OSHA has proposed $683,000 fine to Mueller Industries subsidiaries for allegedly exposing its employees to safety and health hazards. The company received a total of 128 citations. OSHA has given them 15 days to contest these violations. The investigation started after a worker of Mueller Copper Tube was killed and two other employees were injured [...]

The past week has seen several work hazards prove fatal to 3 workers in their respective worksites in Colorado and Florida. In Broomfield, Colorado, an electrical worked was killed Friday. North Metro Fire Rescue officials said the boom lift he was working in gave way. The worker, along with a co-worker was putting up an [...]

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You can now watch two new videos on respirators and facemasks on the US Department of Labor’s YouTube site.  Respirator Safety which runs around nine minutes contains general instructions on how to properly put on and take off certain types of respirators.  It advises that specific instructions must be consulted from the manufacturer’s manual.  The [...]

Last Dec. 16, 2009, newly appointed Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels spoke at NIOSH’s Making Green Jobs Safe: Integrating Occupational Safety and Health into Green and Sustainability. The conference was held in Washington, D.C. Dr. Michaels stressed out that green jobs cannot be good jobs unless they’re safe [...]