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Company ordered to pay $261K to nuclear plant whistleblower


May 22, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, whistleblower

OSHA has ordered a company to rehire an engineer working on a nuclear plant project and pay him back wages and other costs in a whistleblower case. The engineer had said actions taken by his employer at the nuclear plant could “end up like the situation they had in Japan.”

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State to add post traumatic stress disorder to workers’ comp coverage


May 20, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Workers' comp, workplace violence

If an employee witnesses a horrific event at work, such as multiple people being shot to death, should workers’ compensation insurance cover treatment for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

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Former company president faces jail, huge fines for workers’ deaths


May 17, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: criminal charges, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, Transportation safety

A former company president faces prison and hefty fines in connection with two workers’ deaths due to hydrogen sulfide exposure.

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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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Fertilizer plant explosion: Did facility have safety exemption?


May 13, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Fatality, fire/explosion, In this week's e-newsletter, OSHA news, Special Report

Imagine being able to get an exemption from an OSHA regulation due to who buys your product. The fertilizer plant in Texas that recently exploded, killing 15 people, may have been doing just that.

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Bumble Bee tuna worker cooked to death in oven; Cal/OSHA issues fines


May 13, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Bizarre Accident of the Week, confined spaces, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, lockout/tagout, OSHA news

The death of a worker who was accidentally cooked to death in an industrial pressure cooker has resulted in fines for Bumble Bee tuna company.

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Getting employees to report more near-misses


May 10, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, Safety training

It’s been estimated that for every lost time injury of more than three days, there are dozens of prior non-injury incidents. So why don’t workers report more near-misses so there are fewer serious injuries?

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Supervisor to be tried in lab fire death of employee


May 8, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: criminal charges, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, PPE (protective equipment)

A judge has ordered a UCLA chemistry professor to stand trial in the death of a 23-year-old research assistant who died from burns she received in a lab fire.

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Worker uses medical marijuana: Can he be fired for it?


May 6, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Alcohol/drugs, In this week's e-newsletter, new court decision, Special Report

One reason for a drug-free workplace policy is employee safety. But how do the growing number of state medical marijuana laws factor into this?

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Did prior safety violations predict worker’s death in a meat blender?


May 6, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Bizarre Accident of the Week, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Investigations, Latest News & Views, OSHA news

Prior, less serious safety violations often foreshadow future, more tragic events. They did in the case of an employee who met his death in a meat blender.

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