November 1, 2016

Eight times since 2011, federal safety inspectors find Central Florida contractor exposing workers to dangerous, potentially deadly falls

Employer name: Collis Roofing Inc.

Inspection site: 202 Wellington Woods Ave.
Deland, Florida 32720          

November 1, 2016

OSHA finds Ohio rail track repair kit manufacturer exposes workers to machine, silica, falls, noise and other hazards; proposes $159K in fines

NAPOLEON, Ohio – An Ohio manufacturer of railroad track repair kits routinely exposed its workers amputation risks and other serious injuries as they serviced and maintained industrial core machine mixers, an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.

October 31, 2016

Ohio trailer lining manufacturer faces nearly $215K in fines after OSHA finds company disabled safety devices, exposed workers to hazards

PATASKALA, Ohio – For at least two years, an Ohio manufacturer of thermoplastic lining systems for truck bodies and trailers exposed workers to the risk of amputation and other serious injury by disabling safety devices to speed production.

October 31, 2016

OSHA inspection finds Dollar General in Jonestown blocked emergency exit again, proposes $215K penalty

Employer name: Dollar General, doing business as Dollar General Store #13229

Inspection site: 507 Jonestown Road
Jonestown, Pennsylvania

Citations issued: On Oct. 18, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for one willful and two repeat safety violations.

October 31, 2016

OSHA investigation of two serious employee injuries finds global filtration manufacturer failed to protect workers from safety and health hazards

MINERAL WELLS, Texas – While investigating one serious employee injury in May 2016, at PECOFacet – a global manufacturer of filtration and containment products – inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found themselves investigating a second incident in which another employee was hurt seriously three days after they arrived.

October 27, 2016

OSHA cites Coilplus Illinois following fatality investigation at Plainfield facility

PLAINFIELD, Ill. – A federal investigation prompted by the death of a 50-year-old worker at the Plainfield steel processing facility has resulted in a half-dozen safety and health violations.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued six serious safety and health violations to Coilplus Illinois Inc., for violations its inspector found after the June 23, 2016, death.

October 27, 2016

OSHA’s investigation of machine operator’s injuries finds safety guards bypassed at Wisconsin retail bag manufacturer

Employer name: KG Marketing and Bag Co.
1201 S. Grandview Blvd
Waukesha, Wisconsin

Citations issued: Oct. 21, 2016

October 27, 2016

OSHA cites animal feed company for exposing workers to grain handling, electrical hazards at Nebraska facility

YORK, Neb. – Responding to a report of unsafe working conditions, federal investigators found employees at a Nebraska animal feed company exposed to the risk of grain dust explosion, electrical shock and confined space hazards, and multiple other violations of grain handling safety standards.

October 27, 2016

OSHA cites Illinois manufacturer after electrician’s first day ends tragically when mobile trailer falls, fatally crushes him

MONEE, Ill. – The absence of safety pins in two hydraulic leg stands and the failure to use stationary jacks allowed a mobile medical trailer to fall and fatally crush a 58-year-old electrician on his first day working on the job for an Illinois manufacturer of custom trailers and specialty vehicles.

October 25, 2016

OSHA investigation results in more than a dozen serious violations for Houston commercial furniture manufacturer after machine crushes worker

Employer Name: CACO Manufacturing Corp.
5816 Heister St.
Houston, Texas

Citations Issued: Oct. 25, 2016

October 25, 2016

OSHA cites national logistics company’s Wisconsin facility for exposing workers to powered industrial vehicle, electrical hazards

Employer name: Dedicated Logistics Inc.
2720 Enloe Ave.
Hudson, Wisconsin         

Citations issued: Oct. 20, 2016

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Eau Claire Area Office has cited Dedicated Logistics Inc. for one repeated and four serious safety violations after receiving a complaint of unsafe working conditions.

October 25, 2016

OSHA finds J.M. Smucker’s facility lacks energy control procedures in federal investigation of employee’s amputation injury

Employer name: The J.M. Smucker Company
1 Strawberry Lane
Orrville, Ohio

Citations issued: Oct. 21, 2016

October 24, 2016

OSHA cites Ohio vehicle parts manufacturer for failing to protect its workers from machine hazards

MANSFIELD, Ohio – The absence of adequate machine safe guards led to an amputation and other machine-related injuries at a Mansfield manufacturer of parts used by automobile, motorcycle and appliance brands. One of these injuries involved a 22-year-old temporary employee who suffered the partial amputation of two fingers on his left hand on his first day of work.

October 20, 2016

OSHA finds Mississippi sawmill’s safety failures led to worker’s death

GRENADA, Miss. – An employer that fails to follow safety standards leaves workers like Charlie Cummins, Jr. to suffer the consequences.

October 20, 2016

OSHA cites paper product manufacturer for lacking safety procedures after worker suffers amputation; proposes $68K in penalties

Employer name: AJM Packaging Corp.

Inspection site: 569 Bowery Lane
Folkston, Georgia 31537

Citation issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a citation to AJM Packaging Corp. on Oct. 18, 2016, for one repeated safety violation.

October 19, 2016

CORRECTED: OSHA inspectors responding to report of workers sickened by carbon monoxide, finds dangerous asbestos exposure, other hazards at nursing home renovation

NEW GLARUS, Wis. – After five employees became ill from carbon monoxide exposure as they renovated a New Glarus nursing home, federal safety inspectors responding to the scene found their employer also exposed the workers to asbestos hazards.

October 19, 2016

Temporary workers rigging steel at Columbus building site at risk of 6-story falls as employers failed to provide fall protection, training

COLUMBUS, Ohio ‒ The absence of fall protection equipment exposed six temporary employees to falls of up to 60 feet as they welded and attached steel braces on a commercial construction site in Columbus. A dangerous oversight given that falls account for nearly 40 percent of work-related fatalities – the construction industry’s leading cause of death.

October 18, 2016

Framing contractor continues to expose workers to fall and other safety hazards; OSHA proposes nearly $360K in penalties

Employer name: Panama City Framing LLC

Inspection site: 3750 Cedar Park Lane
Panama City, Florida 32404

October 18, 2016

OSHA cites South Florida tree trimming service in worker’s fatal electrocution

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Had proper precautions been taken, a 34-year-old tree trimmer would not have been fatally electrocuted when an aluminum pole saw made contact with overhead power lines, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.

Anthony Robert Donahue was strapped to a tree approximately 18 feet in the air and working at a private residence on Bay View Drive in Fort Lauderdale on April 25, 2016, when the incident occurred.

October 17, 2016

Pennsylvania masonry company agrees to pay $135K in back wages, damages to terminated plant manager following OSHA whistleblower investigation

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – A Pennsylvania masonry company terminated a plant manager – less than two weeks after it hired him – after the manager repeatedly reported air quality and other safety and health hazards to upper management at the company's Middletown plant in 2014.