A report to Congress from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) calls the process for creating a new OSHA regulation “protracted” and “lengthy.”
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Tags: General Duty Clause, Government Accountability Office, OSHA regulations, OSHA rulemaking, permissible exposure limits
The Knoxville Zoo has settled with Tennessee OSHA the case involving the death of an elephant keeper. An 8,500 pound elephant pushed the keeper into the metal bars of a stall, and the employee later died of internal injuries.
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Tags: General Duty Clause, handler killed by elephant, Knoxville Zoo
A worker at a grocery store fell 11 feet onto a concrete floor and suffered broken bones and head trauma. Instead of calling 911, store management lifted the worker into a wheelchair and pushed him to a dock to wait for a relative to take him to the hospital.
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Tags: broken bones, emergency services, employee fall, General Duty Clause, head trauma, Market Basket, repeat citation
Was the death of a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando due to a benign act by a killer whale or because of willful disregard for employee safety? That question is being asked in the appeal of an OSHA fine.
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Tags: Dawn Brancheau, fatal whale attack, General Duty Clause, SeaWorld, Tilikum
A new OSHA directive outlines the types of businesses and the reasons why inspectors will review a company’s workplace violence prevention efforts.
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Tags: General Duty Clause, healthcare, high-crime areas, OSHA directive, retail, working alone, workplace violence
Earlier this year, an elephant killed an animal trainer at the Knoxville Zoo in Tennessee. Now the zoo faces fines from that state’s safety agency (TOSHA).
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Tags: elephant killed trainer, General Duty Clause, Knoxville Zoo, TOSHA
Employers may face more restrictions in how they schedule workers now that unions and OSHA are paying more attention to employee fatigue.
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Tags: Continental Airlines, Dow Chemical, General Duty Clause, schedule workers, unions, worker fatigue
A judge has ruled that Wal-Mart should pay a $7,000 fine in connection with the trampling death of one of its employees. But this case may not be over yet.
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Tags: crowd control, General Duty Clause, Wal-Mart trampling death
OSHA’s General Duty Clause says employers have to furnish places of employment free from hazards that are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees. Does that include a smoke-free workplace? One casino faces a lawsuit.
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Tags: casino, class action lawsuit, General Duty Clause, provide safe workplace, second-hand smoke
OSHA has fined a tree trimming company under the General Duty Clause (GDC) in connection with the death of an employee who was struck by a train while walking to a job site.
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As Wal-Mart fights an OSHA general duty clause (GDC) fine about retail crowds, the agency has issued another citation under the catch-all regulation involving workplace violence.
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Tags: General Duty Clause, health care, hospital, workplace violence
The New York Times reports that Wal-Mart has spent $2 million so far fighting a $7,000 OSHA fine in connection with the trampling death of a worker. Equally interesting is that OSHA has also devoted lots of resources to make sure this fine sticks. Why? Because the outcome of this case could have wide reaching effects on all sorts of companies.
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Another state will soon allow workers to keep guns in their vehicles’ locked trunks and glove compartments in companies’ parking lots.
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Next time you want to give employees a reminder about the hazards of loose clothing around machinery, you might want to use this story.
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Tags: General Duty Clause, jewelry, loose clothing, machine guarding, strangled
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