Region 5 February 4, 2015 OSHA cites International Paper Co. after worker suffers severe electrical shock Investigation finds manufacturer lacking safety procedures and protections MADISON, Ohio – Every year, thousands of people are electrocuted at work by current from live wires and energized parts. Electrical current… Read More »OSHA cites International Paper Co. after worker suffers severe electrical shock
February 3, 2015 Region 8 H & W Contracting exposes workers to dangerous trench cave-in hazards OSHA cites 2 willful, 2 serious safety violations Employer name: H & W Contracting, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Investigation site: Columbia and East Willow Streets, Harrisburg, South Dakota On July 28,… Read More »H & W Contracting exposes workers to dangerous trench cave-in hazards OSHA cites 2 willful, 2 serious safety violations
Half-million dollar OSHA fine: Worker without PPE falls to his death January 28, 2015 Fred Hosier OSHA is issuing maximum fines to a structural steel company after a 22-year-old ironworker fell to his death just weeks after starting his job. View the rest of article… Read More »Half-million dollar OSHA fine: Worker without PPE falls to his death
OSHA Cites Idaho Steel Tank Manufacturer January 30, 2015 OSHA’s Region 10 office announced an enforcement action against Caldwell, Idaho-based Superior Steel Products Inc. after conducting a fatality investigation. A 30-year-old welder named Ernesto Paramo was in an unsecured basket raised improperly by a forklift,… Read More »OSHA Cites Idaho Steel Tank Manufacturer
August 28, 2014 Region 8 OSHA cites Douglass Colony Group Inc. for 11 violations; exposes workers to asbestos and fines total $81,000 DENVER – Commercial roofer Douglass Colony Group Inc. was cited for four repeat and seven serious violations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational… Read More »OSHA cites Douglass Colony Group Inc. for 11 violations; exposes workers to asbestos and fines total $81,000
September 16, 2014 Region 10 US Labor Department seeks damages for wrongly terminated Sandpoint, Idaho, employee Sandpoint Gas ‘n’ Go & Lube Center fired employee who filed an OSHA safety complaint SEATTLE – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District… Read More »US Labor Department seeks damages for wrongly terminated Sandpoint, Idaho, employee
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