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OSHA issues largest fine in its history


November 2, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?, fire/explosion

OSHA has proposed $87.43 million in fines against BP for the company’s failure to correct hazards uncovered after the 2005 explosion at its Texas City, TX, plant that killed 15 people and injured 170 others.

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Top 10 safety violations for 2009


October 30, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, Falls, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, New safety statistics, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?, construction safety

OSHA has released its preliminary list of the top 10 most frequent workplace safety violations for 2009.

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Night construction not immune from OSHA inspections


October 21, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Chemical safety, Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?, construction safety

The construction industry knows it’s a frequent OSHA target. Now we know that darkness won’t keep OSHA inspectors from their rounds.

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Restaurant fined for parking valet’s death


October 20, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Transportation safety, Who Got Fined and Why?, child labor laws

A restaurant faces a $50,604 fine in the death of a 17-year-old employee who was parking cars. But this fine wasn’t from OSHA.

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Company fined over 200K for safety violations after fatality


October 13, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, Falls, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Investigations, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?, confined spaces, fire/explosion

OSHA has fined a waste processing company $207,800 after an investigation prompted by a fatality at the facility.

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Groups file lawsuit against per-employee citation policy


October 5, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Lawsuits, OSHA news, PPE (protective equipment), What do you think?, Who Got Fined and Why?

Several business groups, including the National Association of Manufacturers, have filed a lawsuit challenging OSHA’s per-employee penalty policy for safety gear violations.

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Was this employee’s death work-related?


October 2, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?, new court decision

Imagine this: Someone finds one of your employees on the ground, conscious but incoherent, in your company’s parking lot. He dies two days later in the hospital. Cause: blunt trauma to his head. Is this death reportable to OSHA?

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Company faces fine after worker is injured on conveyor


October 1, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?

Conveyor belts and tracks too often prove to be the source of serious employee injuries. Those injuries attract OSHA’s attention and wind up as fines.

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Exit hazards lead to significant fine for retailer


September 24, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?, cost of safety, fire/explosion

A retailer faces a hefty OSHA fine for exit hazards. This citation also shows how the safety agency is currently using repeat violations against businesses with multiple locations.

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Company hit with fine for problems with refrigeration


September 3, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Chemical safety, Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?

Process safety management fines are commonly tied to chemical manufacturers or refineries. But this case shows any company with refrigeration units can be hit with process safety penalties.

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Company faces huge penalty because of violations at multiple locations


August 31, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, Electrical safety, Falls, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, PPE (protective equipment), Recordkeeping, Who Got Fined and Why?, cost of safety

Once OSHA finds significant safety violations at one facility, it’s likely to go after other locations owned by the same company.

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Company fined for employee’s electrocution


August 19, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, Electrical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?

A Tyler, TX, construction company has been fined for the February death of an employee who was electrocuted while working on underground electrical lines.

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‘Bigger fines won’t make us any safer’


August 17, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?, construction safety, contractor safety, cost of safety

The head of Oregon OSHA has suggested raising fines for serious workplace safety violations. But some large companies say higher fines won’t make them any safer.

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OSHA cites company for violations involving ammonia storage


August 13, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Chemical safety, Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?

OSHA will issue willful violations when it believes a company has ignored well established regulations.

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OSHA isn’t budging on 8.8 mil fine


July 28, 2009 by Jim Burger
Posted in: Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Lawsuits, Who Got Fined and Why?, cost of safety, enforcement

It’s been a little over a year since the feds announced the third-largest penalty in OSHA history.

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Top 10 safety stories of 2008


July 21, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Alcohol/drugs, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Investigations, OSHA news, PPE (protective equipment), Research on safety, Safety training, Special Report, Who Got Fined and Why?, Worker health

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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Imperial Sugar workers had little emergency exit training


July 20, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Fatality, Investigations, Latest News & Views, Lawsuits, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?, cost of safety, enforcement

A federal investigation appears to show that Imperial Sugar Co. didn’t train many workers at its Port Wentworth plant about how to escape during an emergency.

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Next to gaming board, OSHA looks soft


July 17, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?, cost of safety

Which fine is larger: One from OSHA involving two worker deaths or a Gaming Control Board fine against a Las Vegas casino for underage drinking and drug use?

