December 31, 2014 Fred Hosier New injury reporting requirements begin 1/1/15: What you need to know Heads up: Starting Jan. 1, 2015, companies under federal OSHA jurisdiction will have to follow some revised injury reporting regulations. View the rest of the article at http://www.safetynewsalert.com/new-injury-reporting-requirements-begin-1115-what-you-need-to-know/
Worker’s hand caught in machine on 25th birthday; $241K in OSHA fines December 12, 2o14 Fred Hosier We’d all like our birthdays to be memorable … but not for this reason. Following an employee’s injury, OSHA issued almost a quarter-million dollars in fines against this company. … Read More »Worker’s hand caught in machine on 25th birthday; $241K in OSHA fines
January 8, 2015 Fred Hosier Top 10 OSHA Trends for 2015 Two regulatory deadlines in the first half of the year are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to what’s happening with OSHA in 2015. OSHA’s revised injury and illness reporting rules go into effect right… Read More »Top 10 OSHA Trends for 2015
Findings were recently released in the investigation of a July 2012 Arc Flash Accident in Shakopee, Minn. where four utilities workers were taken to the hospital due to injuries sustained while working on “inadvertently” charged power lines. It was determined that a series of missteps… Read More »Shakopee Public Utilities’ Missteps Cause Arc Flash Accident
Mar 28, 2013 A Queens, New York manufacturer violated OSHA health regulations, leading to citations for new and recurring hazards. Juniper Elbow received multiple repeat violations that came with $74,250 worth of fines. These violations included certifying that a hazard assessment had been conducted to… Read More »Juniper Elbow received multiple repeat violations that came with $74,250 worth of fines