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OSHA Cites Plains Gas Solutions After Explosion Severely Injures Worker
07/09/2012 Comments Off on OSHA Cites Plains Gas Solutions After Explosion Severely Injures Worker
An explosion and fire at a liquid natural gas processing plant that seriously burned a worker could cost Plains Gas Solutions a $110,000 fine under a proposed settlement Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA. OSHA cited Plains Gas Solutions in Eunice, La., on 27 August 2012 for one willful and seven serious violations involving OSHA’s […]
Continue reading …South Africa Could Do More For Miners, Says ILO Mining Specialist
29/08/2012 Comments Off on South Africa Could Do More For Miners, Says ILO Mining Specialist
South Africa could do more for the nation’s miners, says the International Labour Organization’s mining industry specialist. ILO News – South Africa has taken significant steps since the end of apartheid to address working conditions in the mining industry, but there is still a lot of room for improvement, said International Labour Organization mining specialist […]
Continue reading …EEOC Wins Settlements in Piggly Wiggly, Tyson Foods Cases
06/03/2012 Comments Off on EEOC Wins Settlements in Piggly Wiggly, Tyson Foods Cases
EEOC Wins Settlements in Piggly Wiggly, Tyson Foods Cases By LAURA LIEBECK — American workers prevailed in three separate discrimination cases recently settled by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In Tennessee, the owners of Piggly Wiggly supermarkets in Hartsville and Lafayette, Tn., must pay $40,000 to settle a race and gender discrimination lawsuit filed […]
Continue reading …OSHA Model Workplace Program Now Subject Of Two Probes
03/03/2012 Comments Off on OSHA Model Workplace Program Now Subject Of Two Probes
By CHRIS HAMBY, iWatchNews— The Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General will examine a federal program that recognizes “model workplaces” and exempts them from regular inspections, the office’s audit plan for the coming fiscal year shows. The assessment comes as an Occupational Safety and Health Administration task force is conducting its own review of the agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs […]
Continue reading …OSHA Fines Jennie-O Turkey After Worker’s Arm Amputated
15/02/2012 Comments Off on OSHA Fines Jennie-O Turkey After Worker’s Arm Amputated
After losing an arm below the shoulder when a turkey-gutting machine accidentally turned on, a worker at Jennie-O plant in Barron, Wis., had to walk down a flight of 25 stairs and 200 feet across the production floor before reaching a co-worker for assistance. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited […]
Continue reading …Grain Company Fined After Two Teens Lose Legs
09/02/2012 Comments Off on Grain Company Fined After Two Teens Lose Legs
By R. DAVID WENDEL — Lax safety precautions at a Kremlin, Okla., grain elevator cost two 17-year-old workers their legs in an August 2011 accident, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA has cited Zaloudek Grain Co. with four serious safety violations following an incident involving two 17-year-olds who both suffered leg amputations after […]
Continue reading …VPP Failure? OSHA Lacks Proof Voluntary Protection Programs Work
01/12/2011 Comments Off on VPP Failure? OSHA Lacks Proof Voluntary Protection Programs Work
By Chris Hamby, iWatchNews, Center for Public Integrity — Almost 30 years after workplace safety regulators decided to encourage a select number of companies to police themselves, the basic question – does it work? – remains unanswered. Supporters can’t prove that a softer, voluntary approach is more effective at making workplaces safer. Some critics suspect the concept […]
Continue reading …Protecting Construction Workers From Hazards, New OSHA Animated Educational Videos Show How
01/12/2011 Comments Off on Protecting Construction Workers From Hazards, New OSHA Animated Educational Videos Show HowThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released 12 educational videos about potential hazards in the construction industry. The educational videos are easy to understand, short segments and geared to employers and workers. Each year, nearly 800 construction workers die on the job; one in every five workplace fatalities occurs within the construction industry. The […]
Continue reading …Database of Fatal Accidents Incomplete OSHA Acknowledges
01/12/2011 Comments Off on Database of Fatal Accidents Incomplete OSHA Acknowledges
By Chris Hamby, iWatch News,Center for Public Integrity — At an Ohio chemical plant, an explosion launched pieces of metal that struck and killed a worker. At a Pennsylvania steel mill, equipment crushed a worker to death. At an Oklahoma oil refinery, a flash fire fatally burned a worker. Each death occurred at a plant deemed a […]
Continue reading …An OSHA of Contradictions: ‘Model Workplaces’ Not Always So Safe
01/12/2011 Comments Off on An OSHA of Contradictions: ‘Model Workplaces’ Not Always So SafeBy Chris Hamby, iWatch News First in a series, “Model Workplaces, Imperiled Workers,” by the Center for Public Integrity’s iWatch News In October 2005, a spark triggered an explosion at a Tropicana juice processing plant in Bradenton, Fla. Flames engulfed mechanic Rob Hackley and burned a co-worker who came to his aid. For weeks, Hackley clung […]
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