Smyrna, TN – November marked the fourth fatal industrial accident at the Nissan Vehicle Assembly Plant in Smyrna (TN). Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) responded to the scene to investigate the incident. Their investigation report is expected to be released within six weeks. Dennis Pinkston died as a result of head trauma after…
Read MoreLebanon, TN – Lockout training and written procedures could have saved the life of Carlex Glass America worker Catherine White. White, 51, of Lebanon (TN) died in an industrial accident last week after suffering a severe head injury at the Carlex Glass America plant. Local police reported that the employee had encountered problems with a work station printer. According to police, White…
Read MoreMiddletown, NY – Genpak L.L.C. has been cited for two repeat, six serious and one other-than-serious safety violations. The New York food packaging manufacturer faces $103,100 in proposed fines after two employees were seriously injured in separate workplace safety incidents last summer at Genpak’s Hope Hull (AL) facility. OSHA conducted two investigations after learning of…
Read MoreTonawanda, NY – An employee was killed in an industrial accident at the Tonawanda Coke plant. The accident occurred in an industrial elevator in the plant’s coal-handling section. The local OSHA office has confirmed that an investigation has been opened and that findings will be issued within six months. Unfortunately, Tonawanda Coke Corp. has had previous health, safety,…
Read MoreRidgway, PA – Clarion Sintered Metals Inc. has been assessed a total of $74,000 in fines by OSHA after an employee was injured operating a stationary compactor, resulting in the loss of a limb. OSHA found that Clarion’s powdered metal presses provided inadequate guards at and below the point of operation, as well as behind the powdered metal…
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – Bumble Bee Foods will pay a record $6 million to settle criminal charges filed after a worker burned to death in a Lockout/Tagout accident at their Santa Fe Springs (CA) plant in 2012. October 2012, 62-year-old Jose Melena was cooked to death inside a Bumble Bee Foods industrial oven. Melena was…
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