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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Tags: death in meat blender, Interstate Meat Distributors, lockout, Oregon OSHA
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
A report from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) says a large explosion at Carbide Industries (CI) in Louisville, KY, that killed two workers and injured two others resulted from a failure by the company to investigate similar but smaller explosions over many years.
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Tags: Carbide Industries, Chemical Safety Board, explosion, furnace explosion
OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) standard applies to fireworks manufacturing but not to fireworks disposal. Had the standard applied to disposal, a required hazard analysis could have saved five workers who were killed in an explosion.
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Tags: Chemical Safety Board, Donaldson Enterprises Inc., explosion, process safety management
How could one employee rack up $2.7 million worth of workers’ comp fraud? It can really add up when the case dates back 17 years.
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Tags: corrections officer, Florida Bureau of Workers' Compensationn Fraud, rat feces, workers' comp fraud
When a farmer didn’t return for several hours after going out to feed his hogs, a family member went to look for him. The farmer’s remains were found in the hog enclosure. A law enforcement official calls the accident “doggone weird.”
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Tags: eaten by hogs, farmer, lone workers
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released preliminary information about a fire that destroyed part of a Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, CA. There are two potential take-aways for companies:
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Tags: Chemical Safety Board, Chevron fire, preventive maintenance, safety standards
More reaction to the fatal movie theater shooting in Colorado: A major city releases a public service announcement with tips for surviving a workplace shooting. Also: New developments in the UCLA death of lab assistant Sheri Sangji. Is it time for a universal, nationwide motorcycle helmet law? And investigators look into why a Six Flags roller coaster malfunctioned.
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Tags: motorcycle helmet laws, movie theater shooting, Superman roller coaster, UCLA lab researcher death
“Don’t sweat the small stuff,” an old saying goes. A federal investigation into the Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11 workers says BP was doing just that at the expense of paying attention to more serious safety hazards.
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Tags: BP, Chemical Safety Board, Deepwater Horizon, process safety
The CEO of a brewery in Portsmouth, NH, says it may prove impossible to determine what caused a plastic beer keg to explode, causing fatal injuries to a worker who was cleaning it with compressed air.
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Tags: beer keg explosion, Craft Brew Alliance, investigation into fatality, Redhook Ale Brewery
