The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited A & B Foundry & Machining LLC with 33 health and safety violations at the Franklin, Ohio site. These 33 violations carried a proposed fine of $170,107.The area director stated, “A & B Foundry & Machining has a…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Quality Trailers Enterprise Inc. with fifteen serious health and safety violations at its Salem, Ohio trailer manufacturing facility. The fines from these fifteen violations total $55,300.OSHA’s area director stated, “Quality Trailers Enterprises has a responsibility to train and protect workers…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Twin Pines Construction Inc. for willful, repeat and serious violations of workplace safety standards at its Durham site. The contractor faces proposed fines of $290,700 after an OSHA inspection.Employees performing framing work were exposed to falls ranging from nine feet…
A Monro Muffler Brake Inc. shop in Portsmouth has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’sOccupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for alleged willful, repeat and serious violations of workplace safety standards.The automotive repair, maintenance and tire company faces potential fines of $221,100 following an OSHA inspection. OSHA’s area director…
An investigation by the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)found that a contractor at the Wolf Creek Generating Station wrongfully fired an engineer who reported safety violations.OSHA sent a letter last week stating that Enercon Services Inc. violated Energy Reorganization Act, which prohibits retaliation against a nuclear power…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited NC Hunt Inc. for three repeat violations and seven serious violations of workplace safety standards. The facility faces a total of $79,310 in fines for these ten violations following an inspection by OSHA.The repeat violations include: not using energy control…
U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Palermo Villa Inc. for seven “serious” violations and one “other-than-serious” infraction and could face $38,500 in proposed fines. The violations mostly dealt with the operating procedures of the ammonia refrigeration system.Also, an employee lost three fingers when they were severed in…
Massachusetts’ Department of Labor Standards (DLS) started a campaign in 2012 to fight the leading cause of death for Massachusetts construction workers. Their initiatives were recognized with an award from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Office of Small Business Assistance last month.Falls from construction sites to a lower level…
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that about $242 million is paid out nationally every year in workers’ compensation benefits for people who suffered work-related hearing impairments. This makes loss of hearing the most frequent U.S. occupational injury.The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) stated that about 30 million…
A recent Massachusetts decision closed a loophole that allowed staffing-firm employees injured at a client company both to collect workers’ compensation benefits and to sue the company where they were hurt.The Superior Court in Massachusetts held that by an alternate employer endorsement naming a staffing company’s client as insured under their workers’…