August 2016

• 08/26/2016 - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules meeting of the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
• 08/25/2016 - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Homebuilder, Florida contractor expose workers to dangerous falls, other hazards at Ocala job site; OSHA proposes $107K in fines
• 08/24/2016 - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - OSHA urges Louisiana flood recovery workers, volunteers to be vigilant, aware of hazards during cleanup
• 08/22/2016 - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health schedules final meeting of the Emergency Response and Preparedness Subcommittee
• 08/19/2016 - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA seeks nominations for membership to the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
• 08/18/2016 - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Plastic manufacturer fails to report employee's hospitalization to OSHA
• 08/17/2016 - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Illinois contractor continues callous disregard for employees, exposes roofers to fall hazards for 19th time since 2006
• 08/16/2016 - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Amputation at Tyson Foods exposes chemical, fall, fire hazards at Texas plant
• 08/16/2016 - OSHA News Release - San Francisco Region - OSHA pilots new, expedited whistleblower review process
• 08/11/2016 - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - OSHA finds Illinois trailer manufacturer continues to expose workers to risk of injuries from machine, welding hazards
• 08/08/2016 - OSHA Regional News Brief - Chicago Region - OSHA finds US Postal facility exposed workers to asbestos hazards; agency proposes more than $49K in fines
• 08/08/2016 - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - Colorado residents should avoid unsafe, uninsured 'storm chasers' or risk further damage, injury liability, fatality lawsuits
• 08/04/2016 - OSHA Regional News Brief - Atlanta Region - Tubing manufacturer's fall, electric shock, unguarded equipment and other safety hazards yield nearly $197K in proposed fines
• 08/04/2016 - OSHA Regional News Brief - Chicago Region - OSHA finds Wisconsin foundry employees at risk for permanent hearing loss, respiratory illness, other dangers from exposure to noise, silica
• 08/04/2016 - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - Maintenance technician crushed fatally when 4,000 pound machine part unintentionally moves during repairs at Warrensburg foundry
• 08/03/2016 - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - OSHA finds Ohio metal coating plant continues to expose workers to risk of injuries, illnesses from acid, chemical, machine hazards
• 08/03/2016 - OSHA Regional News Brief - Chicago Region - OSHA finds Ohio metal coating plant continues to expose workers to risk of injuries, illnesses from acid, chemical, machine hazards
• 08/03/2016 - OSHA Regional News Brief - Kansas City Region - OSHA finds Osceola US Postal facility exposed workers to electrical, chemical hazards; proposes $44K in fines
• 08/02/2016 - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA kicks off 'Hear and Now - Noise Safety Challenge'
• 08/02/2016 - OSHA Regional News Brief - Chicago Region - OSHA finds lack of adequate machine guarding after worker has three fingers crushed at Chicago steel drum manufacturer
• 08/02/2016 - OSHA Regional News Brief - Dallas Region - Worker's death leads OSHA to fine Nucor-Yamato Steel for poor loading operations at Arkansas steel mill
• 08/02/2016 - OSHA Regional News Brief - Dallas Region - OSHA fines mobile home trailer axle manufacturer, recycler for exposing workers to amputations
• 08/02/2016 - OSHA Regional News Brief - Dallas Region - OSHA finds workers exposed to falls, electric shock, other hazards at pre-cast concrete structure manufacturer following complaint, injury
• 08/02/2016 - OSHA Regional News Brief - Dallas Region - OSHA fines utility contractor $46K in fatal March 2016 crane failure at highway construction project in Arkansas' Hope County
• 08/02/2016 - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - Name change or not, Nebraska builder continues his callous disregard for protecting workers from falls, the leading cause of construction worker's deaths
• 08/02/2016 - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - OSHA finds hazards at two Kansas Dollar General stores; retailer cited for more than 100 safety violations at its stores nationwide
• 08/02/2016 - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - OSHA cites Missouri machine shop after welder electrocuted, dies
• 08/02/2016 - OSHA Regional News Brief - Kansas City Region - OSHA finds Tyson employees exposed to occupational noise, other hazards at two Holcomb, Kansas, facilities
• 08/02/2016 - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - OSHA fines Lamoure grain company $104K for violations after worker caught in sweep auger, injured
• 08/02/2016 - OSHA Regional News Brief - Denver Region - Roofing company did not provide adequate fall protection to worker who died after 33-foot fall at Watertown Community Center project
• 08/01/2016 - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - OSHA cites feed mill, contractors after dust explosion kills 1, injures 5
• 08/01/2016 - OSHA Regional News Brief - Atlanta Region - OSHA cites Georgia Swifty Car Wash after worker suffers amputation
• 08/01/2016 - OSHA Regional News Brief - Atlanta Region - Mississippi contractor exposes workers at Mobile apartment complex to dangerous falls; OSHA proposes $42K in penalties
• 08/01/2016 - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Worker falls 22 feet to death, 4 months after OSHA cites employer for failing to protect workers on the same job site
• 08/01/2016 - OSHA Regional News Brief - Dallas Region - OSHA fines KWS Manufacturing Co. for repeat, serious violations
• 08/01/2016 - OSHA Regional News Brief - Dallas Region - Houston tortilla factory faces $106K in federal penalties for exposing employees to amputation, machine, fall and extreme heat hazards