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In Denver, StyroTech LLC has been heavily slapped with twenty serious and four other than serious violations by the U.S. Department of Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA has fined the foam manufacturing company with a heavy penalty of $66,400 for the lack of a safety program covering the handling and use of flammable material. The inspection of the foam manufacturing facility was started under a program that focused on employers with high illness and injury rates. “The processing of flammable chemicals involves well known hazards”, says Greg Baxter, the regional administrator of OSHA in Denver. “For the safety of the workers, the employer must ensure that protective measures are taken to prevent the catastrophic release of flammable vapors, which can lead to fires and explosions”, he adds. OSHA allegedly found out that the company had not structured any safety training for the use of inflammable substances in large quantities. The other reasons for citation were: Absen...

OSHA has slapped the United States Postal Office with a total fine of $357,000, after finding, “willful and serious” violations of federal workplace safety laws, at the South Boston mail center on Summer Street. However, the postal service has vowed to fight back. The spokesperson for the postal service, Dennis P. Tarmey, recently stated that, “We are confident that our electrical work plan and our work practices meet requirements today”. He further said that there are “nearly 700 full-time safety professionals who work more than one million hours every year”. More so, the postal service nearly spent almost $2 million on protective gear, including shatter-proof glasses, fire-resistant overalls and shock-proof gloves. Unfortunately, all the equipment may be arriving far too late. The American Postal Workers Union has reportedly asked OSHA to launch the probe. During the probe, OSHA inspectors found several employees who had been exposed to electrical shock, which in turn lead to burns a...

According to the latest news, Molalla mill of Interfor Pacific was honored by Oregon OSHA with congratulatory Best in Class comments for five years without a lost time injury. The Interfor Pacific has not even had a single employee miss a days work or more due to injury since purchasing the plant in 2005. OSHA, even recognized the Molalla mill, as being one of the best mills in the lumber manufacturing industry in the Northwest Pacific. The production manager, Mike Richardson stated that, "Three years prior to Interfor purchasing the mill there were 32 lost time injuries reported", he further stated that, "Five years with zero lost time injuries is a big safety accomplishment for our company" Inferor Pacific, managed to pull off such a herculean task by making sure that certain safety systems and programs were in place, to ensure every employee returned home safely at the end of each day. The Molalla mill is also a part of the Oregan OSHA SHARP. Inferor, in one of t...

Hazards at oil spill site has become a sensitive issue as the effect of oil spill has been seen spreading more and more. It has become a threat to the workers who are involved with oil spill response and clean up operation. But the hazards are not the same in all the affected areas. Somewhere there are less hazards and somewhere the situation is very horrible. So, what kind of hazards are there in the work site will depend on the location and type of job that the workers will have to do. More to that, workers at oil spill locations will experience many kind of hazards as they will expect to work in heat, in swamps, to use boat, walk on slippery, wildlife danger, controlling and using heavy equipment and many more. To involve in the actual cleanup, the workers must have to get at least 4 hour safety training regarding the hazards at the site and any kind of possible hazards that the cleanup operation may carry out. BP requires this training to be provided for the workers otherwise it w...

It has been disclosed that more than 680 workers have died at workplace in Kansans. View some accidents: 1. About one in 10 died when working at a grain elevator. Three painters who fell down from the top of an elevator in Jetmore in 1982. The height was 125 feet where the painters fell down and died on the spot. 2. Forty-eight workers died in elevators while doing jobs classified by OSHA as "grain and field bean" work. OSHA counts this work as the most dangerous job in Kansas. 3. The DeBruce explosion killed seven and injured 10 which was exploded in 1998. The accident made national headlines and resulted in a substantial OSHA fine. Besides these, the other grain and field bean workers died in single-fatality accidents since 1980. And half of them were killed when they were engulfed by grain. Regarding this, Ron Hayes says, "It's just one of the most dangerous places in the world to work.” Ron Hayes had lost his 19 year old son while the son was buried by 60 to...

OSHA has cited Importers Service Corp., Jersey City. The reason is the company has failed to lock out energy sources and it has exposed the workers during the maintenance and repair of equipment to potential injuries. OSHA has proposed penalties $158,500. On Nov. 10, 2009 OSHA started its inspection. OSHA inspection brought it to the light that the company has willfully violated two rules and so it has got the penalty of $98,000. More over the company has been cited for 33 serious violations with a penalty of $60,500. Phil Peist, OSHA area director of Parsippany said, "Each of these violations leaves workers vulnerable to hazards that can result in serious injury and illness. The company has a legal obligation to provide a safe and healthful environment for workers." The willful violations includes poor lockout/tagout system of the company, that is used to make the workers know about the release of hazardous waste. OSHA counts a willful violation as intentional, or voluntary...

Lockout and tag out procedures ensure the safety and health of employees at workplace. The procedures are used while the workers involve in releasing harmful chemicals or gases. Hazardous wastes handling is a very difficult work that has adverse effects. It needs safety training for the workers to go with such jobs that can sure assist them in using electrical or special equipment well. Any particular mechanical or an electrical equipment is dangerous as well helpful. Lockout is the practice of locking such mechanical or equipments that cause damage to the employees or the workplace on activation. A lockout device keeps the equipment in a safe position and prevent it from an unexpected start up. But only to lock the equipment itself may not help every time. It needs a tag out device to be complemented. A tag out device increases the visibility of the lock and indicates the actual status of the equipment. It helps the workers to know if it is turned off, under maintenance or under s...

Have ever experienced doing compulsory homework that is allotted to by your employers? How do you feel then? You work at your working place or site and when you come back home to have rest and get sometime for yourself, you see the compulsory home work lying at you. You might feel disgusting and overloaded and the mental pleasure will go far from you. OSHA safety regulation and labor low can help you in such juncture. OSHA safety regulation and labor low has prohibited performing certain kind of work in an workers home unless the employer does get prior certification from the department of Labor. There are so many types of work that are done in the industries. Some of them are not involved and some are not involved in safety and health hazards. In manufacturing of knitted outerwear, buttons and buckles, gloves and mittens, embroideries, handkerchiefs,and jewelry, restrictions are applied. The manufacturing of woman's apparel that are made under hazardous condition are complete...