November 23, 2015

OSHA News Brief: United Hospital Supply Corp. exposes employees to repeat safety and health hazards at manufacturing facility in Burlington, New Jersey [11/23/2015]

Employer name: United Hospital Supply Corp. manufactures metal cabinets for laboratories and offices and is located at 4422 Route 130 South in Burlington, New Jersey.

November 23, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Speedway lacking adequate workplace violence safeguards, OSHA finds [11/23/2015]

Employer name: Speedway LLC Inc., 6020 South Salina St., Syracuse, NY 13205

Reason for inspection: An employee working alone late at night at a company gasoline station/convenience store in South Syracuse was shot in the leg on May 10, 2015, during an armed robbery.

November 19, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Three commercial real estate renovators willfully expose workers to asbestos in San Antonio; fines total $112,000 [11/19/2015]

Employers' names: FBZ Broadway LP, One Eighty Construction Inc. and Roscoe Properties Inc., all owned by Jason Berkowitz

Citations issued: Nov. 19, 2015

November 19, 2015

OSHA News Release: OSHA cites Baton Rouge, Louisiana, business in trench collapse that killed worker [11/19/2015]

BATON ROUGE, La. — As paramedics rescued a construction worker trapped under dirt from a trench collapse, his co-worker and friend, 24-year-old Isidro Martinez, was not as fortunate. Martinez, a husband and father, lost his life in the unprotected trench.

November 18, 2015

OSHA News Release: Worker 'would not have died' in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, trench if employer had followed proper procedures, says OSHA [11/18/2015]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — As Davide Nascimento worked on the installation of a sewer line in an excavation on Hazardville Road in Longmeadow on July 31, 2015, a portion of roadway above the excavation collapsed and broke a six-inch water main pipe. Water from the pipe filled the excavation rapidly, trapping Nascimento, 28, who drowned.

November 17, 2015

OSHA News Brief: OSHA issues notices to Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center for exposing workers to an unsafe workplace [11/17/2015]

Employer name: The Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1201 Broad Rock Blvd. in Richmond, Virginia.

Notices issued: On Nov. 6, 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued notices to the medical center after identifying four willful, two serious, and eight other-than-serious safety violations.

November 16, 2015

OSHA News Brief: OSHA investigation finds 37 safety and health violations at Ridgway, Pennsylvania, metal company after worker suffers leg amputation [11/16/2015]

Employer name: Clarion Sintered Metals Inc.'s main manufacturing plant is located at 3472 Montmorenci Road in Ridgway, Pennsylvania. This was the inspected worksite, where the company designs, manufactures, machines, cleans and finishes metal parts.

November 16, 2015

OSHA News Release: OSHA seeks public comment as it updates Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines [11/16/2015]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking public comment on an updated version of its voluntary Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. First published in 1989, the guidelines are being updated to reflect modern technology and practices.

November 16, 2015

OSHA seeks public comment as it updates Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking public comment on an updated version of its voluntary Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. First published in 1989, the guidelines are being updated to reflect modern technology and practices.

November 13, 2015

OSHA News Release: Furniture manufacturer, staffing agency expose workers to hazards twice in 14 months [11/13/2015]

TEMPLE, Texas — Twice in 14 months, MooreCo Inc. temporary workers were seriously injured when inadequately guarded machines pulled them in, removing skin from the wrist up to the shoulder in the most recent incident, and from the wrist down in an earlier incident. As a result of the earlier incident, the employee's fingertips were also amputated.

November 13, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Employee struck by forklift at Schenectady recycling facility [11/13/2015]

Employer name: Tomra NY Recycling LLC, 31 Opus Blvd., Schenectady, New York 12306

Reason for inspection: A worker at the company's Schenectady recycling facility was operating a baler on May 14, 2015, when he was struck by a forklift that was attempting to pass by. The worker sustained a compound leg fracture.

November 10, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Unguarded balcony, lack of fall protection cause death of Dallas construction worker, OSHA finds [11/10/2015]

DALLAS — A fall from a third-story balcony killed 44-year-old Jorge Carrion Torres as he worked on the exterior of an apartment complex on May 14, 2015. Torres, who had been on the job for one month, was applying stucco underlayment to the balcony walls when the incident occurred. His employer had not installed scaffolding and had not provided Torres or his co-workers with personal fall protection.

November 10, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Philadelphia stucco company continues to expose workers to fall hazards on construction site [11/10/2015]

Employer name: Alberto El Romero is located at 630 Mifflin Street in Philadelphia. Workers were performing stucco operations on a work site located at 1011 South 7th Street in Philadelphia.

Citations issued: On November 5, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for two serious and five repeat violations.

November 10, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Unguarded balcony, lack of fall protection cause death of Dallas construction worker, OSHA finds

Design Plastering Inc., Design Plastering West LLC cited for multiple violations

DALLAS – A fall from a third-story balcony killed 44-year-old Jorge Carrion Torres as he worked on the exterior of an apartment complex on May 14, 2015. Torres, who had been on the job for one month, was applying stucco underlayment to the balcony walls when the incident occurred. His employer had not installed scaffolding and had not provided Torres or his co-workers with personal fall protection.

November 9, 2015

OSHA News Brief: After amputation at Austin manufacturing plant, OSHA cites employer and temp agency for safety violations [11/09/2015]

Employers' names: Genesis Today Inc. and Texas Management Division Inc., doing business as TMD Temporaries, in Austin, Texas

Citations issued: Nov. 9, 2015

November 5, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Lancaster County construction company again exposes workers to dangerous fall hazards at Temple, Pennsylvania, work site [11/05/2015]

Employer name: Rockvale Construction LLC, 4108 East Newport Road in Kinzers, Pennsylvania

The inspected worksite was located at 7 Meadow Ridge Road in Temple, Pennsylvania, where new multi-family residential construction is underway.

Citations issued: On Oct. 28, 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued Rockvale Construction LLC two willful citations.

November 5, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Acton based granite countertop manufacturer exposes employees to new and recurring safety hazards after failing to correct violations [11/05/2015]

Mass-Granite Inc. faces additional $87K in OSHA penalties for 29 violations

Employer name: Mass-Granite Inc., 49 Knox Trail, Acton, Massachusetts 01720

November 3, 2015

OSHA News Release: Worker injured when 1K-pound load falls from crane [11/03/2015]

CANTON, Ohio — A crane's safety latch failed and 1,000 pounds of equipment fell on a man below and injured him as he worked on the factory floor of TimkenSteel Corp. For the second time in a year, the U.S.