OSHA News Releases – June 2015
June 2015
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - 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
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Chicago metal shop exposes workers to machine hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Complaint inspection finds workers exposed to amputation hazards at Cleveland Die & Manufacturing Company
- - OSHA National News Release - OSHA adds key hazards for investigators' focus in healthcare inspections
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - GP Roofing & Construction LLC, management held in contempt of court for failing to comply with OSHA safety standards
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA reminds DC metro employers to protect workers from heat illness
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA reminds northern Delaware employers to protect workers from heat illness
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA reminds Philadelphia-area employers to protect workers from heat illness
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA reminds greater Baltimore-area employers to protect workers from heat illness
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Delaware poultry-processing plant exposed workers to serious hazards including musculoskeletal injuries
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Melrose Park, Illinois, metal shop exposes workers to machine hazards
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - 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
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Newark construction company exposed workers to falls, safety hazards at Pennsylvania worksite
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Open-flame heater likely cause of Coalgate oil rig fire; 3 deaths and serious injuries to 2 others, OSHA finds
- - Region 10 OSHA News Release - Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway must reinstate injured conductor and pay $536K in damages for retaliation
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Temporary staffing company agrees to implement changes to protect employees at all its work sites
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Workers found to be repeatedly exposed to amputation hazards at Canton Drop Forge in Ohio
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - East Greenwich, Rhode Island, health clinic provider lacks effective blood hazard safeguards
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds plastic recycler, Cycle Tex Inc., continues to expose workers to fall and amputation hazards
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Masonry workers repeatedly exposed to head injuries, falls, electrocution by employer Gaspar Fuentes
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - 62-year-old worker dies after manufacturer ignores safety hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Republic Steel for fall hazards at Lorain, Ohio, mill
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - 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
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Statement by OSHA on indictment of roofing company owner charged today in employee's fatal fall
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Contender Boats continues to expose workers to fall, amputations and electrical hazards
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Workers exposed to physical injury, amputation risks at chemical manufacturing facility
- - Region 9 OSHA News Release - OSHA orders safety upgrades after 7-ton buoy hits, kills 2 workers and injures 2 others at Pearl Harbor naval facility
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Tip Top Roofing for 2nd time this year after workers observed roofing townhomes without the use of fall protection
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Shoreline Foundation exposes workers to drowning and other hazards
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - 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
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Construction company willfully exposes workers to scaffolding, electrocution hazards at Philadelphia work sites
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Detyens Shipyards Inc. cited by OSHA for exposing employees to workplace safety hazards; more than $100K in penalties proposed
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Suburban General Construction Inc. exposes worker to trench cave-in hazards while repairing water lines in River Forest, Illinois
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA urges employers, workers, homeowners and others to protect themselves during flood cleanup
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA forms alliance with Lee Lewis Construction Co. in Lubbock, Texas, to prevent construction injuries and illnesses
- - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - Temporary workers exposed to noise, safety hazards in Morris County
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Chicken processing facility repeatedly exposes workers to dangerous machinery hazards
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA publishes guide to restroom access for transgender workers
- - Region 10 OSHA News Release - Boise contractor again puts workers at serious risk of injury, death in unprotected underground trench