The number of workplace deaths increased by 2% from 2013 to 2014, according to the federal government. A preliminary total of 4,679 work fatalities were reported in the U.S. in 2014. That’s 3.3 deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers for 2013 and 2014. This data will be revised by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in …
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Worker on Scissor Lift Electrocuted
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OSHA fines TimkenSteel nearly $400K for safety hazards
Nov. 3, 2015 Worker injured when 1K-pound load falls from crane OSHA fines TimkenSteel nearly $400K for safety hazards at Canton, Ohio, plants CANTON, Ohio – A crane’s safety latch failed and 1,000 pounds of equipment fell on a man below and injured him as he worked on the factory floor of TimkenSteel Corp. For …
Machine Guarding Bundle Download
Click Here to download the FREE machine guarding bundle. Machine Guard Safety Training Video & DVD Designed to help employees understand the dangers of working with machinery and how those risks can be minimized by proper installation and use of safety guards and devices. View Product Machine Guarding Training Video & DVD Design a …
Workers at IPMF LLC exposed to dangerous machine parts
Nov. 2, 2015 Workers at IPMF LLC exposed to dangerous machine partsEmployer name: IPMF LLC operating as IPM Foods, Beloit, Wisconsin Citations received: Oct. 30, 2015 Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Madison Area Office cited the food product manufacturer for one willful, 12 serious and one other-than-serious safety …
Ashley Furniture’s OSHA Fines Now Total Almost $2.3 Million in 2015
For the third time this year, OSHA has issued citations and fines to Ashley Furniture. The focus this time: failing to protect workers from moving machine parts. The new fines for violations at Ashley’s Whitehall, WI, facility total $431,000. In January, OSHA issued almost $1.77 million in fines for 38 violations after an investigation at …
Court Throws Out Half-Million Dollar OSHA Fine in Worker Fatality
Calling the citations against the company “an unprecedented interpretation,” a U.S. appeals court has thrown out a $490,000 OSHA fine against a company in a case where a lathe ejected a 12-pound workpiece that struck and killed an employee. A lathe operator at Loren Cook Co. was killed when a rotating metal object broke free …
More than $305K in proposed fines for Prestige Industries’ Paterson, New Jersey, location
Sept. 30, 2015 Laundry company continues to jeopardize employee safety after worker death at New York facility in 2011 More than $305K in proposed fines for Prestige Industries’ Paterson, New Jersey, location PATERSON, N.J. – One of the region’s largest commercial laundry companies continues to expose its employees to the same workplace hazards that contributed …
Woman has 2 fingers amputated while operating mechanical power press
U.S. Department of Labor | Sept. 28, 2015 Woman has 2 fingers amputated while operating mechanical power press for first time at Homerville, Georgia, manufacturing facility Employer cited previously for machine guarding violations HOMERVILLE, Ga. – A 33-year-old woman had two fingers amputated as she used a mechanical power press for the first time without …