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OSHA Cites Arms Plant for Lead Exposure, Firing Range Hazards (1/15/09)
Occupational Health Safety - Dallas,TX,USA
OSHA has proposed $115,500 in fines against Kahr Arms of Worcester, Mass., for alleged willful and serious violations of workplace health and safety standards at its Goddard Memorial Drive manufacturing plant and testing facility. more
Company agrees to pay $39500 in OSHA fines (1/14/09)
Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg,MS,USA
A Hattiesburg-based company whose three workers died in a trench collapse March 21 has agreed to pay the federal government $39,500 in penalties for safety violations, officials said Monday. Officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said American Air Specialists Inc. has agreed to pay the penalty fine for the four "serious" and one "willful" safety violations in the trench collapse. more
Food Company Pays for OSHA Violation That Led to Worker Death (1/13/09)
Safety.BLR.com - Old Saybrook,CT,USA
Employees at the facilities often were exposed to the toxic gas when working on or near the hydrolyzers... the company did not take sufficient steps to implement controls or protective equipment to reduce exposure... more
CEO calls OSHA violations 'complete joke' (1/9/09)
Lansdale Reporter - Lansdale,PA,USA
A recent investigation — prompted by a comprehensive 2005 inspection — cited the company for five willful, four repeat, one serious and two other-than-serious violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. more
OSHA cites Manchester, N.Y., contractor for fall hazards at former Dulski Building in downtown Buffalo, N.Y. (1/7/09)
CCH - USA
OSHA has proposed $89,000 in fines against Ajay Glass & Mirror Co. Inc., a Manchester, N.Y., contractor, for allegedly exposing employees to falls of up to 50 feet at a Buffalo worksite. more
Sunoco refinery in Westville, NJ faces substantial repeat asbestos fines (1/7/09)
Mesothelioma News - Dallas,TX,USA
The Sunoco oil refinery in Westville, New Jersey has been cited by OSHA for 34 health and safety violations. Nine of the citations are for repeat violations, many involving the labeling and safe handling of asbestos. more
Tyson pleads guilty, fined for OSHA violation (1/7/09)
Reuters - USA
Meat company Tyson Foods Inc pleaded guilty, agreed to pay a $500,000 fine, and will serve a one-year probation for a violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) which led to a worker's death, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. more
Pennsylvania manufacturer faces $140K in OSHA fines (1/2/09)
Reliable Plant Magazine - Tulsa,OK,USA
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Lloyd Industries Inc. for violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and has proposed a total of $140,760 in penalties. more
OSHA proposes $70000 fine in Ky. bridge death (12/30/08)
WZTV - Nashville,TN,USA
A federal agency has proposed a $70000 fine for American Bridge in connection with the death of a worker at a bridge being built... more
ConocoPhillips faces $116500 in OSHA penalties (12/30/08)
Reliable Plant Magazine - Tulsa,OK,USA
The repeat violation is due to the company's failure to review operating procedures as often as necessary. OSHA issues repeat violations when it finds... more
Glouco oil refinery must make changes (12/28/08)
Cherry Hill Courier Post - Cherry Hill,NJ,USA
Eagle Point faces a $305,000 fine. For the sake of people living near Eagle Point, we hope that hefty fine is enough to prompt Sunoco officials to address every violation and problem OSHA has found. more
Fatal fall from bridge draws OSHA fine: Agency blames worker death on safety violations (12/24/08)
TMCnet - USA
American Bridge, the contractor for the U.S. 62/641 bridge over the Tennessee River below Grand Rivers, has been cited for six safety violations, including a fine of $70,000 in connection with an employee's death last June. more
Construction Site Safety: Betting on OSHA violation (12/20/08)
InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA
Violations that OSHA found included “a pattern of improper fall protection systems, flammable materials stored incorrectly, risks of electrical shock, more
Suit names Boyd in Orleans death (12/16/08)
Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas,NV,USA
The parents of one of two maintenance workers who died last year after entering a toxic manhole at the Orleans filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Friday seeking damages against Orleans owner Boyd Gaming. more key: OSHA
OSHA clarifies employers' duty to provide PPE (12/15/08)
Reliable Plant Magazine - Tulsa,OK,USA
The rule revises OSHA standards to clarify that, for employers to be in compliance, they must provide personal protective equipment (PPE) and hazards training for each employeecovered by the standards. more
After 6 die, OSHA finds violations (12/14/08)
Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas,NV,USA
State and federal safety inspectors found 42 serious violations last summer during a sweeping review of the CityCenter construction site that followed a string of fatalities there, a review of recently released documents shows. more
