At the end of last month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited a manufacturer based in St. Mary’s, Pennsylvania with “one willful and five serious violations.” P/M National Inc. has been found guilty by OSHA after inspection for lacking machine guarding, which prevents workers from…
Employee exposure to and lack of protection from highly flammable and potentially fatal chemicals has caused the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to cite and fine a Connecticut chemical manufacturer. Phoenix Products Co. violated 15 requirements of workplace safety regarding chemicals and will be charged with…
A Massachusetts roofing contractor is facing major fines for yet again placing its employees in potential life-threatening working environments. The guilty party, A S General Construction Inc., has had repeated offenses of failing to provide their workers with both the fall protection and proper safety training that the U.S. Department…
A 31-year-old western Pennsylvania man was killed in a mining accident after being crushed by a boulder. The victim, Jeremy Neice, had been working in the mines around Mt. Morris at 6 p.m. when the incident occurred. All operations at the mines have been shut down since the accident, and…
Through a renewed alliance with the Industrial Truck Association, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is working to minimize the amount of injuries and deaths related to powered industrial trucks. The renewed alliance is for another five years, and the primary topics of interest over this time will include tip-over…
19-year-old Mason Cox was killed after being pulled into a wood chipper in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Reports say Cox was trying to kick a tree branch that he was loading into the chipper when his leg got caught in the tree branch. Cox had just recently been hired by…
Extending a decade long partnership, The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the American Red Cross will continue to work together to further decrease the chance for workplace injury as well as safeguard workers from any exposures that could be life-threatening. The partnership has been extended another five years, and…
A Dallas construction worker suffered a fatal accident while working on a third-story balcony of an apartment complex that lacked proper protection from his employers. 44-year-old Jorge Carrion Torres, who had been working on the job for a month at the time of the incident, was applying stucco to the…
A breakthrough in wearable technology could lead to the improvement in workers’ quality of life as well as lower workers’ compensation claim costs. Zack Craft, the vice president of Rehab Solutions and Complex Care Education at One Call Care Management, hopes that wearable technology will “help prevent workplace injury, keep…