NEW YORK –  CSX Transportation Inc. violated the anti-retaliation provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act when it suspended an employee at its Selkirk locomotive shop after he notified management of numerous alleged safety hazards and FRSA violations, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.

Employer name: US GreenFiber LLC

Inspection site: 1 Passan Drive, Building 2, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued one willful, four serious, and two other-than-serious citations on April 28, 2016.

Employer name: U.S. Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center

Inspection site: 5801 Technology Blvd., Sandston, Virginia

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued one other-than-serious, and four repeat citations on April 26, 2016.

SOUTH ELGIN, Ill. ‒ The amputation a 21-year-old temporary worker’s six fingers was preventable if his South Elgin employer had installed proper safety guards to keep the operator’s hands out of the metal press’ danger zone, federal inspectors found.

ARCADIA, Wis. ‒ Federal safety investigators have determined the amputation of a 23-year-old worker’s three fingertips was preventable if an Arcadia corrugated cardboard manufacturer had trained workers in proper safety procedures to prevent the chopping blade from operating while clearing a jam.

Employer name: Essroc Cement Corporation, Nazareth, Pennsylvania

Inspection site: 8282 Middlebranch Ave. NE, Middlebranch, Ohio

Citations issued: May 2, 2016

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Cleveland Area Office cited Essroc Cement Corporation for one repeated and 10 serious safety and health violations.

Employer name: Edge Plastics Inc., 449 Newman St., Mansfield, Ohio                                 

Citations issued: April 25, 2016

ANDOVER, Mass. – Two employees of Ned Stevens Gutter Cleaning and General Contracting of Massachusetts were doing their job atop a roof at 19 Columbus St. in Newton on Nov. 29, 2015, when one of them fell. He initially a hit a lower roof 11 feet below then fell another 15 feet to the ground and was injured. An inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that his fall was preventable if his employer ensured the use of proper and effective safeguards.

Employer name: Integrated Life Choices Inc.
Lincoln, Nebraska

Citations issued: April 29, 2016

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued one serious and one other than serious violations to the residential health care facility for exposing employees to hazards related to workplace violence.

Employer’s names: Georgia Power Co.
ABB Inc.

Inspection site: 317 Covered Bridge Road, Cartersville, Georgia 30120

Citations issued: Citations were issued to the employers on April 26.

WASHINGTON – In 2014, almost 40 percent of all construction fatalities were fall related, and all of these deaths were preventable. That’s the key message the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration wants to deliver to employers and workers alike during its third annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls from May 2-6, 2016.

PHILADELPHIA – As the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration prepares for its annual National Safety Stand Down To Prevent Falls in Construction from May 2-6, agency officials in Philadelphia have only to look east to Cinnaminson, New Jersey, to find a serious reminder of why the event is so important – and necessary.

SALINA, Kan. – As they investigated unsafe working conditions at a Salina battery manufacturer, federal investigators initiated a second safety inspection after the company reported an unguarded machine partially amputated a 32-year-old worker’s left middle finger.

Employer name: Jay Management Inc.

Inspection site: 1060 Stuyvesant Ave., Irvington, New Jersey

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued one willful citation under the Occupational Safety and Health Act’s general duty clause to Jay Management Inc. on April 25, 2016.

MASSILLON, Ohio – Federal inspectors conducting a monitoring inspection found workers still exposed to falls and machine hazards at a Massillon steel mill operated by Republic Steel, despite the company’s promise to address safety hazards at its U.S. steel manufacturing sites.

The company is one of the nation’s leading suppliers for steel used for axles, drive-train assemblies, suspension and other critical vehicle components, as well as industrial equipment. 

ROSE HILL, Kan. ‒ Safety guards may have prevented a metal bar from striking and killing a 24-year-old lathe operator at a Rose Hill industrial cleaning equipment manufacturer, federal investigators found.

Employer name: Harcros Chemicals Inc.,
Kansas City, Kansas

Citations issued: April 19, 2016

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration

LADYSMITH, Wis. ‒ A machine operator who suffered fatal injuries as he serviced a high-speed conveyor belt in a Ladysmith paper mill in October 2015 might still be alive if his employer had ensured that equipment was powered down and locked out before the 46-year-old man entered the hazardous area.

Employer name: General Electric, Circleville Lamp Plant, Circleville, Ohio

Citations issued: April 20, 2016

Employer name: Sanoh America Inc., 1849 Industrial Dr., Findlay, Ohio                  

Citations issued: April 18, 2016

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration