OSHA News Releases – June 2015
June 2015
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Storage system manufacturer's safety failures cause 2 workers to suffer amputations in 2 incidents in three months
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA reminds employers to protect workers from dangers of handling fireworks
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Chicago Region - Complaint inspection finds workers exposed to amputation hazards at Cleveland Die & Manufacturing Company
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Chicago Region - Chicago metal shop exposes workers to machine hazards
- - OSHA National News Release - OSHA adds key hazards for investigators' focus in healthcare inspections
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Atlanta Region - GP Roofing & Construction LLC, management held in contempt of court for failing to comply with OSHA safety standards
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Philadelphia Region - OSHA reminds DC metro employers to protect workers from heat illness
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Philadelphia Region - OSHA reminds Philadelphia-area employers to protect workers from heat illness
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Philadelphia Region - OSHA reminds greater Baltimore-area employers to protect workers from heat illness
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Philadelphia Region - OSHA reminds northern Delaware employers to protect workers from heat illness
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Delaware poultry-processing plant exposed workers to serious hazards including musculoskeletal injuries
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Chicago Region - Melrose Park, Illinois, metal shop exposes workers to machine hazards
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Kansas City Region - OSHA cites construction company in death of heavy equipment operator
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA requests nominations for membership to the Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Philadelphia Region - Newark construction company exposed workers to falls, safety hazards at Pennsylvania worksite
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Open-flame heater likely cause of Coalgate oil rig fire; 3 deaths and serious injuries to 2 others, OSHA finds
- - OSHA News Release - Birmingham Region - Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway must reinstate injured conductor and pay $536K in damages for retaliation
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Temporary staffing company agrees to implement changes to protect employees at all its work sites
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Chicago Region - Workers found to be repeatedly exposed to amputation hazards at Canton Drop Forge in Ohio
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - East Greenwich, Rhode Island, health clinic provider lacks effective blood hazard safeguards
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Atlanta Region - OSHA finds plastic recycler, Cycle Tex Inc., continues to expose workers to fall and amputation hazards
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Dallas Region - Masonry workers repeatedly exposed to head injuries, falls, electrocution by employer Gaspar Fuentes
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - 62-year-old worker dies after manufacturer ignores safety hazards
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Chicago Region - OSHA cites Republic Steel for fall hazards at Lorain, Ohio, mill
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - 7,600-pound conveyor crushes worker after weld failure - a preventable death, says OSHA
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA and the American Society of Safety Engineers renew alliance to protect worker safety and health
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Statement by OSHA on indictment of roofing company owner charged today in employee's fatal fall
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Atlanta Region - Contender Boats continues to expose workers to fall, amputations and electrical hazards
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Dallas Region - Workers exposed to physical injury, amputation risks at chemical manufacturing facility
- - OSHA News Release - San Francisco Region - OSHA orders safety upgrades after 7-ton buoy hits, kills 2 workers and injures 2 others at Pearl Harbor naval facility
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Chicago Region - OSHA cites Tip Top Roofing for 2nd time this year after workers observed roofing townhomes without the use of fall protection
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Atlanta Region - Shoreline Foundation exposes workers to drowning and other hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - GBW Railcar Services faces OSHA violations and fines after blast injures 7 workers, 2 severely in Cummings, Kansas
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules meeting of National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Construction company willfully exposes workers to scaffolding, electrocution hazards at Philadelphia work sites
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Atlanta Region - Detyens Shipyards Inc. cited by OSHA for exposing employees to workplace safety hazards; more than $100K in penalties proposed
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Chicago Region - Suburban General Construction Inc. exposes worker to trench cave-in hazards while repairing water lines in River Forest, Illinois
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - OSHA urges employers, workers, homeowners and others to protect themselves during flood cleanup
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Dallas Region - OSHA forms alliance with Lee Lewis Construction Co. in Lubbock, Texas, to prevent construction injuries and illnesses
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - New York City Region - Temporary workers exposed to noise, safety hazards in Morris County
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Chicken processing facility repeatedly exposes workers to dangerous machinery hazards
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA publishes guide to restroom access for transgender workers
- - OSHA News Release - Birmingham Region - Boise contractor again puts workers at serious risk of injury, death in unprotected underground trench