Tag: Workplace Accident

OSHA & ASTM Protective Footwear Requirements #Safety #Footwear

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https://videopress.com/v/JmllI6lx?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.files.wordpress.com%2FJmllI6lx%2Fleg-foot-protection-personal-protective-equipment-ppe-basics-full-hd1080p_std.original.jpg&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true For a little safety footwear humor, click here: http://www.gocomics.com/theargylesweater/2013/10/26 Protective footwear requirements are referenced in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 29. These references can be found in (1910.132) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) General Requirements or (1910.136) Foot Protection. According to 29 CFR 1910.132, PPE must be … Continue reading OSHA & ASTM Protective Footwear Requirements #Safety #Footwear

Tootsie Roll fined after machine cuts off part of worker’s finger

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CHICAGO (AP) — A federal agency has recommended that Tootsie Roll Industries pay more than $136,000 in fines after a machine at its Chicago plant cut…Tootsie Roll fined after machine cuts off part of worker’s finger

Grand jury indicts executives over workplace accident including EHS Manager

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A Butler County grand jury has indicted United Oil Recovery Services Inc. and several of its employees on criminal charges in the death of a worker at the company’s Middletown facility. The indictments — an unusual move that worries some local attorneys — was announced Wednesday in a statement from the Ohio Attorney General Richard … Continue reading Grand jury indicts executives over workplace accident including EHS Manager

Cal-OSHA fines bakery where workers lost limbs

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California occupational-safety officials have issued one of their agency's largest group of fines ever -- $230,535 -- to Bimbo Bakeries for failing to fix safety violations that led to amputation of workers' limbs. Officials said that 20 alleged violations were documented at three factories belonging to the company, which produces brands that include Oroweat and … Continue reading Cal-OSHA fines bakery where workers lost limbs

Explosion at Beta Steel, Portage, Indiana Kills 1, Injures 4 – Updated

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An explosion Thursday in the Beta Steel plant's furnace area in Portage killed one man and injured four others, Portage Fire Chief Bill Lundy said. The names of the dead and injured were not available Thursday night. All five are employees of Beta Steel, Lundy said. The workers, three millwrights and two supervisors, were investigating … Continue reading Explosion at Beta Steel, Portage, Indiana Kills 1, Injures 4 – Updated

OSHA cites Burrows Paper Corp. for 33 violations near Utica, NY

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LITTLE FALLS, NY A Little Falls paper company faces $136,500 in fines and multiple citations from a federal agency after a worker suffered serious arm injuries earlier this year. The worker, who was not named, needed surgery on his arm following the April 28 incident and still is in physical therapy for the injury but … Continue reading OSHA cites Burrows Paper Corp. for 33 violations near Utica, NY

Worker plummeted 130 feet in grain elevator accident in Grand Rapids, MI

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Grand Rapids, MI—Ionia County investigators believe a break in a weld is responsible for grain elevator accident, which injured two workers. The construction accident happened on Thursday, October 8, 2009 around 9:30 a.m., at the Caledonia Farmers Elevator Company’s Lake Odessa Branch, as reported by MLive.com. According to accident reports, Jason Radke, 37, of Plainwell, … Continue reading Worker plummeted 130 feet in grain elevator accident in Grand Rapids, MI