection of employees in over 50 ...
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Top 10 Most Cited OSHA Workplace Safety Violations for the 2018 Fiscal Year
In late October, Patrick Kapust, Deputy Director of the Directorate of Enforcement Programs (DEP) at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), disclosed the agency’s preliminary top 10 list of the most-cited safety and health standards for fiscal year 2018. The information was compiled from tens of thousands of workplace inspections conducted by federal OSHA employees and do ...
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OSHA Cites Metal Extraction Facility After Arc Flash
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited ASARCO, a metal smelting company, for electrical hazards after an arc flash caused severe burns to three workers at its facility in Hayden, Ariz. The company faces $278,456 in penalties for two willful violations and one serious violation. OSHA inspectors determined the arc flash occurred after the ...
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OSHA’s Most Frequently Cited Violations and Preventing Injuries, Fatalities and Costly Noncompliance Penalties
Protecting the health and safety of the U.S. workforce has improved over the years, but as recently as 2015, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) reports that over 4,800 workers were killed on the job. This is a dramatic improvement from the estimated 14,000 workers killed on the job each year before the creation of OSHA back in 1971. In addition to these fatal injuries, ...
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Illinois Company Fined $1.2 Million due to Asbestos Problems
Last week it was reported in the Chicago Sun-Times that an Illinois company in Cicero has been fined $1.2 million by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). According to an OSHA news release the fine occurred because, “…five unprotected and untrained workers allegedly were required to conduct asbestos removal exposing them to this cancer-causing material.” ...
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Texas Construction Companies Reminded of the Need to Follow Asbestos Regulations
Construction companies across Texas were recently reminded of the importance of following asbestos regulations. This occurred as a result of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announcing last month that a manager and two affiliated construction companies in Illinois are now facing $1,792,000 in penalties for willfully exposing at least eight ...
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National Emphasis Program Targets Chemical Company
OSHA’s National Emphasis Program triggered an August 1, 2016 inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. It issued a total of eleven safety violations to Solvay Specialty Polymers LLC, a Beligum-based chemical company. The inspection which yielded these violations was conducted at a North American chemical facility, located in West ...
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OSHA cites company for lead exposure violations
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined Victory White Metal Co., based in Cleveland, Ohio, over $60,000 after the company was cited for several violations related to lead exposure. Workers were routinely subjected to higher levels of lead than the law permits, despite the fact that the company had previously been warned about the problem in past inspections. Overall, ...
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The Importance of Proper Respiratory Protection for Millions of Workers
In October, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a preliminary list of the 10 most frequently cited safety and health violations for the fiscal year. For the last several years, the 4th most cited violation has been associated with respiratory protection. According to OSHA, an estimated 5 million workers are required to wear respirators ...
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