Companies agree to pay fines in connection with highway worker's death (12/8/08)
Eagle Tribune - North Andover,MA,USA
OSHA cited Lewis Maynard Trucking on Nov. 7 for a serious violation and issued the company a $1500 fine for failing to start and maintain an effective... more
Bloomington company faces possible OSHA fine (12/8/08)
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette - Champaign,IL,USA
In connection with that investigation, OSHA issued a violation for lack of eye protection and employee training in eye protection and a repeat violation for... more
Child labor going largely unchecked (11/10/08)
CharlotteObserver.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
N.C. OSHA cited the company for eight serious violations, including its failure to put required safety guards on the machine. The agency fined Pallet Express $12,000. The state labor department has also fined the company $250 for putting a juvenile without a youth employment certificate in a hazardous job... more
OSHA fines paper company for violations at Mississippi mill (11/7/08)
SmartBrief - Washington,DC,USA
The serious violation was issued for the absence of written procedures to determine that enough odorant was added to the natural gas, which would have... more
OSHA fines IP after mill explosion (11/6/08)
Picayune Item - Picayune,MS,USA
IP received one alleged willful violation from OSHA and one alleged serious violation. The willful violation was for failing to start the recovery boiler... more
OSHA fines DHS for post-flood violations in downtown building (11/6/08)
Gazette Online - Solon,IA,USA
"We didn't allow people back in the building until the fire marshal was satisfied," he said, questioning whether the fire marshal and OSHA regulations... more
OSHA fines IP after mill explosion (11/4/08)
Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
...rocked the paper mill on May 3 during a reported restart of a boiler. IP received one alleged willful violation from OSHA and one alleged serious violation. more
Refinery Fined $357,750 for Willful Chemical, Explosion Hazards, More (11/4/08)
Occupational Health Safety - Dallas,TX,USA
OSHA is proposing $357,750 in penalties for three willful and 58 serious safety violations found at Hunt Refining Co.'s Sandersville, Miss., and Tuscaloosa... more
OSHA Fines Crane Service In CityCenter Accident (9/28/08)
KTNV Las Vegas - Las Vegas,NV,USA
OSHA is fining a company that owns and operates a crane working on Project CityCenter after a worker was killed. OSHA fined Dielco Crane Service $12,000 for violating a handful of regulations in that deadly accident. more
Plastics Plant Fined $19,000 (9/27/08)
The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
A plastics plant in Bartow was issued about $19,000 in citations after an accident in November
caused the death of one of the company's workers, according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration records. OSHA began an investigation intoRotonics Manufacturing after Vernon Lambeth, 60, was killed while working on a malfunctioning industrial shredder. more
7 Companies Cited Following Fatality at Florida Hotel Renovation Site (9/10/08)
Occupational Health Safety - Dallas,TX,USA
OSHA has identified 18 safety violations with proposed penalties totaling $108,700 against seven companies involved in the demolition and renovation of the Palm House Hotel in Palm Beach, Fla. more
Crane company fined in fatal accident at Mo. plant (9/9/08)
OSHA fines crane company $14,000 in deadly May crane accident at Missouri power plant
CNNMoney.com - USA
The crane company involved in a fatal accident at Kansas City Power & Light's Iatan power plant in Platte County has been fined $14,000 for two serious violations. more
OSHA proposes safety fine at Pike Electric in Mobile (9/6/08)
Press-Register - al.com - Mobile,AL,USA
Federal workplace safety officials have proposed a $63,000 fine against Pike Electric Inc. after a trench collapsed and severely injured a worker earlier this year. more
OSHA fines Hyundai supplier $94,500 (9/5/08)
Montgomery Advertiser - Montgomery,AL,USA
A supplier to Montgomery's Hyundai plant is facing $94,500 in fines for 11 federal safety violations, including one that resulted in an employee losing parts of two fingers. more
OSHA Cites El Dorado Refinery for Asbestos Violations (9/5/08)
Asbestos.com - Orlando,Florida,USA
The United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a citation to the Frontier El Dorado Refining Co. of El Dorado, Kansas for two willful violations of federal health and safety standards. OSHA has proposed fines totaling $140,000 as penalty for the violations. more
Mt. Airy Utility Company Fined For Trench Collapse In Alabama (9/5/08)
WFMY News 2 - Greensboro,NC,USA
The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined Pike Electric for violations found at a site in Mobile, Alabama. The news release said during some excavation work that Pike Electric was doing the walls of the trench collapsed severely injuring an employee. more
Georgia pet food plant cited for 26 safety violations (9/3/08)
