The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule requiring employers to notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye. Under the revised …
A Nebraska company faces an $84,000 fine in connection to the May death of a worker who fell while loading a tanker truck. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Farmers Cooperative was being fined for …
An Oregon trucker will get her job back after a federal regulator determined she was wrongly fired for refusing to drive an unsafe vehicle. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Monday it has ordered an independent trucking contractor in …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has updated its Communications Tower directive regarding the use of hoist systems used to move workers to and from workstations on communication towers. This follows an alarming increase in preventable injuries and fatalities at …
A livestock feed company intends to contest citations and proposed penalties issued by federal safety regulators after the collapse of an Omaha, Neb., plant that killed two employees. International Nutrition has notified the Occupational Health and Safety Administration that it …
A state agency has fined Gresham plumbing company for two serious violations after a worker was injured when a trench collapsed in March. The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division on Tuesday fined Apollo Drain & Rooter Service $5,600. The …
A New Cumberland, W.Va., metal recycling plant lacked a safety system to collect combustible dust during a 2010 explosion that killed three people and injured another, according to federal investigators. In Charleston on Wednesday, the Chemical Safety Board released findings …
The owner of a northwestern Indiana steel mill has agreed to pay a $7,000 fine over what state inspectors determined was a serious safety violation in a worker’s death. The inspection began after 62-year-old Robert Watts of Westville fell into …
“More than 1 million U.S. workers and over 25,000 businesses are expected to participate in “safety stand-downs” in all 50 states this week to emphasize the importance of workplace safety and guarding against falls, the Obama administration said Monday. “The …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered BNSF Railway to reinstate two workers in Montana and Wyoming after determining they were illegally fired when they reported they were injured at work. OSHA said Monday that BSNF violated whistleblower portions …