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  • September 05, 2023

QuickTakes Newsletter

September 5, 2023 • OSHA's twice-monthly bilingual newsletter about workplace safety and health.

OSHA QuickTakes - English/Español - OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Innovative Settlement Agreement with Dollar Tree and Family Dollar

The corporate-wide settlement agreement with OSHA will address root causes of repeated safety violations at thousands of stores nationwide.

Acuerdo innovador con Dollar Tree y Family Dollar

El acuerdo entre la empresa y OSHA abordará las causas profundas de las repetidas infracciones en materia de seguridad cometidas en miles de establecimientos de todo el país.

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Inspection Representatives

Newly proposed rulemaking clarifies that employees may authorize a third party to accompany OSHA compliance officers during workplace inspections, such as a translator to improve communications between OSHA representatives and workers.

Representantes en la inspección

La nueva normativa propuesta aclara que los empleados pueden autorizar a un tercero a acompañar a los agentes de cumplimiento de OSHA durante las inspecciones en el lugar de trabajo, como por ejemplo un traductor para mejorar la comunicación entre los representantes de OSHA y los trabajadores.

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Know Your Rights

MigrantWorker.gov is a new resource to help ensure a safe and healthy workplace and full payment of wages for every worker in the United States, regardless of your immigration status.

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Recognizing Workers' Rights

OSHA's Chicago Regional Office joined representatives from the Mexican consulate, various other Latin American countries, and over 100 organizations to kick off Labor Rights Week.

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Improving Disease Prevention

Rite Aid Corp. will implement a bloodborne pathogen safety program at its New Jersey and New York stores after a worker was told to clean up spilled blood without protection from potential disease exposure.

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Spreading the Word About Heat

OSHA announced the winners of its national "Beat the Heat" contest that challenged participants to share their best tools and resources for educating workers about the dangers of heat exposure.

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Getting to Know Us

Meet Juan, an OSHA inspector in Chicago. Get to know him and other members of our team who are dedicated to improving workplace safety by visiting the I Am OSHA webpage.

One size does not fit all. Ensure personal protective equipment fits female workers properly. osha.gov/women-in-construction. Picture: Female workers wearing a variety of PPE work and smile at the camera.

Have you ever encountered ill-fitting PPE? Tell us about it below! 👇 Women workers shouldn't compromise their safety with improperly fitting PPE. Always test PPE for a proper fit and report any that is ill-fitting or damaged. Learn more 👉

Stay Informed

Follow OSHA on Twitter and LinkedIn to stay up-to-date with the agency's activities and resources, and look for our posts on the U.S. Department of Labor's Facebook and Instagram accounts.

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Risking Workers' Lives

Twice within two months, a construction contractor with a history of workplace safety violations continued to expose workers to deadly fall hazards as they installed siding and roofing.

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Avoidable Trenching Tragedy

A federal judge upheld OSHA citations against a contractor whose failure to install a trench protection system led to a worker's death.

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Catastrophic Safety Failure

A foundry's failure to follow required safety procedures led to a steam explosion that caused the death of a maintenance supervisor and injuries to 15 other workers.

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Whistleblower Rights Violated

We are seeking reinstatement and back wages for an employee of a pipe manufacturing company who was allegedly fired because they requested to use a respirator to protect them from smoke and fumes in the work area.

Read about more OSHA enforcement cases.

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Safety for Staff and Visitors

An Alaskan cultural heritage museum worked with the state's On-Site Consultation Program to address fire prevention and preparedness.

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Investing in Safety

A Molson Coors Beverage Company site in Colorado was recognized by OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs for safety features such as computerized process controls, a comprehensive dust collection system and belt alignment sensors.

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Alliances Focus on Worker Safety

  • American Society of Safety Engineers – Greater Baton Rouge Chapter
  • Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. – Alabama Chapter
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Check Out These Resources!

