June 30, 2016

OSHA fines Johns Manville after employee suffers hand amputation

Employer name: Johns Manville

Inspection site: 200 West Industrial Blvd., Cleburne, Texas 76033

Citations issued: June 29, 2016

June 29, 2016

OSHA finds Waupaca company lacked proper precautions for using sulfur dioxide at its foundry core manufacturing, metal coating facility

Employer name: Alliance Industries Inc.
Waupaca, Wisconsin

Citations issued: June 27, 2016

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

June 29, 2016

Ohio auto parts manufacturer faces $3.42M in fines after OSHA finds company willfully exposed temporary workers to machine hazards

HEBRON, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued 57 citations for safety violations to Sunfield Inc., an Ohio auto parts’ manufacturer. The agency has also proposed the company pay more than $3.42 million in total fines for its failure to disconnect machinery from a power supply and prevent sudden movement before maintenance and service, and to train workers in how to operate machine presses safely and to service and maintain them.

June 28, 2016

OSHA finds workers exposed to amputation dangers at San Angelo woodworking manufacturer; company, staffing agency fined $63K

Employer(s) Name(s): Terrill Manufacturing Company Inc.
A.L. Staffing Inc.

Inspection Site: 2816 Martin Luther King Dr., San Angelo, Texas 76903

Citations issued: June 24, 2016

June 28, 2016

OSHA orders tour bus operator’s former owner to pay $11K for retaliating after employee refused to drive unsafe bus

DENVER – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered the former owner of Banjo Billy’s Bus Tours to pay a former employee back wages, interest and punitive damages after the agency found he terminated an employee who refused to drive an unsafe tour bus.

June 27, 2016

OSHA deploying assets to flood impacted West Virginia counties to ensure safety and health of workers, general public involved in cleanup efforts

PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is deploying assets to flood-impacted West Virginia counties to ensure employers, workers and others engaged in cleanup efforts avoid potential hazards and take steps to protect themselves.

June 27, 2016

OSHA cites Georgia masonry contractor for exposing workers on scaffolding to dangerous fall risks in 7 out of 7 inspections

Employer name: MMC Construction LLC

Inspection site: 1470 Taylor Road, Montgomery, Alabama 36117

Citations issued: Citations were issued to the employer on June 24.

June 23, 2016

OSHA announces Safety Stand-Down at worksites throughout Southeast to emphasize response to, prevention of heat-related illnesses, injuries

ATLANTA – In 2014, 2,630 workers suffered from heat illness while 18 died from heat stroke and related causes on the job – all of which was preventable.

To raise awareness about these dangers, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, employers and trade associations will conduct a one-hour Safety Stand-Down at construction sites and workplaces in eight Southern states from June 27 to July 1, 2016.

June 22, 2016

Despite extensive violation history, OSHA finds Dollar General continues to expose workers to safety hazards at Shamokin, Pennsylvania, store

Employer name: DOLGENCORP LLC, doing business as Dollar General Store #398

Inspection site: 30 East Independence St., Shamokin, Pennsylvania

June 22, 2016

More than $50K in OSHA fines for Fort Worth steel fabricator

Employer name: K-T Galvanizing Company Inc.

Inspection site: 2500 Chambers Street, Venus, TX 76084

Citations issued: June 17, 2016

June 22, 2016

Towing parts manufacturer continues to expose workers to machine, electrical hazards at Mentor manufacturing facility

Employer name: Trailer Component Manufacturing Inc., operating as Buyers Product Company
Mentor, Ohio

Citations issued: June 20, 2016

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued three repeated and eight serious violations to Trailer Components Manufacturing, which operates as Buyers Product Company. 

June 22, 2016

Inspection finds Ohio foundry continues to expose workers to hazards

FRANKLIN, Ohio – A federal workplace safety and health inspection found workers exposed to the risks of amputation, hearing loss and respiratory damage at A&B Foundry & Machining Inc. due to same hazards identified by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration at the Franklin foundry in 2012.

June 22, 2016

OSHA issues willful, serious citations for MillerCoors Fort Worth brewery

Employer name: MillerCoors Fort Worth brewery

Inspection site: 7001 South Freeway, Fort Worth, Texas 76134

Citations issued: June 17, 2016

June 21, 2016

Union City contractor allowed dangerous hazards that led to worker’s fatal fall while removing siding at Bayonne home

Employer name: Bolivar Enterprises LLC, 902 Central Ave., Union City, New Jersey

Citations issued: On June 3, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for nine serious violations.

June 21, 2016

OSHA finds absence of proper safety guards led two workers to suffer amputation injuries at Piedmont food manufacturer

PIEDMONT, Mo. ‒ Twice in less than a month, two workers at an Ajinomoto Windsor Inc. facility suffered amputation injuries because their employer failed to install adequate safety guards to keep operator’s hands out of machine danger zones, inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found. The agency cited the food manufacturer for similar machine hazards at the Piedmont facility in 2013.

June 21, 2016

OSHA finds cold storage company lacked proper procedures for use of potentially dangerous ammonia

Employer name: Americold Logistics
Carthage, Missouri

Citations received: June 16, 2016

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

June 21, 2016

Employees exposed to widespread, potentially fatal electrical, fall hazards at Williamsburg building site

Employer name: Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov, 638 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, New York, constructing a six-story school and office building at 642 Bedford St. in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.

Citations issued: On June 3, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov for 21 serious violations of workplace safety standards.

June 21, 2016

Non-GMO food additive manufacturer faces $180K in fines after explosion, fire injures 4 workers at Ohio facility

NEWARK, Ohio – A Newark food additive manufacturer’s failure to handle hazardous materials and respond properly to an emergency led to an explosion that injured four workers, including two contractors who scaled an 8-foot security fence topped with triple-strand barbed wire to escape the fireball.

June 21, 2016

OSHA fines grain elevator company for willfully, repeatedly exposing workers to potentially fatal grain engulfment hazards

Employer name: High Country Elevators Inc.

Worksites: 62784 US-491, Dove Creek, CO 81324

Citations issued: June 10, 2016

June 20, 2016

Chautauqua County manufacturer fails to correct fall hazard, allows recurring electrical hazard; faces OSHA fines of $87K

Employer name: Jamestown MVP LLC, 2061 Allen Street, Falconer, New York 14733.

Doing business as MVP Plastics, the company manufactures disposable plates and bowls.

Citations issued: On June 13, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued one citation for failure to abate a previously cited violation, and one citation for a repeat violation.