October 1, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Wilmington company cited after worker hospitalized for heat-related illness during the construction of new residences [10/01/2015]

Employer name: Enterprise Masonry Corp., 3010 Bellevue Ave., Wilmington, Delaware. The inspection site was The Flats, 4th and Union Street in Wilmington.

Citations issued: On September 23, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the company one general duty clause citation for exposing employees to heat stress conditions, and one other-than-serious citation.

October 1, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Maintenance employee suffers multiple fractures in fall [10/01/2015]

Employer name: VCNA Prairie Inc. operating as Prairie Material, Bridgeview, Illinois

Citations issued: Sept. 29, 2015

September 30, 2015

OSHA News Release: AmeriGas Propane LP flouts safety standards designed to prevent catastrophe [09/30/2015]

HARTFORD, Conn. — AmeriGas Propane LP employees at the Southington terminal regularly transfer flammable, liquefied petroleum gas from railcars into 30,000- and 60,000-gallon storage tanks. Once filled, tanker trucks transport the gas elsewhere.

September 30, 2015

OSHA News Brief: San Marcos, Texas, auto parts maker and staffing employer fined $43K by OSHA for heat, noise and other workplace hazards [09/30/2015]

Employers' names: Corvac Composites LLC and Priority Personnel Inc. in San Marcos, Texas

Citations issued: Sept. 30, 2015

Investigation findings: Corvac Composites was cited for six serious violations for failing to:

September 30, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Ammonia hazard training absent for temporary workers at Illinois meat processing plant [09/30/2015]

Employer name: Stampede Meat Inc., Bridgeview, Illinois Reliable Staffing Services operating as Flexible Staffing Services, Lake in the Hills, Illinois Accurate Personnel of Chicago

Citations issued: Sept. 22, 2015.

September 30, 2015

OSHA News Brief: 36-foot fall kills construction worker in New Braunfels, Texas; OSHA cites contractors [09/30/2015]

Employers' names: Jose Miguel Charles, doing business as Pirul Trim Service, was the subcontractor and employer; and Blazer Building Inc. was the general contractor at an apartment construction site in New Braunfels, Texas.

Citations issued: Sept. 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

OSHA News Release: Laundry company continues to jeopardize employee safety after worker death at New York facility in 2011 [09/30/2015]

More than $305K in proposed fines for Prestige Industries Paterson, New Jersey, location

PATERSON, N.J. — One of the region's largest commercial laundry companies continues to expose its employees to the same workplace hazards that contributed to the 2011 death of a 24-year-old worker at a Prestige Industries LLC facility in Bay Shore, New York.

September 30, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Judge upholds OSHA citations and $181K penalties for contractors whose employees worked near energized power lines on Long Island [09/30/2015]

Date of action: Sept. 16, 2015

Type of action: Decision and Order

Name of defendant: Masonry Services Inc. dba MSI / North Eastern Precast LLC

September 30, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Weapons manufacturer fined $197K for endangering workers [09/30/2015]

Employer name: Maverick Arms Inc.

Location: Eagle Pass, Texas

Date citations issued: Sept. 30, 2015

September 29, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Construction contractor exposes workers to fall hazards at Morgantown, West Virginia, worksite [09/29/2015]

Employer name: K& F Construction Inc., P.O. Box 6013, Martinsburg, West Virginia. The inspected work site was located at Suncrest Village, 100 Townshouse Way, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Citations issued: On September 18, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the company for one willful and two serious violations.

September 29, 2015

OSHA News Release: Teen contractor loses leg, co-worker loses fingers at Case Farms [09/29/2015]

CANTON, Ohio — A leading supplier of fast food and supermarket chicken is facing more than $1.4 million in fines this year for worker safety and health violations, including several that led a teenaged worker to suffer the amputation of his lower leg.

September 29, 2015

Teen contractor loses leg, co-worker loses fingers at Case Farms

Chicken processor racks up more than $1.4M in OSHA penalties in 2015

CANTON, Ohio – A leading supplier of fast food and supermarket chicken is facing more than $1.4 million in fines this year for worker safety and health violations, including several that led a teenaged worker to suffer the amputation of his lower leg.

September 29, 2015

OSHA News Release: OSHA asks Connecticut employers to safeguard workers after heat leads to employee's kidney failure [09/29/2015]

HARTFORD, Conn. — The hospitalization of a Hartford worker for acute dehydration and kidney failure due to heat stress should not have happened.

An inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined that Shabazz Services Enterprise LLC lacked a program to inform and protect its employees against heat stress hazards after the worker began sweating excessively, vomiting and cramping on June 23. The heat stress symptoms continued on June 24, resulting in the worker's hospitalization for eight days.

September 28, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Safety hazards persist at Indiana shipyard [09/28/2015]

Employer name: Corn Island Shipyard Inc., Grandview, Indiana

Citations issued: Sept. 28, 2015

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Indianapolis Area Office cited the company for five repeated, 14 serious and three other-than-serious safety and health violations, as a result of a March 2015 follow-up inspection.

September 28, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Dollar General Corp. exposes employees to workplace safety and health hazards at stores in Boone and Harrison counties [09/28/2015]

Employer name: Dollar General Corp., headquartered at 100 Mission Ridge, Goodlettsville, Tennessee. The two inspected stores are located at 421 Main Street in Madison, West Virginia, and 790 Main Street in West Milford, West Virginia.

Citations issued: On September 21, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued both stores citations for two repeat violations.

September 28, 2015

OSHA News Release: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, excavation company exposes workers to trench cave-in hazards [09/28/2015]

FOND DU LAC, Wis. — A cubic foot of soil can weigh more than 100 pounds, and workers caught beneath a few feet of soil can be seriously — or fatally — injured. A 19-year-old pipe layer in a Van Dyne farm field was exposed to dangerous cave-in hazards while installing a drain tile in an unprotected trench more than 5 feet deep.

September 28, 2015

OSHA News Release: Electronics recycling workers exposed to high levels of lead, cadmium at Plainfield, Illinois, facility [09/28/2015]

PLAINFIELD, Ill. — Workers separating circuit boards at a Plainfield electronics recycling facility were found to be overexposed to high airborne concentrations of lead and cadmium, putting them at high risk for long-term damage to the central nervous, urinary, blood and reproductive systems.

September 28, 2015

OSHA News Brief: OSHA cites gun range for workplace lead, arsenic exposure [09/28/2015]

Employer name: Kremer's Guns LLC, Celina, Ohio

Citations received: Sept. 26, 2015

September 28, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Elkview roofing contractor willfully fails to provide fall protection to workers, exposing them to falls of up to nearly 20 feet [09/28/2015]

Employer name: K&N Contracting Inc., 2976 Wills Creek, Elkview, West Virginia. The inspection site was the Elkview Baptist Church, where workers were installing new roof shingles.

Citations issued: On September 21, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the company one willful and four serious safety citations.

September 28, 2015

OSHA News Release: Aerial lift collapses, worker plummets at railcar facility [09/28/2015]

WOOD RIVER, Ill. — A 55-year-old carman fell more than 12 feet to the ground after his aerial lift collapsed. The worker had been standing on an elevated platform to install a canopy on a railcar, but the platform could not support his weight.