Recently, another company caught OSHA’s attention and was faced with $45,500 in fines for a number of violations.
Cranesville Block Company, a plant at Kingston, N.Y., had serious violations on chemical and electrical hazards and lack of equipment for workers. Specifically, OSHA found blocked exits, workers lacking safety glasses and gloves while working with acid, unlabeled [...]

February 17, 2010–OSHA has cleared Walt Disney World after a 6-month investigation on the incident that led to the death of a worker. Anislav Varbanov, the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular performer died after he was seriously hurt while rehearsing for the show.
The cast member died on August 18 last year at Hollywood Studios—it was [...]

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 electrical [...]

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April 29 – Jorge Leandro-Ramirez was fatally injured while operating a cherry picker. Leandro-Ramirez was working at the construction site in the Effingham County Industrial Park. Due to this accident Vos Electric, a subcontractor at the EFACEC plant, was issued with a serious citation facing a $4900 fine.
However after an informal settlement with OSHA inspectors, [...]

Another thousand-dollar-fine was issued by OSHA for citing violations on electrical safety and hazardous energy control standards. This time to O’Connell Electric Co., particularly on the May 18 Worker Arc Flash Injury. The incident happened at the North Campus of the State University of New York (SUNY) when O’Connell employees were performing maintenance on 34,500-volt [...]

OSHA’s new national emphasis program takes on the initiative to deal with workplaces where hazardous chemicals are released. This has been a concern because the release of highly hazardous chemicals into the atmosphere can lead to toxic fires and explosions—hazards that can very well endanger the lives of many.
Policies and procedures for inspecting workplaces that [...]

Being struck by an object is one of the most common accidents that cause death, especially in the construction industry. A struck-by accident (SB) occurs when a person is forcefully struck by an object, wherein the force of contact is provided by the object. Workers are most often struck by heavy equipment and moving vehicles, [...]

Workers struck by vehicles or moving equipment is one of the most common causes of work related injuries and fatalities.  The presence of numerous heavy powered equipment and fast moving vehicles does not help and even makes this one of the most common accidents in the construction industry. In fact, it has been reported that [...]

OSHA is proposing a $128,500 fine against MillerCoors, citing  10 alleged safety violations after the death of an employee and another accident that injured two more at the company’s plant in Golden, Colorado.
William Leahy, a 54 year old packaging electrician died last February 2. His body was found at around 9:30pm at the Golden, Colorado [...]