When work-from-home (WFH) started at the beginning of the pandemic, many employees assumed it was temporary. That meant, if they had ergonomic problems with their WFH set-up, they didn’t complain much. Now we’re having more complaints, injuries and workers’ comp claims. How do you support ergonomics when you aren’t in the same place as the […]
A Chicago candy manufacturer was cited by OSHA after a worker suffered a partial finger amputation while bypassing safety locks on a machine’s access doors. The worker was attempting to remove stuck paper debris in a bag sealer machine when the device’s jaws closed. Inspectors found the employer allowed workers to bypass the locks, according […]
A Pennsylvania contractor pleaded guilty in federal court Sept. 24 to willfully violating an OSHA regulation resulting in the death of a worker. Insight Pipe Contracting LLC, a Butler County contracting company, pleaded guilty to violating a federal regulation requiring vehicles or mechanical equipment with elevating structures to maintain 10 feet of clearance around energized power […]
In what is believed to be first-of-its-kind legislation, California’s governor has signed into law a measure that takes aim at production quotas in warehouses that may lead to worker injuries. Governor Gavin Newsom’s office says AB 701 “establishes new, nation-leading transparency measures for companies to disclose production quota descriptions to their workers and prohibits the […]
We got word about a fatality at a warehouse. A 22-year-old temporary worker who was operating a forklift was crushed between two forklifts. The employee who was killed was picking parts from racks. The operator of the other forklift was working at the third shelf of a rack near the other employee. The employees stand […]
After six workers died following a liquid nitrogen leak that displaced the oxygen in the room they were working in, four companies were fined almost $1 million for the roles they played in the tragic incident. Foundation Food Group Inc. and Messer LLC, both based in New Jersey, and Packers Sanitation Services of Wisconsin and […]
A Texas manufacturer was cited by OSHA after a worker’s fingers were severed inside a 500-ton hydraulic press. Inspectors found the company failed to properly guard the operating parts of machines and equipment, leading to the incident, which saw the employee lose two fingers to the machine. The company has a history of violations with […]
A 16-year-old supermarket worker lost his arm when the meat grinder he was told to clean started unexpectedly, resulting in the life-changing incident for the boy and a $65,289 fine for the store. Clarksburg Supermarket and its owners are facing fines from the federal Department of Labor and Tennessee OSHA for the incident and related violations. […]
A railroad service company was fined $325,000 and sentenced to two years of corporate probation for committing an OSHA violation resulting in a worker’s asphyxiation death. The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the order June 7 to Dana Container, who was doing business as Dana Rail Care at the time […]
