June 10, 2015 Contender Boats continues to expose workers to fall, amputations and electrical hazards Boat manufacturer faces $106K in proposed penalties Employer name: Contender Boats Inc. Inspection site: 1820 SE 38th Avenue, Homestead, Florida 33035 Date inspection initiated: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated the Dec. 16, 2014, inspection as part of the …
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OSHA Cites Republic Steel for Fall Hazards at Lorain, Ohio, Mill
June 12, 2015 OSHA cites Republic Steel for fall hazards at Lorain, Ohio, mill Employer name: Republic Steel Canton, Ohio Investigation site: 1807 E. 28th Street Lorain, Ohio Date investigation initiated and what prompted inspection: On Dec. 12, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Toledo Area Office initiated an inspection …
Safety 2015: The Oil and Gas Industry’s Death Problem
The death toll in the oil and gas industry is higher than in any other industry. And it may even be worse than the 110 death per year average federal numbers suggest. “We believe we’re underestimating the number of deaths in the upstream industry,” said Ryan Hill of NIOSH, who discussed during Safety 2015 in …
Fatal Staten Island mezzanine collapse ‘should never have happened’
May 28, 2015 BOS 2015-110Â Fatal Staten Island mezzanine collapse ‘should never have happened’ Formica Construction’s willful disregard led to death of 46-year-old demolition workerAVENEL, N.J. – The life of a 46-year-old demolition worker, killed in a building collapse in November 2014 at a Staten Island auto dealership, could have been spared if his employer …
Spotlight on Skylight Fatalities
The headline out of Jacksonville, FL reads, “OSHA: Roofing worker’s death ‘preventable’”. As an EHS professional, I feel like I should be able to come up with a better retort then, “Well, duh,” but it seems to be awfully appropriate here. Preventable incidents – preventable deaths – are what we do. All incidents, injuries, and …
(VIDEO) The Most Dangerous Profession in America
January 30, 2006 – Based upon the latest national census of fatal occupational injuries from the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, workers who are required to climb cell towers and other communications structures throughout the country have been identified as having the most dangerous job in America. In previous years, inaccurate Occupational Health …
$260K penalty after disciplining worker for reporting injury
Federal officials have levied the largest penalty of its kind against an employer following an investigation that showed the company taking action against an employee who reported a workplace injury. The Metro-North Commuter Railroad, based in Hartford, CT, has been ordered to pay the employee $250,000 in punitive damages, $10,000 in compensatory damages and “reasonable …
Only $3,000 payout for a man’s death
The family of a 20-year-old man who was killed on a construction site has proposed legislation for a mandatory fine when an employee is killed on the job. “He was priceless, and $3,000 doesn’t do s—,” said the man’s stepbrother. Brett Collins was killed in Sheridan, WY, two years ago. He was struck in the …
Whopping $816k OSHA Fine For Company That Provided False Documentation
Want to see a five-figure OSHA fine balloon into a six-figure one? This company did after it violated the terms of a settlement agreement, according to the agency. OSHA has fined Formed Fiber Technologies LLC of Sidney, Ohio, $816,500 for 14 citations including providing false documentation and making false representations about abatement of previous violations. OSHA …