February 24, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Kingspan Benchmark faces $67,900 in OSHA penalties for exposing workers to amputation hazards at Columbus, Ohio, manufacturing facility [02/24/2015]

Employer name: Kingspan Insulated Panels operating as Kingspan Benchmark

Investigation site: 720 Marion Road, Columbus, Ohio

Corporate address: 726 Summerhill Drive, Deland, Florida

February 24, 2015

OSHA News Release: Worker loses toes in Waterville, Kansas, grain bin; incident due to safety violations [02/24/2015]

WATERVILLE, Kan. — He walked into the grain storage bin on his own two feet, but he left in an ambulance. The 35-year-old had been working for the Beattie Farmers Union Cooperative for about a year when one day he became entangled in an auger that was inadvertently turned on while he was cleaning out the bin. At the hospital, doctors amputated all the toes on his left foot. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigated the Aug.

February 19, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Workers exposed to cave-in hazards at excavation site [02/19/2015]

Employer Name: Angel Brothers Enterprises Ltd.

Inspection Site: Baytown, Texas

Date Inspection Initiated and What Prompted the Inspection: The complaint-driven investigation began August 2014 as part of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's National Emphasis Program on Trenching and Excavation.

February 19, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Alabama aluminum foil manufacturer endangers workers; OSHA cites company for 25 serious safety and health hazards [02/19/2015]

Employer name: Arora Technologies doing business as ATI Foil Inc.

Inspection site: 2615 Memorial Parkway SW, Huntsville, Alabama 35811

Date inspection initiated: OSHA initiated the investigation on Aug. 6, 2014, after receiving a complaint.

Inspection findings:

February 19, 2015

OSHA News Release: Inspection finds Basic Marine again exposes workers to dangerous hazards [02/19/2015]

ESCANABA, Mich. — Once again, workers were exposed to dangerous amputation hazards while operating press brakes, which cut large metal pieces weighing up to 450 tons, because safety mechanisms were not in place at Basic Marine Inc. In the past six years, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors have found similar hazards three times at the Escanaba-based shipyard and boat fabricating facility where a worker's arm was amputated in 2008.

February 19, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Jacksonville, Florida-based roofing company continues to expose workers to dangerous falls; OSHA proposes nearly $80K in penalties [02/19/2015]

Employer name: Transformers Construction Services Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, was subcontracted by A&G Construction Group Inc.

Inspection site: 153 Forest Edge Drive, St. Johns, Florida 32259

Date inspection initiated: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated the inspection on Oct. 1, 2014, as part of the agency's Regional Emphasis Program on Falls in Construction.

February 18, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Milling facility exposed workers to explosion and electrical hazards [02/18/2015]

Employer Name: Richardson Milling Inc.

Location: Dawn, Texas

Date Inspection Initiated and What Prompted the Inspection: The inspection, initiated in October as part of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Regional Emphasis Program for industries engaged in grain handling activities, has resulted in the issuance of 11 serious violations.

Investigation Findings: The investigation by OSHA's Lubbock Area Office resulted in citations for failing to:

February 18, 2015

OSHA News Release: Stand Tall, Stand Proud and Stand-Down for Fall Safety! [02/18/2015]

WASHINGTON, D.C. —— Every day in this country, construction workers fall. One wrong step and they're tumbling down a steeply pitched roof, sliding or dropping off an unstable ladder, or left hanging from a scaffold. The difference between an unexpected stumble and tragedy is simple: fall protection.

February 17, 2015

OSHA News Brief: OSHA issues 'COPS' producers hazard alert letter after sound tech's death during Omaha, Nebraska, filming [02/17/2015]

Employer name: Langley Productions Inc., Santa Monica, California

Inspection site: Wendy's Restaurant, 4308 Dodge Street, Omaha, Nebraska

February 17, 2015

OSHA News Brief: OSHA fines moving and storage company nearly $90K for exposing workers to asbestos hazards at Newark, New Jersey, warehouse

Employer name: Brantley Brothers Moving & Storage Co. Inc.

Investigation site: 168 Elizabeth Ave., Newark, N.J.

Date investigation initiated: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated an investigation on Oct. 17, 2014, in response to a complaint.

Investigation findings: OSHA cited the company for 14 serious violations that included:

February 17, 2015

OSHA News Release: Alliance Tubular Products again ignores violations and exposes workers to dangerous machinery and risk of serious injury [02/17/2015]

ALLIANCE, Ohio — Twice in a year, Alliance Tubular Products LLC has put workers at risk of amputation and other serious injury by allowing dangerous machinery to operate unsafely. A July 2014 inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found three repeated and four serious violations, with fines of $139,800 at the high-end industrial steel tubing manufacturer's location in Alliance.

February 17, 2015

OSHA News Brief: OSHA fines moving and storage company nearly $90K for exposing workers to asbestos hazards at Newark, New Jersey, warehouse [02/17/2015]

Employer name: Brantley Brothers Moving & Storage Co. Inc.

Investigation site: 168 Elizabeth Ave., Newark, N.J.

Date investigation initiated: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated an investigation on Oct. 17, 2014, in response to a complaint.

Investigation findings: OSHA cited the company for 14 serious violations that included:

February 17, 2015

OSHA News Brief: OSHA fines Seitz Technical Products more than $42K for exposing workers to chemical hazards at Oxford, Pa., facility [02/17/2015]

Employer name: Seitz Technical Products Inc.

Inspection site: 160 Limestone Road, Oxford, Pa.

Date inspection initiated and what prompted inspection: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated its inspection on Sept. 13, 2014, in response to a complaint.

February 17, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Employees at Bristol, Connecticut, trash-to-energy plant exposed to combustible dust, fire, electrical, confined space, other hazards

OSHA proposes $80,100 in fines for Covanta Energy Bristol Inc.

Employer name: Covanta Energy Bristol Inc.

Inspection site: 170 Enterprise Rd., Bristol, Conn. 06010

Date inspection initiated: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration began an inspection on Oct. 1, 2014, in response to a complaint.

February 17, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Employees at Bristol, Connecticut, trash-to-energy plant exposed to combustible dust, fire, electrical, confined space, other hazards [02/17/2015]

Employer name: Covanta Energy Bristol Inc.

Inspection site: 170 Enterprise Rd., Bristol, Conn. 06010

Date inspection initiated: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration began an inspection on Oct. 1, 2014, in response to a complaint.

February 17, 2015

OSHA News Brief: OSHA issues 'COPS' producers hazard alert letter after sound tech's death during Omaha, Nebraska, filming

Employer name: Langley Productions Inc., Santa Monica, California

Inspection site: Wendy's Restaurant, 4308 Dodge Street, Omaha, Nebraska

February 12, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Mercury Products Corp. fails to train, protect temp workers from mechanical and electrical hazards [02/12/2015]

Employer name: Mercury Products Corp.

Inspection site: Mercury Products Corp., 1201 S. Mercury Drive, Schaumburg, Illinois

On Aug. 13, 2014, a safety and health inspection was initiated at Mercury Products Corp., by the Chicago North Area Office of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration after receiving a formal complaint. The company employs about 120 temporary employees in addition to its permanent workforce of about 110.

February 12, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Workers at a Fort Worth, Texas-based plumbing and heating equipment producer exposed to safety hazards [02/12/2015]

Employer name: PVI Industries LLC

Site: Fort Worth, Texas

Date initiated: The Site Specific Targeted inspections, which are planned inspections at high-hazard workplaces where the highest rates of injuries and illnesses occur, began Aug. 28, 2014.

Investigation findings: OSHA cited the employer for 17 serious safety violations that include failure to: