A heat-related death in a Texas construction worksite is currently being investigated by OSHA. Jeffery Louis Willenborg of Grand Prairie, Austin died on July 15 from a reported worksite illness caused by heat. Willenborg has been said to be working at a construction site for three consecutive days and under conditions exposing him to very [...]

Ethylene oxide or EtO is one sneaky culprit. You can’t see or smell it. Before you know it, you’ve already been exposed to levels that can cause serious harm to human health. It is also flammable and highly reactive. An undetected leak may cause a fatal explosion. This substance is widely used in sterilizing medical [...]

Part 1 of 3 We are counting down the Ten Most Dangerous Jobs in the country based on recent data gathered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. These 10 jobs have the highest risk of fatality in the country as demonstrated by their fatalities per 100,000 employees. People always say that you can take all [...]

Multina’s Plattsburgh Plant has been found by OSHA to have repeated safety violations as well as new ones and will now have to answer up with over $109,000 in fines. Multina USA Inc., a company that produces seats for the mass-transportation industry, is being cited and fined for seven alleged repeat and serious violations as [...]

From 1992 to 2007, the number of Hispanic worker deaths increased by 76%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Safety and health director Peg Seminario said the increased number of Hispanic workers can account for some of these deaths as statistics show that Hispanics represent 14% of the U.S. Labor force in 2007 [...]

US Postal Service’s Juneau Mendenhall Post Office is the newest Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) member. The site was approved and qualified by OSHA as a star, the highest level of all three programs. Richard S. Terrill, OSHA Regional Administrator in Seattle, stated that Juneau Mendenhall Post Office has an injury and illness rate less than [...]

A worksite accident last July 15 left one casualty at Appleton Paper in West Carrollton, Ohio. The worker, William Wilson, got his legs trapped under a beam that fell from a forklift. The heavy beam, a spreader bar, had to be crane-lifted off of the victim by the emergency crew that responded to the accident. [...]

Acting Assistant Secretary Jordan Barab, in a speech during a conference, encouraged safety and health professionals to be more involved and aggressive in securing safety in the workplace.  Barab of the Department of Labor for OSHA outlined the actions on how this can be done.  For those of you who aren’t aware of this, here’s [...]

Three Louisiana based companies were fined $112,000 for alleged asbestos related violations. Louisiana Health Care Consultants LLC, Dean Building Holdings and Bob Dean Enterprises Inc. were cited for multiple willful and serious violations. A willful violation is described as a violation wherein the agency is aware that the conduct is considered prohibited by OSHA or [...]

A complaint on unsafe working conditions led OSHA’s Hartford office to inspect Pfizer’s Groton campus.  The inspection revealed 5 violations related to workspaces and work practices, one of which is unsafe clearance near electrical equipment. The violations, which OSHA termed as serious, were specifically found in the pharmaceutical company’s Buildings 260 and 230 which are [...]