Two owners of a roofing business were held in custody for a week because they failed to comply with a court order to pay $195,170 in OSHA fines. Guillermo Perez and Elma Maldonado, president and vice president of GP Roofing & Construction LLC in Palm Coast, FL, were taken into custody on June 16, 2015, …
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(VIDEO) Restaurant Kettle Explodes – Here’s how it Happened
Related Training DVDs: Kitchen Safety Training Video If you’re aware of potential hazards, you can make good judgments and decisions that will allow you to perform your job without an accident. View Product Safety Orientation for Food Service Training Video Kit Discuss various topics that are or could become safety hazards in the kitchen. View …
(VIDEO) Safety Missteps Lead To Massive Explosion At Petroleum Plant
Related Training DVDs: Petroleum Storage Tanks Training Video by Efilm Examines above-ground, low pressure storage tanks for flammable and combustible liquids, & more. View Product Flammable Liquids: Know Your Risk Training DVD Focuses on how you and your employees can stay safe and avoid accidents when working. View Product Handling and Using Flammable Liquids Safety …
Contender Boats continues to expose workers to fall, amputations and electrical hazards
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 …
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 …