July 20, 2010 by Fred Hosier
July 12, 2010 by Fred Hosier
As many as 70 construction workers may have received OSHA 30-hour certification cards without completing the required training.
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Tags: conspiring to defraud OSHA, construction workers, fake OSHA cards, training
June 15, 2010 by Jim Burger
OSHA has an explicit new message for the millions of workers who participate in the agency’s outreach training program: We’re on your side.
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Tags: David Michaels, Injuries, OSHA
May 26, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Just how many injuries would workers hide to see a company’s CEO look silly while dancing? It’s an interesting question given OSHA’s current opinion about safety incentives and a company involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Tags: BP oil rig disaster, David Michaels, Deepwater Horizon, safety incentives, Transocean
May 14, 2010 by Fred Hosier
It’s a common thought among workers who choose not to use their safety gear: It’ll be OK just this one time. This story shows the consequences — this worker is very lucky to be alive today.
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Tags: grain silo, safety gear, trapped in corn silo
May 7, 2010 by Fred Hosier
When a new stretch of the Bay Bridge opened in San Francisco last year, the California Department of Transportation posted signs warning drivers about an upcoming sharp curve and announcing a 10 m.p.h. drop in the speed limit. Now the family of a deceased truck driver is suing, claiming the signs weren’t enough.
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Tags: Bay Bridge, Caltrans, safety warnings, truck crash, wrongful death lawsuit
April 28, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Today (April 28) is Workers’ Memorial Day. U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis suggests we take time to reflect on making jobs safe.
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Tags: Hilda Solis, workers' memorial day, workplace fatalities
April 15, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Prosecutors asked for prison time for the owner of a tree cutting company after he was found guilty of negligent homicide in connection with a worker fatality. But the judge disagreed and sentenced him to a suspended jail term.
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Tags: prison sentence, tree cutting, worker fatality
April 12, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Recently, we wrote about a survey that put “safety” as the No. 6 most annoying thing in the workplace. So, we asked you what is most annoying about workers when it comes to safety. Here are your answers:
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Tags: annoying worker habits, common complaints, excuses, no time for safety, we always did it that way
April 6, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Remember the incident in February in which a small private plane crashed into an IRS building in Austin, TX? There was only one IRS worker fatality. Credit goes to regular fire and evacuation drills.
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Tags: Austin IRS building, fire drills, plane crash
April 5, 2010 by Fred Hosier
April 2, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Lawyers believe a judge’s award of damages to five former refinery workers for hearing damage is the first of its kind in Louisiana.
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Tags: hearing loss, Murphy Oil, refinery workers
March 26, 2010 by Fred Hosier
On March 23, 2005, a series of explosions at BP’s Texas City, TX, refinery resulted in 15 fatalities and 170 injuries.
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Tags: BP refinery explosion, change, prevention, settle lawsuits, U.S. Chemical Safety Board
March 18, 2010 by Fred Hosier
An employee faces a slow, painful recovery after being burned over 40% of his body following a workplace explosion.
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Tags: burned, Chemical Safety Board, hot work
March 11, 2010 by Fred Hosier
A crane operator who crashed into a 105-foot light pole that killed a worker didn’t receive proper training, according to OSHA.
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Tags: crane, killed a worker, lack of safety training
March 9, 2010 by Fred Hosier
A former buildings inspector has been arrested for selling fake safety certificates for required OSHA training.
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Tags: 10-hour OSHA course, HAZWOPER, required OSHA training
February 22, 2010 by Fred Hosier
In the first year of the Obama administration, OSHA was busy handing out fines the likes of which hadn’t been seen for eight years. Here’s our rundown of 10 significant fines from the last 12 months, and what they mean for businesses:
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Tags: BP, Obama administration, OSHA fines, prison time, top 10
February 16, 2010 by Fred Hosier
A construction company faces $789,000 in fines and its owner could spend up to six months in jail following a worker fatality.
