Volunteer Plunges to His Death
A volunteer died of head and chest injuries when he fell 18 feet to a concrete floor while helping repair a community sports facility.
Read MoreDon’t Guess: Read the MSDS
WHAT’S AT STAKE
Workplace safety laws require companies to keep material safety data sheets (MSDSs) readily available for every chemical they use. Simply put, these sheets lay out the hazards associated with chemicals you are likely to encounter at work.
Read MoreUCLA Professor and Regents Charged in Death
A University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) chemistry professor and regents at the university have been charged with felony counts of violating occupational safety and health standards in connection to the death of a staff research associate.
Read MoreTile Company Facing Stiff Fines
American Marazzi Tile Inc. of Texas is facing stiff fines for alleged safety and health violations. OSHA issued three willful citations for failure to establish and maintain a hearing conservation program for workers exposed to noise levels exceeding 85 dB, failure to provide required machine guards for exposed belts, pulleys, chains and sprockets and failure to establish a lockout/tagout program for energy sources.
Read MoreLinen Rental Company issued $126,875 in proposed fines
OSHA opened an inspection in response to a referral from New Jersey’s Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health Program. OSHA alleges the company’s failure to provide protection from electrical hazards, develop and implement written respiratory protection, hazard communication and confined space entry programs, provide machine guarding, provide guardrails for stairways and working platforms, conduct a PPE hazard assessment, ensure the safe use of ladders and forklifts and provide lockout/tagout, respirator, hazard communication and fire extinguisher training.
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