OSHA News Releases – October 2015
October 2015
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Dollar General Corp. continues to expose employees to workplace safety and health hazards at store in Hamburg, Pennsylvania
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA renews alliance with Louisiana Associated General Contractors to promote worker safety and health
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health to meet Dec. 1-2; seeks nominations for six seats
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules meeting of National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
- - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - Landscape employee's death after being struck by rock 'easily preventable'
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA's regional emphasis program focuses on reducing illness and injury at Southwestern chicken processing facilities
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Iowa postal facility exposes mail handler to excessive heat
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA will hold a meeting of the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA's regional emphasis program focuses on reducing illness and injury at Southeastern chicken processing facilities
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Roofing Contractor cited for exposing workers to fall hazards
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries sign alliance to address machinery, chemical, other hazards in scrap recycling industry
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Georgia lumber mill repeatedly exposes workers to falls, electrocution and other workplace safety hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA partnership will protect laborers on Oregon Clean Energy Center project in Ohio
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Chicago roofers exposed to dangerous asbestos hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Food manufacturer exposes workers to amputation hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Ashley Furniture cited again for on-the-job machine hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites US Fish and Wildlife Service for serious, repeated violations at Pendills Creek National Fish Hatchery
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Trenching cave-in injures drainpipe installer employee
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Agricultural manufacturer exposes workers to amputation, other safety hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Aspen Foods after machine takes part of worker's finger
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds improper load rigging caused fatal worker injury in Lincoln, Nebraska
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Alabama lumber mill continues to expose workers to amputations, falls and other deadly workplace safety hazards
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Railcar was unsafe for entry before deadly blast killed two workers, injured a third at Omaha cleaning facility
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - Worker suffers 3rd-degree burns in glass factory fire
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Meatpacking District fatality 'completely avoidable'
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Fatalidad en el distrito de Meatpacking 'completamente evitable'
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Meatpacking District fatality 'completely avoidable'
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Meatpacking District fatality 'completely avoidable'
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Meatpacking District fatality 'completely avoidable'
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Meatpacking District fatality 'completely avoidable'
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Meatpacking District fatality 'completely avoidable'
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Meatpacking District fatality 'completely avoidable'
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Meatpacking District fatality 'completely avoidable' Harco Construction and Sky Materials Corp. cited for willful safety violations
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Meatpacking District fatality 'completely avoidable'
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Bag manufacturer exposes workers to amputation hazards
- - Region 10 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites the US Forest Service for serious, repeated violations at two Malheur National Forest ranger districts
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Construction contractors from Lebanon and Lancaster counties cited by OSHA for exposing workers to fall hazards
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds excavating company exposed employees to trenching hazards at Evans City, Pennsylvania, worksite
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Safety mechanisms would have prevented worker's death
- - Region 1 OSHA Regional News Brief - Falling boxes of patio furniture at Massachusetts Big Lots store strike employee, causing hospitalization
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department urges storm recovery workers and public to be vigilant and aware of hazards during storm cleanup
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - US Labor Department urges storm recovery workers and public to be vigilant and aware of hazards during storm cleanup
- - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Brooklyn contractor for fatal worker fall
- - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds fragrance manufacturer exposes employees to safety and health hazards in Piscataway, New Jersey
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds improperly equipped furnace led to deadly explosion at TIMET's Morgantown, Pennsylvania, manufacturing plant
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Charleston roofing contractor cited after worker hospitalized for heat-related illness while working at State Capitol Complex
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Worker's hand injected with fluid during machine maintenance at Calhoun, Georgia, rubber mat manufacturer
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Judge affirms OSHA citations against Alabama auto parts supplier following the amputation of a temporary worker's hand and fingers
- - Region 10 OSHA Regional News Brief - Federal judge orders Idaho, employer to pay $100 for retaliating against employee who told OSHA of safety concerns
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Wilmington company cited after worker hospitalized for heat-related illness during the construction of new residences
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Maintenance employee suffers multiple fractures in fall