The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently published a new study in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine. According to the study, falls remain a persistent cause of work-related injuries and deaths, with the construction and oil and gas industries remaining the…
On April 26, 2018, the AFL-CIO released their annual report on the state of safety and health protections for America’s worker. Entitled “Death on the Job, the Toll of Neglect, 2018,” this is the 27th annual report the federation has released. It contains state and…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently cited Massachusetts roofing contractor Luis Guallpa, doing business as Guallpa Contracting Corp., for violating safety standards and exposing employees to dangerous situations on the job. The company was cited for two serious, two willful, and one repeat…
On Monday, January 22, 2018, an explosion rocked an oil rig south of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Reports showed that 16 employees escaped with minor injuries, with one employee airlifted to a nearby hospital with burn injuries. Five more employees, however, were too close to escape and…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently cited Ohio roofing contractor, Casey Bortles, for safety violations. They found that the contractor was not protecting his employees from falls and other hazards, and proposed penalties of $91,629. Bortles has been cited for similar violations four…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently cited the NOX Corporation, which designs and manufacturers luxury vinyl tile flooring, for machine safety violations. The company is headquartered in South Korea, but it was the Ohio facility, which was recently opened in February 2016, that…
BWAY Corporation, a manufacturer of rigid packaging—which includes metal, plastic, and hybrid containers—was recently cited for five repeated and five serious safety violations at its Chicago location. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) received four reports of workers suffering injuries at the manufacturing plant,…
According to recent data released by the Energy & Environment News (E&E News), the oil and gas industry has “one of the highest rates of severe injuries in the country,” and by some measures, the highest. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) stated that…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently proposed fines totaling $110,458 on a Wisconsin steel pipe manufacturer for alleged safety and health violations. OSHA investigators found evidence that employees were exposed to excessive levels of hexavalent chromium, which is known to cause cancer, and…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently cited an Ohio steel plant for six repeat and 19 serious safety and health violations. These involve failing to protect workers from machine hazards, and failing to limit exposure to silica, a common mineral that can create…
