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Top 10 most frequently cited OSHA violations


November 7, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Chemical safety, Compliance, construction safety, Electrical safety, Falls, Fatality, Forklift safety, hazard communication, Injuries, lockout/tagout, OSHA news, PPE (protective equipment), Respiratory safety, Special Report, Top-10 list, Who Got Fined and Why?

What are OSHA inspectors targeting now? The agency has released its top 10 violations for fiscal year 2011.

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Bloomberg: Obama wrote fewer rules than Bush


November 1, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Analysis/Commentary, confined spaces, construction safety, cost of safety, Electrical safety, hazard communication, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, New rules and regulations, OSHA news

Some business leaders claim the reason the U.S. economy has been floundering is because of the number of new regulations imposed by the Obama administration. Bloomberg News has conducted an analysis of new regulations enacted by the last several presidents. The results may surprise some people.

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Different location, same violation: $140K in repeat fines


October 28, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Electrical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, lockout/tagout, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?

OSHA is increasing the amounts some companies pay for fines by extending its repeat violation policy to more situations. Now, the same violation at a different location within five years counts as “repeat.”

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OSHA fines store for locking in employees


September 27, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Electrical safety, Falls, fire/explosion, In this week's e-newsletter, inspections, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?

A supermarket is facing OSHA fines after an inspection found night shift employees were locked in and not allowed to leave the building without the employer’s permission.

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Court upholds $18M in punitive damages against company; worker paralyzed


June 4, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: cost of safety, Electrical safety, Falls, Injuries, Lawsuits, new court decision, Special Report, What do you think?

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A state supreme court has weighed in on whether punitive damages awarded by a jury to a paralyzed worker were too large.

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3 fatalities provide reminder for workers near power lines


June 1, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Electrical safety, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views

Here’s a reminder for employees who work near power lines: Electricity kills workers, all too often.

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Burned worker reveals new face after transplant


May 16, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: construction safety, Electrical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, Updated story

We’ve been following the story of Dallas Wiens, a construction worker who lost his entire face after his head got too close to a high-voltage power line. Now, Wiens has gone public with his new face following transplant surgery.

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$487K fine: 33 violations, including lack of safety training


May 10, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: cost of safety, Electrical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, inspections, Latest News & Views, lockout/tagout, OSHA news, Safety training, Who Got Fined and Why?

Do you work at a company that has more than one facility? It might pay to keep track of OSHA inspections at your company’s other facilities. Those other inspections can have an impact on you.

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$378K fine: OSHA says company defied safety rules


April 25, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Electrical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, lockout/tagout, OSHA news, Who Got Fined and Why?

A Midwest green energy company now knows that getting caught in OSHA’s Severe Violators Enforcement Program (SVEP) results in huge fines.

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OSHA fine hinges on whether painting is same as construction


April 14, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: construction safety, Electrical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, new court decision, What do you think?

If asked, most people could give definitions of construction and maintenance. But when it comes to OSHA regulations, things like definitions aren’t that simple.

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Inspectors didn’t have to go far to look into these incidents


April 1, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: construction safety, Electrical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Investigations, Latest News & Views, OSHA news

You’ve probably heard about OSHA inspections in which the inspector “just happened to be driving by” a construction site, saw problems and decided to take a look. In this case, all the inspectors had to do was look outside their windows.

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Update: Burned construction worker gets face transplant


March 24, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: construction safety, Electrical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, Updated story

In January 2010, we told you the story of Dallas Wiens, 25, a construction worker badly burned on the job. He was hoping to qualify for a facial transplant. Recently, he got his wish.

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3 inspections later, company faces $735K in OSHA fines


November 17, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Electrical safety, enforcement, Falls, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, lockout/tagout, Respiratory safety, Who Got Fined and Why?

Companies that OSHA places in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) can count on multiple safety inspections with accompanying large fines for infractions.

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Tree trimmer fatally shocked; company fined $119K


October 29, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Electrical safety, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, PPE (protective equipment), Safety training, Who Got Fined and Why?

OSHA has issued 12 violations to a Pennsylvania tree-trimming company following the electrocution of one of its employees.

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Is this why some state safety programs are at odds with federal OSHA?


October 12, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Electrical safety, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Who Got Fined and Why?

A California school district employee was electrocuted while performing maintenance. Now the district and Cal/OSHA have settled the fines in connection with the 2009 death: The district will pay just 17.5% of what was originally proposed.

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Rain, sleet and snow are no match for OSHA


July 2, 2010 by Jim Burger
Posted in: cost of safety, Electrical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, inspections, Latest News & Views, lockout/tagout, PPE (protective equipment), Who Got Fined and Why?

OSHA is going postal. No, not like that.

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Worker killed in wood chipper lost arm in earlier incident


June 25, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Electrical safety, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Investigations, Latest News & Views

Twenty-five years ago, a workplace incident caused an employee to lose an arm. He struggled to learn to use a prosthetic limb and return to the job that he loved. That perseverance and courage may have cost Henry Lira his life.

