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Were her breathing problems occupational asthma, or caused by smoking/obesity?


April 15, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Illnesses, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, new court decision, Respiratory safety, Workers' comp

A worker’s doctors said exposure to chemicals at work caused occupational asthma and respiratory failure. An expert hired by the company said her breathing problems were due to smoking and morbid obesity. How did a court rule when she sued to get workers’ comp benefits?

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New York Times: OSHA largely ignores long-term health threats


April 3, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Chemical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Respiratory safety

More than 40,000 workers die each year from exposure to toxic chemicals at work — 10 times the number that die from safety incidents such as falls, fires and explosions. So why isn’t OSHA doing more to curb these health threats?

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It’s a sweaty safety job, but some manikin has to do it (video)


January 11, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, PPE (protective equipment), Research on safety, Respiratory safety, working in heat or cold

How do you test whether PPE creates employee susceptibility to heat stress? Get a Sweating Thermal Manikin (STM).

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Company agrees to restrict use of chemical that causes fatal lung disease


January 4, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Respiratory safety, State OSHAs, Who Got Fined and Why?, Worker health

A multi-year fight between government safety agencies and a manufacturer of food flavorings comes to the end with a settlement that lowers a fine but also restricts use of a dangerous chemical.

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Worker dies due to nitrogen exposure; OSHA issues $42K fine


January 2, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Chemical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Respiratory safety, Who Got Fined and Why?

OSHA has issued 12 serious citations to a chemical manufacturer in Nitro, WV, in connection with the asphyxiation death from nitrogen of a worker in June 2012.

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Court throws out $30M jury award to former flavoring plant worker


October 12, 2012 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Chemical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, new court decision, Respiratory safety

An Illinois appeals court has reversed a jury’s $30.4 million award to an employee at a flavoring plant where diacetyl was used. The question: When did the worker first know that his breathing problems could have been caused by his workplace?

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Starbucks ends business with company following bad safety publicity


August 28, 2012 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, Respiratory safety, State OSHAs

OSHA administrator David Michaels has said the federal agency uses news releases about fines against employers to shame the companies into improving safety. Does this bad publicity actually get companies to improve safety? That remains to be seen, but one employer is losing business over bad safety publicity.

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62 violations of same standard since 1998; now $186K in new fines


August 17, 2012 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Respiratory safety, Who Got Fined and Why?

A New Hampshire company has been cited 62 times for violations of OSHA’s lead standard since 1998. Now it faces $185,900 in additional fines for, you guessed it, new violations of the lead standard.

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Owner faces prison, big fines, for 2 worker deaths


July 30, 2012 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, PPE (protective equipment), Respiratory safety

The former owner of a business where two workers died within a four-month period faces years in prison and hundreds of thousands in fines following an indictment by a federal grand jury.

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Failed to protect workers from dust and noise: $758K fine


November 3, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: fire/explosion, Forklift safety, Hearing, In this week's e-newsletter, inspections, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Respiratory safety, Who Got Fined and Why?

Even without a combustible dust standard, OSHA can fine companies for failing to provide appropriate fire and explosion protection from combustible dust. 

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