The most common reason the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) cites companies for safety violations remains the same for the 10th year in a row: lack of fall protection. The good news is that the overall number of citations went down this year, continuing…
If you’ve been injured on the job, you may think to yourself that “accidents happen.” But employers throughout the nation are responsible for creating a safe work environment for employees. If they don’t take steps to do that, they can be cited by the U.S.…
If you slip, trip, or fall while on the job, you could suffer from serious injuries or even death. While it’s true that fatal falls occur most often in the construction, mining, and certain maintenance industries, recent research shows that injuries from slips, trips, and…
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that in 2019, there were 5,333 fatal work injuries recorded in the U.S., a 2 percent increase from the 5,250 that occurred in 2018 and the largest annual number since 2007. Of all occupations, construction occupations recorded…
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently cited Pennsylvania modular home manufacturer Champion Modular Inc. for violating safety standards at the company’s Strattanville facility. OSHA has proposed $687,640 in penalties. Pennsylvania Modular Facility Cited with Violations of Safety Standards In November 2018, an employee…
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is investigating a recent incident that occurred near Pittsburgh in Westmoreland County. Two workers were injured while cleaning the interior of a 20” underground pipeline. The workers were employed by Precision Pipeline, an Eau Claire, Wisconsin-based pipeline contractor.…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports that there have been 40 incidents of injuries or deaths related to robots in the workplace. At a German Volkswagen plant, for example, a worker died when a robot pushed him against a metal plate, according to…
RPS Composites, Alabama, provides engineered composite solutions to industrial companies for corrosive fluid handling, storage, and infrastructure applications. Though headquartered in Canada, they have facilities in Washington D.C.; Columbus, Ohio; Birmingham, Alabama; and Mobile, Alabama; as well as in Louisiana, Texas, and Salt Lake City.…
In their fourth-quarter report, The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) revealed that caught-in/between hazards, along with falls, struck-by, and electrocution, were the leading causes of fatalities in construction. Between 2011 and 2015, a total of 275 workers died from caught-in/between injuries. In 2015…
On September 28, 2015, a 21-year-old man was installing a sewer line 11 feet underground at a commercial construction site in Butler, Pennsylvania. As part of a four-man crew, he finished digging the trench about 2:00 pm Monday afternoon, but then jumped back in to…