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Worker killed when ladder touched power line


June 4, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Electrical safety, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Investigations, Latest News & Views

Here’s a reminder for workers that aluminum ladders and overhead power lines can be a deadly combination.

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‘Luckiest guy around’


April 29, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Bizarre Accident of the Week, Electrical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views

When sheriff’s deputies arrived in response to a call about a worker who was shocked by a piece of machinery, they found a man with no pulse.

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Proof that even changing a light bulb can be deadly


April 23, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Bizarre Accident of the Week, Electrical safety, Falls, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Investigations, Latest News & Views

Cal-OSHA is looking into a fatality involving a 19-year-old gas station employee.

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Life-altering changes after contact with power line


March 29, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: construction safety, Electrical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views

Randy Newton was installing windows on a two-story building with another worker when he accidentally swung the lift he was standing on into a power line. Doctors say it was nothing short of a miracle that he lived. His story serves as a warning to people who work near power lines.

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72% of Congressional offices violate OSHA regs


February 26, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Electrical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, inspections, Latest News & Views, What do you think?

Members of Congress should have some idea about how difficult it is to comply completely with OSHA standards: Only 28% of their offices do so.

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Man hopes to get face transplant after being seriously burned at work


January 19, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Bizarre Accident of the Week, construction safety, Electrical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views

Fourteen months after a workplace incident that burned nearly all the flesh from the crown of his head to the tip of his chin, a Texas man is waiting to hear whether he may be a candidate for a rare face transplant.

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Company faces huge penalty because of violations at multiple locations


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

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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Fired for safety violation or racial discrimination?


August 14, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Electrical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, lockout/tagout, new court decision

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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Was he fired for safety violation or racial discrimination?


August 14, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Electrical safety, Lawsuits, lockout/tagout, new court decision, Special Report

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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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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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Touch-safe power connector


April 28, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Electrical safety, Product and service news

ANDERSON POWER PRODUCTS® OFFERS TOUCH-SAFE SBS®75x CONNECTOR FOR HAZARDOUS VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS

Anderson Power Products® (APP), a leader in high power interconnect solutions, announces a new addition to the Finger Proof Family of products with the release of the SBS®75x Connector.

The patented connector provides power contacts rated up to 110 amps and the touch-safe design provides protection to the user by eliminating finger contact with live circuits per UL1977, section 10.2. The SBS®75x is recommended for use with hazardous DC voltages in systems operating from 50 to 600 volts, where risk of shock can be health threatening. In addition, the housing accepts up to four auxiliary contacts for applications requiring signal capability. The male signal contacts (6.4 mm to 9.3 mm) are available in four lengths for when sequencing is required and provide a make last/break first connection in relation to the power contacts. The SBS®75x utilizes APP’s Flat Wipe Contact Technology for the power contacts allowing it to be rated for circuit interruption (hot plugging) under load when no auxiliary contacts are used

The SBS®75x’s slim, ergonomic design is contoured to fit the operator’s grip, allowing for greater ease during connection/disconnection.. Molded side grooves allow secure panel mounting for panel thickness of .048 to .062 inches (1.22 to 1.57 mm), while using minimal real estate.

About Anderson Power Products

Anderson Power Products is a leader in developing high quality, low cost, power interconnect solutions for several industries, including: Back Up Power Systems, Electrical Recreational Vehicles, UPS Systems, Telecommunications and High-Technology Devices. Headquartered in Sterling, MA, Anderson Power Product’s facility is ISO 9001:2000 certified and uses automated manufacturing to offer uncompromising quality. In addition, APP operates a distribution and assembly facility in Warrington, England to provide support for their European customers, as well as three Asia Pacific facilities: Shenzhen, China, Shatin Hong Kong and Taichung City 407, Taiwan (R.O.C.).

APP connectors are available through their authorized distributor network or direct from the factory. For further information about the company and its products, call 978-422-3600 or visit their web site at www.andersonpower.com.

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Gory videos drive home messages about workplace safety


March 24, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Electrical safety, Falls, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, PPE (protective equipment), Safety training

Five online videos produced by the Ontario, Canada Workplace Safety and Insurance Board emphasize that “there really are no accidents.”

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Failure to correct previous violations leads to 293K OSHA fine


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

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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Employee electrocuted by overhead utility line


February 9, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Bizarre Accident of the Week, Electrical safety, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Investigations, Latest News & Views

A word to the wise for employees: When it comes to overhead utility lines, let the experts deal with them. This case shows the alternative can be deadly.

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Metal pole and power lines: Deadly combination


December 31, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Bizarre Accident of the Week, Electrical safety, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views

A recent fatality shows once again why employees working near power lines need to plan their tasks with electrical hazards in mind.

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