State regulators want to fine Disney nearly $235,000 for violating safety regulations after a worker was injured at the Space Mountain ride. The Orange County Register says fines are being proposed by the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health. …
The federal government’s workplace safety agency is investigating its Indiana counterpart – a department that documents indicate is trying to boost its inspections without hiring new staffers. The Indianapolis Star, which obtained those documents, reported that they show the Indiana …
Five contracting companies have been penalized more than $38,000 combined for a series of errors and oversights that led to last October’s collapse of a college parking garage that killed four workers, federal safety regulators announced Wednesday. The Occupational Safety …
Federal officials have fined NV Energy $43,000 after investigating a fall that killed a 29-year-old employee in September. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the utility company Thursday, after investigating the death of …
Federal workplace safety investigations show that at least 11 deaths in Texas’ oilfields could have been prevented if companies followed safety protocols. The San Antonio Express-News reported Sunday that it used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain details about …
Officials are pushing a safety campaign in western North Dakota’s oil patch, where 12 people died in oil and gas operations last year. The Bismarck Tribune reports it is a joint project of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration …
Government investigators said Wednesday a decades-old pipe that leaked and fed a massive fire at a Chevron refinery in California was corroded, and the company knew it should have been replaced. The report issued by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board …
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed $123,000 in fines for operators of an upstate New York plant that makes roof insulation panels. OSHA alleged Friday that Hunter Panels LLC committed 23 serious safety violations at its Kingston …
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer recognized Haltec Corporation in Columbiana County for attaining Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) status through the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA). The company is now one of only …
Federal safety regulators have proposed $75,600 in penalties for a Montana manufacturing company over alleged workplace hazards. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Fiberglass Structures, Inc. of Laurel was cited for 12 serious violations. Among the alleged violations were …