The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing penalties of $122,000 for a glass company after a worker in southeast Missouri suffered third-degree burns on the job. OSHA announced the proposed penalties on Oct. 14 for Piramal Glass USA …
Data from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration show Ohio with the second-highest number of workers killed on the job in the agency’s Midwest region this past fiscal year, behind Illinois. A previous report indicated Ohio was the leader …
A federal safety agency is accusing Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. of more safety violations at its factory in Arcadia, Wis. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration says a 56-year-old employee lost his right ring finger after a March 11 …
Federal safety regulators have cited a Texas sawmill for failure-to-abate previous safety violations and continuing to expose workers still to serious hazards. More than $125,000in fines are proposed for Gillespie Lumber Ltd. in Nacogdoches, which was cited by the U.S. …
A federal safety agency has proposed fining a Wisconsin company more than $449,000 for allegedly failing to adequately protect workers from hazardous chemicals. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Fontarome Chemical Inc. of St. Francis for 23 alleged …
Arlington Metals Corp. in Franklin Park, Ill., has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 38 safety and health violations, which carry proposed penalties of $117,000. OSHA initiated a safety and health investigation …
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fines of $99,000 against Williams Olefins for a June explosion at its plant in Geismar, La., that killed two workers and injured 80. OSHA cited the company for six process safety …
Federal officials have fined NV Energy $43,000 after investigating a fall that killed a 29-year-old Nevada employee in September. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the utility company Thursday, after investigating the death …
