A South Dakota company now faces $1.61 million in citations.
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Tags: confined spaces, engulfed and smothered, Fatality, million-dollar fine, South Dakota Wheat Growers
A jury in Alabama awarded $10 million to a woman whose husband died in a workplace incident in 2008.
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Tags: Fatality, fell 150 feet, jury verdict
They didn’t even give the most minimal safety training to a temp who was just supposed to sweep the floor.
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Tags: Fatality, litigation, Safety training
A recent fatality serves as a reminder of the dangers present at facilities that use, store or transfer anhydrous ammonia.
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Tags: ammonia leak, CF Industries, Fatality, store or transfer ammonia, use
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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Tags: Fatality, safety violations, scaffold, scaffolding collapse
OSHA investigations aren’t limited to manufacturing and construction. Investigators are looking into a fatality involving an acrobat at a golf tournament dinner.
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Tags: acrobat, Fatality, investigation, OSHA
OSHA says it’s not enough for companies to develop fall protection plans — they have to enforce them, too.
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Tags: fall, fall protection plan, Fatality, OSHA, personal protection equipment
Laundry company Cintas Corp. has reached a settlement with OSHA to resolve six safety-related cases, including one that resulted in a worker fatality.
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Tags: Cintas, Fatality, lockout/tagout, OSHA fine, settlement
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