November 19, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Waclaw Cilulko, doing business as American Masonry Inc., for seven alleged willful health violations of OSHA’s lead standards. Proposed penalties total $196,000. An inspection of a commercial building …
November 16, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited utility company Missouri American Water for two willful safety violations following the May 16, 2012, death of a worker. Proposed penalties total $140,000. The worker suffered fatal injuries …
November 16, 2012
Williams & Davis Boilers Inc.in Hutchins, Texas, has been cited for repeat, willful and serious safety hazards violations and fined $131,670, federal regulators say. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the company with nine …
November 14, 2012
American International Group, Inc. has introduced OSHA Counsel Assist (OSHA Assist), an enhancement to general liability programs for construction clients that provides policyholders with legal support and additional limits if a work place injury or death results in an investigation …
November 9, 2012
A Belton, Texas-based cabinet manufacturer has been cited by federal regulators for safety violations in the workplace and faces a fine of $64,800. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Carmen Creative Cabinets LLC with 32 …
October 16, 2012
Corrosion that went unchecked – the suspected cause of a fire at Chevron Corp.’s Richmond, Calif. refinery in August – has been linked to a fire at the plant in October 2011, the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting. According to state …
October 15, 2012
A worker died in an oven on Thursday at a Southern California plant that produces Bumble Bee tuna. Jose Melena, 62, was cooked to death in a steam oven at the Bumble Bee Foods processing plant in Santa Fe Springs, …
October 10, 2012
Wyoming’s state workplace safety agency is seeking another $155,000 in fines against Sinclair Oil, this time for a refinery fire that injured four workers in early May. The May 8 fire at the Sinclair Refinery in south-central Wyoming was the …
October 8, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited ThyssenKrupp Airport Systems Inc. with 28 serious safety violations at its Fort Worth, Texas, work site for exposing workers to “struck-by,” fall, amputation and shock hazards while they …
October 3, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Commerce, Calif.-based 99 Cent Only Stores Texas Inc. with 19 serious safety and health violations at the company’s Houston distribution center. Proposed penalties total $121,000. The alleged violations …