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Company hit hard for combustible dust violations


July 14, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Electrical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?

An Ohio furniture manufacturer faces stiff fines from OSHA. Many of the violations involve alleged combustible dust hazards at the plant.

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Where is OSHA targeting its inspections?


July 2, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?, construction safety, cost of safety, enforcement

OSHA is two-thirds of the way through the federal 2009 fiscal year. How are inspections stacking up this year?

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Safety complaint leads to seven-figure fine


June 23, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?, confined spaces, cost of safety, whistleblower

OSHA takes employee safety complaints seriously, especially when a company has a record of previous infractions.

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Worker killed by poisonous fumes — company pays maximum fine


June 17, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Chemical safety, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Who Got Fined and Why?, criminal charges

Tyson Foods will pay a $500,000 fine for willfully violating safety regulations that led a worker to be overcome by hydrogen sulfide fumes and later die.

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UCLA appeals citations in fatal lab fire


June 9, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Chemical safety, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Lawsuits, PPE (protective equipment), Safety training, Who Got Fined and Why?, Workers' comp, cost of safety, criminal charges

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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OSHA’s new tactic to hit companies with more fines


May 29, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Bizarre Accident of the Week, Fatality, OSHA news, Special Report, Who Got Fined and Why?, cost of safety

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While it didn’t cite Wal-Mart for a violation of a specific standard, OSHA has used its General Duty Clause to fine the retailer in the trampling death of a worker last November.

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Worker pulled into lathe, killed; OSHA fines company


May 28, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Bizarre Accident of the Week, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?, cost of safety

A company in Barboursville, WV, faces $56,250 in OSHA fines following a fatality at the plant earlier this year.

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Company faces fine after worker’s hand is crushed


May 18, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Bizarre Accident of the Week, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Safety training, Who Got Fined and Why?, cost of safety

OSHA has proposed $99,000 in fines against a stamping company after an employee’s hand was crushed while operating a 75-ton mechanical power press.

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Chemical leak brings OSHA inspectors to facility


May 7, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Chemical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?

You know OSHA will send inspectors to a facility when there is a fatality or multiple serious injuries. But chemicals leaks will also bring inspectors calling.

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House Democrats reintroduce bill to strengthen OSHA


April 30, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Who Got Fined and Why?, whistleblower

Backed by more solid majorities in the House and Senate, Democrats have reintroduced the Protecting America’s Workers Act which aims to expand OSHA’s reach and increase the penalties it can issue for safety and health violations.

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Company pays fine for developmentally disabled worker’s death


April 29, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Who Got Fined and Why?, disabilities and safety

The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries and Tacoma Goodwill have reached a settlement in the workplace death of a developmentally disabled worker.

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Investigation: Lapses in safety caused fatal explosion


April 24, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Chemical safety, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Investigations, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board says failure to follow proper chemical process safety management caused an explosion in West Virginia last year that killed two employees. One of the workers was hospitalized 41 days with burns before he died.

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OSHA fines newspaper for reporter’s fall down stadium stairs


April 10, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Bizarre Accident of the Week, Falls, Fatality, OSHA news, Special Report, Who Got Fined and Why?

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Not only is this a bizarre OSHA fine, it could set a dangerous precedent. The agency has fined a company for an employee’s fatal injury that happened while he was away from his home office on assignment.

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Company fined for weak scaffolding in fatality


March 30, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Falls, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?, cost of safety

When OSHA inspects scaffolding, it’s not enough to have erected it properly. The agency also looks at the integrity of the component parts.

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Company pleads guilty to criminal charge in worker’s death


March 23, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?, confined spaces

An OSHA fine isn’t always the only penalty a company can expect from the government when it experiences a workplace fatality.

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Failure to correct previous violations leads to 293K OSHA fine


March 11, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Electrical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?, cost of safety, enforcement, inspections, lockout/tagout

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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Company appeals fine in double fatal: Workers sucked into water pipe


March 5, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Bizarre Accident of the Week, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?, cost of safety

A construction company is appealing a fine from California’s OSHA in the wake of a double fatality.

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