OSHA News Releases - October 1998 (Archived)

   

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• October 28 [Region 1 News Release] - 1998 - 10/28/1998 - Citations and Proposed Penalties
• October 27 [Trade News Release] - 1998 - 10/27/1998 - NASA'S LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER BECOMES FIRST FEDERAL WORKSITE ADMITTED TO OSHA'S PRESTIGIOUS VPP
• October 23 [Region 4 News Release] - 1998 - 10/23/1998 - NORTH CHARLESTON'S CAROLINA MARINE HANDLING FINED NEARLY $170,000 FOLLOWING FATAL ACCIDENT
• October 22 [Region 3 News Release] - 1998 - 10/22/1998 - NORTH WALES COMPANY CITED FOR OSHA VIOLATIONS FOLLOWING FATAL TRENCHING ACCIDENT
• October 22 [Region 1 News Release] - 1998 - 10/22/1998 - OSHA CITES BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND, CONTRACTOR FOR ALLEGED WILLFUL, REPEAT AND SERIOUS SAFETY VIOLATIONS AT EAST GREENWICH, R.I., EXCAVATION WORKSITE
• October 22 [Region 1 News Release] - 1998 - 10/22/1998 - OSHA CITES WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND, MANUFACTURER FOR ALLEGED WILLFUL, SERIOUS AND OTHER SAFETY VIOLATIONS FOLLOWING WORKER INJURY
• October 22 [Region 1 News Release] - 1998 - 10/22/1998 - OSHA PROPOSES $94,000 IN PENALTIES AGAINST FARMINGTON, MAINE, EMPLOYER FOR ALLEGED WILLFUL AND SERIOUS VIOLATIONS INVOLVING REMOVAL OF ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS
• October 19 [Region 3 News Release] - 1998 - 10/19/1998 - PARKERSBURG, WVA FIRM CITED FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH HAZARDS
• October 16 [Region 3 News Release] - 1998 - 10/16/1998 - HUNTINGTON FIRM CITED BY OSHA
• October 15 [National News Release] - 1998 - 10/15/1998 - CONSTRUCTION WORKER'S DEATH RESULTS IN JAIL TIME FOR INDIANA EMPLOYER
• October 15 [Region 3 News Release] - 1998 - 10/15/1998 - CONSTRUCTION WORKER'S DEATH RESULTS IN JAIL TIME FOR INDIANA EMPLOYER
• October 15 [Region 1 News Release] - 1998 - 10/15/1998 - OSHA CITES HUDSON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EMPLOYER FOR ALLEGED WILLFUL AND SERIOUS SAFETY VIOLATIONS FOLLOWING FATAL FORKLIFT TRUCK ACCIDENT
• October 14 [Region 2 News Release] - 1998 - 10/14/1998 - LaGRANGEVILLE, NEW YORK SECURITY GUARD COMPANY CITED BY OSHA FOR FAILING TO CORRECT PREVIOUSLY ISSUED HEALTH VIOLATIONS: $99,500 IN PENALTIES PROPOSED
• October 14 [Region 6 News Release] - 1998 - 10/14/1998 - OSHA CITES GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA COMPANY FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES SET AT $218,000
• October 13 [Region 6 News Release] - 1998 - 10/13/1998 - DALLAS COMPANY AGREES TO PAY PENALTY AND IMPROVE SAFETY AT FACILITY FOLLOWING OSHA INSPECTION
• October 09 [Region 6 News Release] - 1998 - 10/09/1998 - MILLAR ELEVATOR SERVICE CO. OF DALLAS CITED FOR FAILURE TO PROTECT WORKERS; PENALTIES SET AT $315,000
• October 09 [Trade News Release] - 1998 - 10/09/1998 - NEW NACOSH MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN NEXT PUBLIC MEETING
• October 07 [Region 2 News Release] - 1998 - 10/07/1998 - ARKPORT, NEW YORK, DAIRY PRODUCTS MAKER CITED BY OSHA FOR ALLEGED SAFETY VIOLATIONS: $38,175 IN PENALTIES PROPOSED
• October 06 [National News Release] - 1998 - 10/06/1998 - NPS AND OSHA SIGN AGREEMENT THAT WILL IMPROVE EMPLOYEE SAFETY AND HEALTH IN NATIONAL PARKS
• October 06 [Region 4 News Release] - 1998 - 10/06/1998 - TWO METRO ATLANTA COMPANIES FINED $224,000 FOLLOWING FATAL CAVE-IN
• October 05 [Region 6 News Release] - 1998 - 10/05/1998 - JOHN B. MILES, JR. TO HEAD DALLAS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION REGIONAL OFFICE
• October 01 [Region 3 News Release] - 1998 - 10/01/1998 - OSHA CITES MORGAN CORP. FOR ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS
• October 01 [Region 1 News Release] - 1998 - 10/01/1998 - OSHA PROPOSES NEARLY $36,000 IN PENALTIES AGAINST PEMBROKE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, CONTRACTOR FOR ALLEGED WILLFUL AND SERIOUS SAFETY VIOLATIONS INCLUDING LACK OF CAVE-IN PROTECTION AT NORTHWOOD, N.H., EXCAVATION WORKSITE
• October 01 [Region 1 News Release] - 1998 - 10/01/1998 - Over $57,000 in Penalties Proposed against P.A. Landers, Inc.