OSHA is going postal. No, not like that.
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Tags: inspections, lockout/tagout, OSHA, OSHA fines, PPE
Federal mining safety officials will look into a worker fatality at a lime plant in Arkansas.
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Tags: crushed, mining safety, vacuum
Here’s a story you can share with employees and supervisors about why lockout/tagout is so important:
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Following a worker’s death and millions in OSHA fines, some shareholders filed a lawsuit against Cintas Corp. alleging the board has failed to ensure the company complied with safety regulations. Now the company has settled the lawsuit.
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Tags: Cintas, lock out, shareholder lawsuit, unguarded machines, worker's death
A seafood processing plant faces $66,800 in OSHA fines after a worker was crushed to death in an ice machine.
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Tags: crushed in ice machine, lock out, power down
Have you ever fired someone for violating a company safety rule? In this case, a company did just that and then found itself in court on a charge of racial discrimination.
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Tags: lockout/tagout, racial discrimination, safety violation
Have you ever fired someone for violating a company safety rule? In this case, a company did just that and then found itself in court on a charge of racial discrimination.
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Tags: fired for safety violation, Georgia-Pacific, racial discrimination
When it’s time to clean or perform maintenance on machinery, are your workers sure they know the proper lockout/tagout procedures to prevent serious injury? How about your newest workers?
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Tags: hand caught in meat grinder, lockout/tagout, maintenance on machinery
When companies fail to correct violations found during inspections, they can expect OSHA to hit them with heavy fines after a re-inspection.
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Tags: audiograms, combustible dust, failure to correct violations, heavy fines, re-inspection
Laundry company Cintas Corp. has reached a settlement with OSHA to resolve six safety-related cases, including one that resulted in a worker fatality.
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Tags: Cintas, Fatality, lockout/tagout, OSHA fine, settlement
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