May 15, 2013 by Fred Hosier
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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Tags: custodians, EEOC, safety training in Spanish, understand English
April 24, 2013 by Fred Hosier
How much your local OSHA inspector knows about occupational safety and health may depend mostly on where you’re located.
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Tags: Government Accountability Office, OSHA inspector, state OSHA
April 22, 2013 by Fred Hosier
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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Tags: Dawn Brancheau, drowning death of trainer by killer whale, OSHA abatement order, SeaWorld
April 17, 2013 by Fred Hosier
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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Tags: buried in rubble, inspection, Miami Dade College Doral campus, parking garage collapse
April 12, 2013 by Fred Hosier
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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Tags: compliance assistance, OSHA budget, VPP, whistleblower
April 10, 2013 by Fred Hosier
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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Tags: days away restricted or transfer rate, EPA, OSHA inspections, site specific targeting
April 8, 2013 by Fred Hosier
April 5, 2013 by Fred Hosier
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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Tags: Nevada OSHA, unstable employee, workplace hazard, workplace violence
March 29, 2013 by Fred Hosier
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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Tags: D&C Mining of Kentucky, mine safety, MSHA
March 4, 2013 by Fred Hosier
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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Tags: Government Accountability Office, OSHA effectiveness, OSHA enforcement, outcomes
