November 7, 2011 by Fred Hosier
September 6, 2011 by Fred Hosier
A company with 14 affiliates spread across the country has agreed to pay a $34,750 fine to settle OSHA citations. That doesn’t sound too bad for a big, nationwide construction company. But it’s only the tip of the iceberg.
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Tags: 30-hour OSHA course, construction company, enterprise-wide settlement agreement, fall protection, OSHA citations, safety program
August 16, 2011 by Fred Hosier
A worker was killed after being spun around and mangled by a drilling rig at a construction project near Aspen, CO.
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Tags: construction project, fall protection, large drill
May 27, 2011 by Fred Hosier
OSHA can’t send people responsible for workplace safety to jail. But they can refer cases to local prosecutors who are able to seek prison time. That’s what happened in this case, and now two men will be locked up.
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Tags: fall, fall protection, harnesses, involuntary manslaughter, owner jailed
March 11, 2011 by Fred Hosier
In the comics, Spider-Man worked without fall protection. Actors in a new show based on the comic can’t do that, and four on-stage injuries have caught OSHA’s attention.
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Tags: fall protection, harnesses, Spider-Man
March 8, 2011 by Fred Hosier
How did a company successfully appeal a safety citation and get an administrative law judge (ALJ) to order OSHA to pay the employer’s attorney fees?
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Tags: attorneys' fees, Equal Access to Justice Act, fall protection, Paramount Advance Wireless, unpreventable employee misconduct
January 4, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Authorities have arrested the former and current owner of a St. Louis, MO, business for failing to comply with court orders to pay more than a quarter of a million dollars in OSHA fines.
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Tags: failure to pay OSHA fines, fall protection, owners arrested, scaffolding
December 6, 2010 by Fred Hosier
The Occupational Safety and Health Act allows OSHA to issue higher fines when a company has been cited previously for a similar penalty. A recent case defines when the agency can and can’t use that tactic.
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Tags: fall protection, OSHRC, repeat violation, roofing, Sharon & Walter Construction, worker fell
November 17, 2010 by Fred Hosier
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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Tags: dust, fall protection, follow-up inspections, lockout, Severe Violator Enforcement Program
November 12, 2010 by Fred Hosier
The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) has upheld an instance-by-instance OSHA fine involving the deaths of two Missouri construction company employees.
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Tags: egregious willful violations, fall protection, OSHRC, Thomas Industrial Coatings
September 15, 2010 by Fred Hosier
What triggers an OSHA inspection that leads to big fines: High injury rates? Employee complaints? For the construction industry, expensive fines are often the result of hazards being evident in broad daylight.
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Tags: fall protection, inspectors driving by, scaffolds
August 2, 2010 by Fred Hosier
A worker falls to his death while upgrading a communication tower. An OSHA investigation showed that the worker had, for some reason, detached himself from his fall protection. Is the company at fault?
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Tags: fall protection, unpreventable employee misconduct, worker falls
November 23, 2009 by Fred Hosier
When a worker doesn’t use PPE and dies on the job as a result, is the employer responsible or is it a case of employee misconduct?
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Tags: employee misconduct, fall protection, PPE
October 30, 2009 by Fred Hosier
October 9, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Next time you want to address proper ladder use and fall protection with workers, you might want to use this story about a man who fell to his death when he was trying to reach a light fixture.
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Tags: died from fall, fall protection, jury-rig
May 6, 2009 by Fred Hosier
The owner and a manager of a roofing company in Santa Rosa, CA, will both go to jail after a pair of incidents involving employee falls through skylights. One employee died, the other was permanently disabled.
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Tags: fall protection, falls through skylights, permanently disabled
February 3, 2009 by Fred Hosier
As a safety pro, you’ve probably heard this claim: Once you get on OSHA’s inspection list, it’s tough to get off of it. A Midwest company can attest to that.
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Tags: carbon monoxide, fall protection, inspected, OSHA, violations
January 20, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Here’s another example of why companies want to have clean OSHA records: Once an employer gets on the agency’s hit list, additional violations will be even more costly.
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Tags: fall protection, OSHA violation, repeat citation
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