New England Seafood Industry Faces Boosted OSHA Inspections
New England seafood processors and wholesalers face greater worker safety scrutiny under a new OSHA enforcement program.
New England seafood processors and wholesalers face greater worker safety scrutiny under a new OSHA enforcement program.
A federal rule protecting workers from heat stress should include requirements for written prevention plans, training, and acclimatization, an OSHA advisory panel agreed Wednesday.
Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su will testify before House Republicans as her nomination to lead the US Labor Department is at a stalemate.
Pet supply retailer Chewy Inc. won a court victory Tuesday when a federal appeals court vacated an OSHA citation stemming from the death of a warehouse worker.
Dollar General Corp. has received citations for two repeat and three serious violations and has been hit with proposed penalties of $267,622 after an inspection of two stores in Hartshorne and Wilburton Okla., according to the Labor Department Tuesday.
Sick restaurant and food-store workers were linked to four in 10 US foodborne disease outbreaks in recent years, yet few establishments had comprehensive policies in place to prevent contamination, a government analysis found.
Julie Su’s public schedule over the past year reflects her evolving role at the US Labor Department, including visits to the Port of Los Angeles, job training centers, and meetings on Capitol Hill with Democratic senators over her pending nomination.
Oregon employers now face some of the highest safety fines in the nation—up to $250,000 if a fatality is linked to a violation of state OSHA rules.
As employers are making plans to return to their workplaces. How quickly they succeed will likely depend on how many of their employees get vaccinated.
Employer contests a four-item serious citation in 11 parts and $53,976 fine. The serious citation includes the alleged violation of 29.C.F.R. 1910.134(c)(1), for failure to establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures; 29.C.F.R. 1910.134(e)(1), for failure to provide a medical evaluation to determine an employee’s ability to use a respirator before the employee was required to use the respirator in the workplace; and 29.C.F.R. 1910.134(f)(2), for failure to ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting face-piece respirator was fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator. (20-0329)
Employer contests a three-item serious citation and $6,998 fine and a repeat citation and $8,906 fine. The serious citation includes the alleged violation of 29.C.F.R. 1926.102(a)(1), for failure to ensure that eye and face protective equipment was used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury; 29.C.F.R. 1926.1053(b)(1), for failure to secure portable ladders used to access an upper landing surface against displacement; and 29.C.F.R. 1926.1053(b)(13), for failure to ensure that the top step of a stepladder was not used as a step. (20-0330)
Employer contests a two-item serious citation and $12,337 fine and a two-item other-than-serious citation with no fine. The serious citation includes the alleged violation of 29.C.F.R. 1910.36(d)(1), for failure to ensure that employees were able to open exit route doors from the inside at all times without keys, tools, or special knowledge; and 29.C.F.R. 1910.178(l)(4)(iii), for failure to conduct an evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator performance at least once every three years. The other-than-serious citation includes the alleged violation of 29.C.F.R. 1910.157(e)(3), for failure to perform annual maintenance checks on fire extinguishers. (20-0317)
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