  • Heat Stress QuickCard (four new languages)
  • Heat Illustrated Fact Sheet (five new languages)
  • Rail Cars and Marine Terminals poster (English and Spanish)
  • Confined Space Fire Fatal Facts (English and Spanish)
  • Worker Exposure to Silica Hazard Alert (revised)

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Todos los trabajadores tienen derechos

TrabajadorMigrante.gov es un nuevo recurso para ayudar a garantizar un lugar de trabajo seguro y saludable y el pago íntegro de los salarios a todos los trabajadores de Estados Unidos, independientemente de su estatus de inmigración.

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Unidos por los trabajadores

La Oficina Regional de OSHA en Chicago se unió a representantes del consulado mexicano, de varios otros países latinoamericanos y de más de 100 organizaciones para dar inicio a la Semana de los Derechos Laborales.

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Mejorar la prevención de enfermedades

Rite Aid Corp. pondrá en marcha un programa de seguridad de patógenos transmitidos por la sangre en sus tiendas de Nueva Jersey y Nueva York después de que se dijera a un trabajador que limpiara sangre derramada sin protección frente a una posible exposición a enfermedades.

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Correr la voz sobre el calor

OSHA ha anunciado los ganadores de su concurso nacional "Venza el calor", que desafiaba a los participantes a compartir sus mejores herramientas y recursos para educar a los trabajadores sobre los peligros de la exposición al calor.

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Conózcanos mejor

Conozca a Juan, inspectora de OSHA en Chicago. Conózcala a el y a otros miembros de nuestro equipo visitando la página web de Yo soy OSHA.

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Atención: @OSHA_DOL está alertando a los trabajadores y empleadores agrícolas de peligros comunes relacionados con tractores. Consulte esta hoja informativa

Manténgase informado

Siga OSHA en Twitter y LinkedIn para estar al día de las actividades y recursos de la agencia, y busque nuestras publicaciones en las cuentas de Twitter, Facebook y Instagram del Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos.

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Arriesgando la vida de los trabajadores

En dos ocasiones en el plazo de dos meses, un contratista de la construcción con un historial de infracciones contra la seguridad en el lugar de trabajo siguió exponiendo a los trabajadores a riesgos de caída mortales mientras instalaban revestimientos y tejados.

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Tragedia evitable en una zanja

Un juez federal confirmó las citaciones de OSHA contra un contratista cuyo incumplimiento de la obligación de instalar un sistema de protección de zanjas provocó la muerte de un trabajador.

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Fallo de seguridad catastrófico

El incumplimiento por parte de una fundición de los procedimientos de seguridad exigidos provocó una explosión de vapor que causó la muerte de un supervisor de mantenimiento y lesiones a otros 15 trabajadores.

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Violación de los derechos de los denunciantes

Solicitamos la reincorporación y los salarios atrasados de un empleado de una empresa de fabricación de tuberías que supuestamente fue despedido por solicitar el uso de un respirador para protegerse del humo y las emanaciones en la zona de trabajo.

Lea más casos de aplicación de la ley de OSHA.

Alaska's oldest building, the Russian American Magazine, houses the Kodiak History Museum

Seguridad del personal y los visitantes

Un museo del patrimonio cultural de Alaska colaboró con el programa estatal de consultas in situ para abordar la prevención y preparación ante incendios.

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Invertir en seguridad

Una planta de Molson Coors Beverage Company en Colorado recibió el reconocimiento de los Programas de Protección Voluntaria de OSHA por características de seguridad como controles de proceso informatizados, un completo sistema de captación de polvo y sensores de alineación de correas.

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Alianzas centradas en la seguridad de los trabajadores

  • Sociedad Americana de Ingenieros de Seguridad - División del Gran Baton Rouge
  • Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. - División de Alabama
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Consulte estos recursos

  • Tarjeta rápida sobre el estrés térmico (cuatro nuevos idiomas)
  • Hoja informativa ilustrada sobre el calor (cinco nuevos idiomas)
  • Cartel sobre vagones de ferrocarril y terminales marítimas (inglés y español)
  • Datos sobre incendios mortales en espacios confinados (en inglés y español)
  • Aviso sobre el riesgo de exposición de los trabajadores al sílice (revisado)

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