Reliable Plant Magazine - Tulsa,OK,USA
OSHA is proposing $50,400 in penalties for 26 alleged safety and health violations found at the Hi-Tek Rations pet food manufacturing facility in Dublin, Ga... Employees were exposed to fall, electrical and fire hazards. more
Safety Board to Begin Review of Deadly Institute Explosion (8/29/08)
State Journal - Charleston,WV,USA
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board will be at the Bayer CropScience plant in Institute on Saturday after an explosion Thursday night left one man dead and another injured... plant has been inspected three times, according to OSHA’s Web site, twice in 2005 and once in 2007. more
Matrix Metals fined $96,000 for safety violations (8/29/08)
Reliable Plant Magazine - Tulsa,OK,USA
OSHA has cited Matrix Metals LLC's Richmond (Texas) Foundry for allegedly failing to protect its employees from safety and health hazards and has proposed penalties totaling $96,000. more
Findings, companies' carelessness troubling (8/24/08)
Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg,MS,USA
OSHA found American Air Specialists responsible for four serious and one willful violation of its safety standards. American Air is facing proposed fines of $65,450, more
Single claim left for BP (8/23/08)
Houston Chronicle - United States
Last week, federal prosecutors filed a letter from OSHA that said based on information "known to OSHA at this time," the agency has found no evidence that... more
OSHA fines firm $65K in 3 deaths (8/23/08)
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
Clyde Payne, OSHA's Jackson office director, said in a news release that the company was fined $49000 for a "willful" violation for allowing the employees... more
Texas Company Fined $149K for Health and Safety Violations (8/22/08)
Insurance Journal - San Diego,CA,USA
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed $149,100 in fines to Texas Linen Co. Ltd. in Austin, Texas, for one willful, 43 alleged serious and one other-than-serious safety violations. more
OSHA fines companies after accidents (8/20/08)
Aspen Times - Aspen,CO,USA
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued citations and penalties to two construction companies following a fatal accident at Aspen Middle School and a crane collapse at Base Village in Snowmass Village. more
OSHA Cites Deshler Foundry, Fabrication Plant for Workplace Violations (8/20/08)
Occupational Hazards - Cleveland,OH,USA
OSHA has proposed $114,000 in fines against Cast Metals Inc. of Deshler, Ohio for an alleged willful violation and multiple serious violations of federal workplace safety standards. more
Cast Metals plant facing $114000 in OSHA fines (8/19/08)
Reliable Plant Magazine - Tulsa,OK,USA
As a result of its inspection, opened in March 2008, OSHA issued the company citations alleging one willful violation and 39 serious violations... more
OSHA Proposes Clarification of Requirements for Personal Protective Equipment and Training (8/19/08)
MarketWatch - USA
Under OSHA's longstanding egregious policy first implemented in 1990, OSHA may seek a separate penalty for each discrete violation in cases where an... more
Union ‘rats’ out nonunion contractor (8/19/08)
Danville News - Danville,PA,USA
A search of OSHA’s online records reveals two occasions in the last five years in which government inspectors said the company had violated requirements... more
Paper mill probed after blast kills 3 men (7/31/08)
United Press International - USA
The plant has received three OSHA violation notices in the past five years, one of which was found to be serious, records indicate. more
Suit: Whistleblower's firing was illegal (7/31/08)
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
He filed a complaint with OSHA. After OSHA announced its findings in 2006, the company refused to reinstate Carrigan, in violation of federal law... more
Update: One of Tomahawk mill's OSHA fines for 'serious' offense (7/31/08)
Wausau Daily Herald - Wausau,WI,USA
OSHA also cited the company’s plants in Burlington and in Colby in 2001 for safety violations. The Burlington citation was for a serious violation... more
Construction worker dies at Short Pump hotel site (7/30/08)
25-year-old fell 65 feet; he's believed to have lost his balance, police say
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
The OSHA records show that the firm has been assessed fines totaling $2,975 since 2003 stemming from four fall-prevention safety violations. The most recent violations occurred in November 2007 at a construction site in Sandston. more
OSHA had cited mill 3 times before fatal explosion (7/30/08)
Wausau Daily Herald - Wausau,WI,USA
OSHA also cited the company’s plants in Burlington and Colby in 2001 for safety violations. The three workers killed Tuesday were performing maintenance... more
Report: BP not fulfilling agreed-upon safety terms (7/30/08)
Houston Chronicle - United States
"The comprehensive audit required by OSHA has never been done, so the true scope of existing violations is unknown," Sawyer concluded... more
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