The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Venetian Marble & Granite in Helotes, Texas, with 10 serious safety and health violations after an inspection found that workers were exposed to unsafe levels of crystalline silica …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued Associated Milk Producers Inc. of Blair and Bechel Bros. Inc. of Plum City, Wis., one willful safety citation each for failing to provide fall protection for workers. Associated …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued 21 serious citations to Waste Facility Inc. for exposing workers to multiple safety and health hazards following an inspection at the company’s facility in Premont, Texas. Proposed penalties …
Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services’ Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) announced it will begin an “emphasis program” to reduce injuries and workplace risks that result in amputations. Starting this month, the agency will focus more on …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued the U.S. Minerals LLC facility in Baldwin, Ill., seven citations for allegedly failing to develop and implement procedures to control hazardous energy, install guard rails where necessary and …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Bade Roofing Co. Inc. in St. Louis, Mo., with nine alleged safety violations for repeatedly exposing workers to fall hazards during roofing operations, as well as other hazards. …
Clumps of moldy corn crashed down around Lael Steinhoff, burying him above his waist for more than three hours before rescue workers could free him from a grain bin on his western Iowa farm. Steinhoff, 61, was one of the …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Cimbar Performance Minerals in Cadet, Mo., for exposing workers to hazardous chemicals and excessive noise levels at its drilling mud manufacturing plant. Proposed penalties total $214,550. OSHA initiated an …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued Doherty, Giannini & Rietz Construction Inc., an underground contractor located in Bensenville, one willful and one repeat safety citation for failing to protect workers from cave-ins during trenching …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Superior Energy Services Inc., payroll company SESI LLC and five subsidiary companies in Louisiana with 38 violations of the OSHA recordkeeping standard. Proposed penalties total $337,500. OSHA’s Baton …