The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Ford Motor Company’s Buffalo plant for an asbestos violation, as well as seven other serious violations. The eight violations carry a proposed fine of $41,800.One citation was for a pipefitter’s exposure to asbestos while working on a steam line. Another citation…
A fifty-six year old construction worker was working at Dave & Buster’s Restaurant at the Palisades Center Mall when he was struck in the head by a falling piece of steel pipe. The worker remained conscious and alert after suffering the head injury.The worker was taken to Westchester Medical Center…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports that heat illness can be deadly. Studies show that every year thousands of workers become sick, or die, from exposure to heat, but these illnesses are preventable.A 45 year old postal worker from Medford collapsed and died while making a…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Smith Pipe in Abilene, Texas after an employee died during an industrial accident. The two citations carry a fine totaling $14,000.An employee died when an 11,000 pound tank was being loaded onto a truck slid off and crushed him. He…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Plains Trucking LLC for nine safety violations following an employee fatality in March of this year. The proposed fines for these violations total $28,000.The worker was cleaning the inside of a crude oil tanker that exploded at the company’s Ross…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Environmental Enterprises Inc. with 22 safety and health violations after a fire and explosion occurred at the Cincinnati waste treatment facility, which killed one worker and badly burned another. The 22 violations carry a proposed fine of $325,710.The OSHA area…
A report published by the Massachusetts AFL-CIO and the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health showed that there were 32 work-related fatalities in Massachusetts in 2012. This number has decreased from the 58 deaths which occurred in 2011, but the organizations are calling for change to prevent further workplace…
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Carson Helicopters for eight serious violations at the Pennsylvania facility. Carson Helicopters is an FAA approved helicopter repair station that provides repair, overhaul, and manufacturing of all major helicopter models.These eight serious citations carry with them a proposed penalty of $40,500.…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Gilman Cheese Corporation with ten violations after a worker had two fingers amputated by an unguarded machine. The fines accompanying these ten violations totaled $126,700.The employee was operating an unguarded cheese packaging and labeling machine at a factory in Wisconsin…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating an injury that happened at the construction site of the new Central Middle School in Quincy. An employee fell and injured his head after being shocked by a power line.The regional spokesman stated that the inquiry will “seek to…