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Does safety training for these custodians need to be in Spanish?


May 15, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Safety training

A group of Hispanic custodians in Colorado are claiming they are victims of discrimination because their employer isn’t providing various workplace documents — including those involving safety training — in Spanish.

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Just how experienced is that OSHA inspector? New stats


April 24, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, inspections, Latest News & Views, New safety statistics, OSHA news

How much your local OSHA inspector knows about occupational safety and health may depend mostly on where you’re located.

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Can OSHA enforce hazard abatement even during appeal?


April 22, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Bizarre Accident of the Week, Compliance, Fatality, Latest News & Views, OSHA news

Last summer, a judge affirmed fines and an abatement order against SeaWorld Orlando in connection with the drowning death of a trainer who was pulled underwater by a killer whale. SeaWorld appealed and in the meantime didn’t comply with the abatement order. Now a judge has weighed in again.

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Lack of safety inspections leads to 4 workers’ deaths


April 17, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, construction safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?

An OSHA inspection into the collapse of a parking garage under construction that killed four workers and injured nine others says lack of safety inspections by contractors played a significant part in the tragedy.

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Proposed OSHA budget would further cut compliance assistance


April 12, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, whistleblower

Continuing a pattern that has played out through the Obama administration, the President’s proposed FY 2014 spending plan would cut the OSHA budget for compliance assistance programs and add money to the agency’s whistleblower enforcement program.

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Is this the future of targeted OSHA inspections?


April 10, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, OSHA news

How are companies currently targeted for OSHA inspections when there hasn’t been a serious incident or a complaint? They inspect facilities with self-reported higher-than-industry average injury rates. But is there a better way to target the companies most at risk of having a major incident?

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Bill would increase OSHA penalties, cover more workers


April 8, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, cost of safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, OSHA news

OSHA penalties haven’t been updated since 1990. A new bill in Congress would change that.

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Update: Lawmaker considered possible hazard by state OSHA is expelled


April 5, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Investigations, Latest News & Views, State OSHAs, workplace violence

Update: After Nevada OSHA said he posed a possible workplace safety hazard, the state Assembly has voted to oust Rep. Steven Brooks from his elected office.

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Mine ordered to pay feds $2.1 million in fines


March 29, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, Latest News & Views, mine safety, Who Got Fined and Why?

What happens when companies don’t pay federal safety fines? The feds can go to court to get an order for the company to pay up.

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Government report questions effectiveness of OSHA enforcement


March 4, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, OSHA news, Research on safety, Special Report

OSHA fines are supposed to act as deterrents to companies taking shortcuts with employee safety. But a new government report faults the agency for not sufficiently linking OSHA enforcement activities to the ultimate outcome: fewer employee deaths, injuries and illnesses.

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