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Transit Ticket Collector Injured During Robbery Attempt

Transit Ticket Collector Injured During Robbery Attempt
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A Toronto Transit System (TTS) ticket collector suffered life-threatening injuries after he was shot in the neck and shoulder area during a recent robbery attempt.

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Construction Supervisor Fined for Trenching Violation

Construction Supervisor Fined for Trenching Violation
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A Saskatoon, SK, construction supervisor has been fined more than $7,000 after pleading guilty to an Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) Act charge related to failure to provide competent and sufficient supervision to workers.

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Construction Superintendent Sentenced for Misleading Investigators

Construction Superintendent Sentenced for Misleading Investigators
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A construction site superintendent from South Dakota has been sentenced to six months’ house detention with electronic monitoring for willfully violating an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulation with regard to the fatal fall of one of his workers.

The 29-year-old victim, Carl Beck, fell 42 feet (nearly 13 meters) while helping install a motel roof in the Pittsburgh, PA, area in 2009.

Superintendent Robert Christopher Kennedy, 60, pleaded guilty to a charge of failure to protect employees with anchored safety lines attached to harnesses. He also directed another person to put fall protection on the roof after the fatality, to make it look as though fall protection measures had been in place prior to Beck’s fall.

When an OSHA investigator arrived on the job site to interview Kennedy about the death, Kennedy misled him to believe that fall protection was properly secured to the roof before the accident occurred, by using pictures of the roof taken after the fall protection gear was placed there.

Christopher Franc, of C.A. Franc Construction—the company for which Beck worked, was fined $539,000 by OSHA. Franc himself was sentenced to three years’ probation, including six months of home detention. He was also ordered to cover Beck’s funeral expenses.

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Ten Ways to Get in Trouble with OSHA: Part 2

Ten Ways to Get in Trouble with OSHA: Part 2
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Last month, we presented the first five of Washington, DC Attorney Arthur Sapper’s 10 Ways to Get in Trouble with OSHA. Here are the last five recordkeeping errors or misconceptions that can land you in trouble with OSHA, along with five important missteps that can lead to willful recordkeeping citations.

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Cal/OSHA Issues Confined Space Hazard Alert

Cal/OSHA Issues Confined Space Hazard Alert
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California’s Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) has issued a confined space hazard alert as part of a year-long statewide special emphasis initiative to focus attention on preventing worker deaths and injuries in confined spaces.

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