OSHA violation News
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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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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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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’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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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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Top 10 OSHA Citations for 2021 and the Importance of Protecting Workers in Puerto Rico from Exposure Hazards
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released its preliminary list of the agency’s ten most frequently cited safety and health violations for the 2021 fiscal year. The list represents tens of thousands of workplace inspections conducted all across the United States. The list is a reminder of the importance of health and safety programs as OSHA also annually reports ...
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Rim Repair Servicing Failures at Crown Equipment Leads to Citation
Rim repair servicing failures at Ohio-based lift truck manufacturer, Crown Equipment, resulted in a citation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, for five serious violations. The investigation, which was conducted on July 13, 2016, was prompted by an employee injury, which occurred at a Woburn, Massachusetts repair facility. The employee sustained ...
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President signs Funding Bill with increases for OSHA, other safety agencies in 2014
A fiscal 2014 appropriations bill that increases funding for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other federal workplace safety agencies above the sequestered spending limits of 2013 was signed Jan. 17 by President Barack Obama. See Proposed and Final 2014 Budget for OSHA. The spending levels are included in the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill (H.R. 3547) forwarded Jan. 16 ...
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New York Companies Learn Proactive Initiatives Can Prevent Health and Safety Violations
Last month, a New York company was fined by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) over $100,000 for exposing workers to cancer-causing chemicals and other hazards. In total, the firm was cited for 17 serious violations. Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. The firm in ...
By VOETS, LLC
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Pipeline contractor has history of violations
The subcontractor whose five workers died in yesterday's Xcel plant fire has been under scrutiny by California and federal officials for a series of previous incidents, including the death of a worker on San Francisco's Bay Bridge. Robison-Prezioso Inc. was cited more than 60 times between 1990 and 2001 by the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration, according to a 2002 article ...
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Company sentenced for environmental, worker safety crimes after longest trial in environmental crimes history
Last week, Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Co. of Phillipsburg, N.J., was sentenced to pay a fine of $8 million for committing numerous environmental and worker safety crimes. The judge also ordered the company to serve 48 months “monitored” probation, requiring it to submit biannual reports to the court. The sentencing of the company followed sentencing of four former Atlantic States managers ...
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Room Alert Helps Protect Employees From Heat Illness While Maintaining DOL and OSHA Compliance
AVTECH Software (AVTECH), the leading provider of Room Alert environment monitors, sensors, and software, announces that its products are helping protect employees from heat-related illness while maintaining Department of Labor and OSHA compliance under recently announced guidance from The White House. Now celebrating its 35th year in business, AVTECH manufactures Room Alert, the world’s ...
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OSHA Fines Plant Rocked By Dust Collection System Fire And Explosion
OSHA fined the New England Wood Pellet, LLC a total of $147,000 over safety violations after a combustible dust fire and explosion rocked the company’s plant in Jaffrey, NH last week. The fines, which are some of the biggest yet this year, and the accompanying report on the incident that criticizes the company for failing to “effectively minimize and address clearly recognized hazards ...
By Baghouse.com
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OSHA holds stakeholder meeting on injury and illness prevention programs
On Monday, July 20, 2010, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) held the fourth of five scheduled Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2) stakeholder meetings. OSHA held the informal, information-gathering meeting for all interested parties as part of its development of a rule intended to reduce injuries and illnesses in the workplace by proactively addressing ...
By Acta Group
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