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December 12, 2016
Following an inspection conducted at a facility from 06/03/2016 to 12/02/2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued citations for ergonomic hazards. During the inspection OSHA’s Office of Occupational Medicine and Nursing identified characteristics of the facility’s medical management program that pose several problems that contribute to injured workers receiving...
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December 12, 2016
Recently OSHA completed an inspection at a workplace where they identified a hazard that was not a violation of a specific OSHA standard, nor was it considered appropriate at the time to invoke Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (e.g. General Duty Clause). In these cases, OSHA may send the employer a formal letter asking/suggesting the employer address said hazard(s). This was...
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December 12, 2016
Industrial
LOADING DOCK FATALITY Worker killed in accident at FedEx hub in Willington (worker, 30, was killed during an industrial accident around 8:15 p.m. – he was pinned between two trailers – other workers were able to get him out from between the trailers and started CPR – emergency responders took him to a Hospital where he was pronounced dead)
LINE BREAK FATALITY 1 worker dead,...
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December 5, 2016
Trying to lighten the mood this holiday season with a little John Candy humor… one of my favorite scenes!
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December 5, 2016
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational Needs, and Safety Evaluation (RESPONSE) Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council. The RESPONSE Subcommittee shall develop recommendations, as appropriate, for improving emergency first responder training and resource allocation...
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December 5, 2016
Industrial
FATALITY Worker dead in serious industrial accident (worker, 49, was killed after the accident at the factory involving a 200 ton metal press – no further details have yet been officially confirmed, and the company has offered no comment)
MINE FATALITY Worker killed 800 feet below ground at Jeffco mine (miner has died in a work-related accident at a coal mining facility – the...
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December 4, 2016
WARNING! Viewer Discretion is STRONGLY ADVISED. This is NOT the forklift video that has gone viral which shows the lady being crushed after she attempted to be a counter weight. This video shows us how speed and lack of seatbelt leads to tip-over fatality.
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December 2, 2016
The CAFO resolves the following CAA and CERCLA violations that EPA alleges occurred in conjunction with Respondent’s handling of ammonia at its cold storage warehouse:
Failure to Comply with RMP emergency contact requirements, in violation of 40 C.F.R. § 68.160(b)(6);
Failure to comply with Program 3 safety information requirements, in violation of 40 C.F.R. 68.65;
Failure to comply with...
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November 28, 2016
OCT 19 2016
MEMORANDUM FOR: REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS
FROM: DOROTHY DOUGHERTY, Deputy Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: Interpretation of 1904.35(b)(1)(i) and (iv)
On May 12, 2016, OSHA...
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November 28, 2016
Industrial
LOTO/GUARDING FATALITY Worker killed in industrial accident at Virginia paper mill (worker, 44, was killed in an industrial accident at a paper mill about 9 p.m. – the 911 caller reported a man had fallen into a machine – the incident occurred in an area with a paper pulping machine)
FORKLIFT FATALITY Worker crushed to death by forklift in SF’s Dogpatch (worker, 45 to 50...
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