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Tags: criminal charges, fall fatality, jail, per-employee citations
February 8, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Whether or not the groundhog said we’d have six more weeks of winter, North America is guaranteed to have more snow this season. Who knows more about avoiding injuries when shoveling snow than the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety?
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Tags: CCOHS, lifting, shovel snow
January 13, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Two companies face fines for a fatality in which an employee fell into a vat of melting chocolate.
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Tags: dies in vat of chocolate, Falls, floor openings, railing
December 17, 2009 by Fred Hosier
OSHA has dropped a proposed fine against an electrical company in Savannah, GA, after company officials met with the agency.
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Tags: cherry-picker, crushed to death, OSHA drops fine, Safety training
December 15, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Imagine your state has the highest workplace fatality rate in the nation. What would you recommend to change that?
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Tags: task force, worker fatalities, Wyoming
December 15, 2009 by Staff
They didn’t even give the most minimal safety training to a temp who was just supposed to sweep the floor.
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Tags: Fatality, litigation, Safety training
December 14, 2009 by Fred Hosier
When OSHA published its regulatory agenda this month, acting administrator Jordan Barab held a one-hour Web chat to answer questions about it. One of the most popular inquiries: ergonomic injuries and what OSHA plans to do about them.
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Tags: David Michaels, ergonomics, Jordan Barab, musculoskeletal disorders, Safety training
November 13, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Safety pros know that even the best safety gear doesn’t prevent worker injuries all by itself. But do workers know that? Do they feel their PPE makes them invincible?
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Tags: Injuries, invincible, PPE, safety gear
October 29, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Imagine this. A machine in your workplace has a sharp blade that chops things. Do you really have to tell employees not to stick their hands near the blade when the machine is running?
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Tags: common sense, machine guard, warning sign, Workers' comp
October 27, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Here’s a cautionary story for workers. John Capanna had a bright future at the age of 20. He was already a crew chief for his employer — a good job. Then, a workplace explosion burned over 90% of his body.
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Tags: burned on 90% of body, explosion, severe burns
October 22, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Now that OSHA is keeping an eye out for incentive programs that discourage workers from reporting injuries, what can you do to encourage safe practices?
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Tags: encourage safe practices, incentive programs, report injuries
October 18, 2009 by Fred Hosier
September 28, 2009 by Fred Hosier
A government agency says the February 2008 explosion and fire at the Imperial Sugar plant in Port Wentworth, GA, that killed 14 workers and injured 36 others, was caused by poor equipment design, maintenance and housekeeping.
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Tags: Chemical Safety Board, combustible dust, dust explosion and fire, Imperial Sugar explosion, poor housekeeping
September 25, 2009 by Fred Hosier
The American Society of Safety Engineers is calling on safety pros to support efforts to cut down on distracted driving since the leading cause of workplace fatalities is motor vehicle crashes.
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Tags: ASSE, cell phones and driving, distracted driving, driver education, motor vehicle crashes
September 4, 2009 by Fred Hosier
More than four million people have now viewed a video on YouTube that shows the tragic consequences when texting-while-driving causes a crash. Despite that, some safety pros say the video ultimately won’t do much good.
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Tags: driving and texting video, gory videos, Gwent Wales police
July 27, 2009 by Jim Burger
The highways aren’t getting any safer for American workers. In fact, the tragic numbers are mind-numbingly consistent year in and year out.
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Tags: highway deaths, Safety training
July 21, 2009 by Fred Hosier
New regulations; accidents with multiple fatalities; the President-elect’s take on what OSHA should be doing. What is the top safety story of 2008?
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Tags: new regulations, Obama, OSHA, top 10
June 9, 2009 by Fred Hosier
UCLA has paid $31,875 in fines and taken corrective steps after a lab fire that claimed the life of an employee. But now, the university wants to appeal the citation for a technical reason.
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Tags: Cal-OSHA fine, Sheri Sangji, UCLA fatal fire
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