February 2, 2016

OSHA cites performing arts employer after 21-year-old worker was fatally injured from a pyrotechnics explosion at a musical venue in Canyon, Texas

Employer name: Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation Inc., Canyon, Texas

Location: Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Canyon, Texas

Citations issued: Jan. 28, 2016

February 2, 2016

Stratford contractor again exposes employees to fall, scaffold hazards

Employer name: Whole Life Construction Llc, 306 Bird Circle, Stratford, Connecticut

Citations issued: On Jan. 21, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Whole Life Construction Llc for five repeat and two serious violations of workplace safety standards at a residential roofing job at 121 Anson St. in Bridgeport.

February 1, 2016

Dollar General store endangers workers by blocking exit routes with trash

O’FALLON, Mo. – Federal safety inspectors found a 5-foot high, 15-foot long pile of trash between employees at a Missouri Dollar General store and an emergency exit, one of nine safety violations that put workers at the O’Fallon location at risk.

February 1, 2016

Worker severely injured in 40-foot fall from crane at TimkenSteel

CANTON, Ohio ‒ A 39-year-old worker suffered multiple broken bones after he fell more than 40 feet while conducting maintenance on a crane at TimkenSteel’s Faircrest Plant. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found the company failed to provide the worker adequate fall protection. The Aug. 7, 2015, injury was the second life-threatening injury at a TimkenSteel plant since May 2015.

February 1, 2016

OSHA’s regional emphasis focuses on reducing illness, injury at high-hazard manufacturing facilities in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The increased likelihood that workers in high-hazard manufacturing industries – such as food, furniture, fabricated metal, nonmetallic mineral, machinery and computer products – will be injured on the job is leading federal safety and health inspectors in three Midwestern states to increase its focus on industry outreach and inspections to reduce injury and illness rates.

More than 340 workers died in fatal manufacturing incidents nationwide in 2014, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.

January 28, 2016

OSHA cites Green Bay packaging company for multiple safety hazards

Employer name: Services Plus Inc.

Inspection site: 1001 Discovery Road, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Citations received: Jan. 27, 2016

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Appleton Area Office cited the Services Plus Inc., a Green Bay packaging company, for one willful and five serious safety violations.

January 28, 2016

OSHA cites auto parts manufacturer for willfully exposing workers to amputations, other hazards at Alabama facility

Employer: Daeil USA Corp.

Inspection site: 1135 Towel Ave., Valley, Alabama 36854

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on Jan. 28 for one willful, five repeated, 10 serious and one other-than-serious safety violation. Daeil manufactures struts and other automobile parts for Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motor Co.

January 28, 2016

OSHA cites employer for exposing Katy, Texas workers to trenching hazards

Employer name: Hurtado Construction Co., Richmond, Texas

Inspection Site: Corner of Mae Street and Avenue D, Katy, Texas

Citations issued: Jan. 22, 2016

January 28, 2016

Seitz Tech LLC exposes employees to electrical, fire hazards again

Employer name: Seitz Tech LLC., 1041 Hickory Hill Road, Oxford, Pennsylvania

Citations issued: On Jan. 21, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for four repeat and one serious safety violations.

January 28, 2016

OSHA cites Colorado mattress spring manufacturer with willful, serious citations following worker injury at its Colorado Springs plant

Employer name: L&P Springs Manufacturing LLC, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Citations issued: Jan. 27, 2016

January 28, 2016

OSHA cites auto parts manufacturer for willfully exposing workers to amputations, other hazards at Alabama facility

Employer: Daeil USA Corp.

Inspection site: 1135 Towel Ave., Valley, Alabama 36854

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on Jan. 28 for one willful, five repeated, 10 serious and one other-than-serious safety violation. Daeil manufactures struts and other automobile parts for Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motor Co.

January 27, 2016

Worker deglazing bathtub in public housing complex died of acute exposure to methylene chloride, a toxic chemical found in paint stripper

CLEVELAND, Ohio ‒ The death of a 30-year-old worker from acute methylene chloride exposure could have been avoided if his employer had protected him properly from dangerous exposure to the toxin in the paint remover he used to deglaze a bathtub in a Cuyahoga County public housing complex, federal investigators determined.

January 27, 2016

OSHA: Employees of Terryville, Connecticut, manufacturer exposed to chemical, fire, other hazards

Employer name: Phoenix Products Co., 55 Container Dr., Terryville, Connecticut

Citations issued: On Jan. 19, 2016, the Hartford Area Office of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Phoenix Products Co., for 15 serious violations of workplace safety standards.

January 27, 2016

OSHA finds Allenwood federal prison workers lack safety gloves to avoid punctures, infections from sharps

Employer name:  U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Correctional Institute Allenwood

Inspection site:  Main Access Road and State Route 15, White Deer, Pennsylvania

Notices issued: On Jan. 22, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a notice to the medium security federal correctional facility after inspectors identified one willful violation.

January 26, 2016

Lake Compounce Theme Park employees exposed to chemical, fire, other hazards: OSHA

Employer name:  Lake Compounce Family Theme Park, 822 Lake Ave., Bristol, Conn., sister company of Palace Entertainment Holdings LLC, Newport Beach, California

Citations issued:  On Jan. 15, 2016, the Hartford Area Office of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the Lake Compounce Family Theme Park for 18 serious violations of workplace safety standards.

January 26, 2016

Massachusetts roofing contractor again exposes workers to fall hazards

ANDOVER, Mass. – A Framingham contractor with a history of safety violations has again exposed its employees to potentially fatal fall hazards at one of its worksites, this time in Woburn.

Inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found employees of A S General Construction Inc. risked falls of more than 26 feet from an unguarded roof and an improperly constructed and erected ladder-jack scaffold at the 51 Pleasant St. job site.

January 25, 2016

Ohio manufacturer of fasteners exposes workers to amputation hazards

BEREA, Ohio ‒ More than 30 workers were at-risk of amputation and other injuries daily while manufacturing nuts and bolts at a Berea factory. Federal inspectors found Telefast Industries Inc. failed to install guards and use recommended safety procedures to prevent workers from coming in contact with operating parts of machinery, violations for which inspectors previously cited the company in 2014.

January 25, 2016

Workplace hazards at Brownsville frozen seafood distributor leads to $155K in OSHA fines; company named ‘severe violator’

Employer name: Rich Products Corp., Brownsville, Texas

Citations issued: Jan. 22, 2016

January 21, 2016

New York trucking company fired driver for reporting truck safety concerns

NEW YORK – All the truck driver wanted was a safe vehicle to operate. His employer fired him instead.

In so doing, Brindi Trailer Sales and Services Inc. of Meridale, New York, and owner Robert Urbina Brindi violated the anti-discrimination provisions of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.

January 21, 2016

OSHA cites Hurst, Texas, flooring company for hazards after worker falls off balcony at Fort Worth job site

Employer name: Subfloor Systems Inc., Hurst, Texas

Citations issued: Jan. 20, 2016