Company fined for employee’s electrocution
A Tyler, TX, construction company has been fined for the February death of an employee who was electrocuted while working on underground electrical lines.
A Tyler, TX, construction company has been fined for the February death of an employee who was electrocuted while working on underground electrical lines.
Now, if OSHA decides to come to your facility to perform an inspection, it’s much more likely to be comprehensive instead of one just focused on a single problem.
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.
OSHA will issue willful violations when it believes a company has ignored well established regulations.
California is one of only two states to have regulations that require employers to take steps to reduce employee injuries or deaths due to heat stress. It’s also been issuing fines and even shutting down some companies that have violated the regs. But now a lawsuit says California isn’t doing enough.
A construction fatality in Texas has spurred criticism of OSHA’s recent inspection increase. But not all of the criticism is the same.
OSHA is doing something it hasn’t done in a long time: The federal agency has formed a task force to investigate a state workplace safety agency.
OSHA isn’t going to wait around for the next big chemical release or explosion. Companies covered by the agency’s process safety management (PSM) standard shouldn’t be surprised to see inspectors on their doorsteps in the near future.
Does OSHA work for working people? No way, says David Michaels — the man President Obama will nominate to run the agency.