The Occupational Health and Safety Association (OSHA) recently announced its top 10 safety violations for the 2020 fiscal year. Every year, OSHA announces its top 10 most frequently cited safety violations. This helps alert employers so they may prevent these hazards before they take place. No. 10: Machine Guarding Last year Machine Guarding ranked number…
Read MoreOntario, Canada- September 19th was Black Thursday in Ontario’s electrical sector with three separate incidents of workers contacting overhead wires causing two electrocution deaths and injuring two others. The spate of mishaps left construction, electrical and health and safety stakeholders upset, frustrated and searching for answers. “The Electrical Safety Authority is very saddened to hear…
Read MoreStrattanville, PA – A 2018 amputation due to machine guarding failures at a PA modular home manufacturing facility lead to an OSHA investigation which revealed numerous workplace safety violation and resulted in a staggering $687,650 in penalties. Last month, OSHA issued willful and serious citations to Champion Modular Inc. for failures in the areas of…
Read MoreSt. Joseph, MO – Following a fatal workplace accident at a Missouri sawmill, OSHA has issued $199,183 in fines for 14 serious and two repeat safety violations at American Walnut Co. The fatal workplace accident occurred on March 12 of 2018 when American Walnut employee Joshua Hill (38) came into contact with operating equipment. Hill…
Read MoreSan Angelo, TX – OSHA has found that workers at the Texas Packing Company were exposed to the release of hazardous chemicals like ammonia due to failures to implement a Process Safety Management program, and issued $615,640 in fines as a result. Federal safety inspectors found the Texas Packing Company in San Angelo (TX) to…
Read MoreLapel, IN – Three serious safety violations were found at the Owens-Illinois Bottling facility in Lapel, Indiana. The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration (IOSHA) issued $13,500 in fines for safety violations inspectors which it determined could have led to serious worker injury. In an investigation last fall, IOSHA found serious safety violations including insufficient…
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