Picture This! Watch Your Step
“Watch your step please” read this sign found outside an Illinois business. Given the condition of the steps leading up to it, that's pretty sound advice!
Picture This: Trench and Excavation Hazards
Trenches and excavations pose various safety hazards to the workers who must work in and around them.
Picture This! A Hand on the Bucket Rope is Worth Two on the Ladder
Picture This nearly always focuses on unsafe work practices, but this week we have a photograph showing workers doing the right thing. In this case, a worker is shown using a bucket and rope to hoist tools to an elevated work area. This arrangement allows workers to maintain three points of contact when ascending or descending ladders. (eLCOSH)
Picture This! Planks, But No Thanks
This skinny plank, which barely spans its supports at both ends, provides workers with a potentially exciting, yet unsafe, means of getting to and from their worksite. It could easily snap or shift, or a worker could simply lose his balance and fall from it.
Picture This! You Do the Hokey Pokey And…
Practice makes perfect, or so it is said. But workers who perfect unsafe practices and think nothing bad will ever happen to them are often sadly proven wrong.
Picture This! ‘Scaf-fold’ Could Prove to be Operative Word
This makeshift scaffold, made from ladders lashed together, screams trouble even before anyone sets foot on it.
Picture This: Cookies and Fire Extinguisher Share Aisle 1
Better hope there's not a fire or precious time could be lost trying to free this fire extinguisher from its awkward position.
How to Contest an OSHA Violation GalleryHow to Contest an OSHA Violation
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How to Contest an OSHA Violation
What to do if you think OSHA has unfairly cited [...]
Hospital Fined for Safety Violations
The good news is she wasn’t far from expert medical [...]
Houston Manufacturer Cited for Failure to Abate Safety Violations Issued $108,000 in Additional Proposed Fines GalleryHouston Manufacturer Cited for Failure to Abate Safety Violations Issued $108,000 in Additional Proposed Fines
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Houston Manufacturer Cited for Failure to Abate Safety Violations Issued $108,000 in Additional Proposed Fines
OSHA opened an inspection on Jan. 29, 2008 after a [...]
How to Avoid Being Prosecuted for OHS Violations GalleryHow to Avoid Being Prosecuted for OHS Violations
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How to Avoid Being Prosecuted for OHS Violations
A revealing glimpse into what OHS prosecutors look for when [...]
How to Avoid Repeat Violations at Multiple Facilities GalleryHow to Avoid Repeat Violations at Multiple Facilities
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How to Avoid Repeat Violations at Multiple Facilities
Find out why companies that have multiple sites are at [...]
Florida Manufacturer Cited for Alleged Willful, Serious Violations GalleryFlorida Manufacturer Cited for Alleged Willful, Serious Violations
Article, Chemical Safety, English, First Aid and Emergency Response, Health and Safety Management, Industry, JSA/Audits/Inspections, Language, Lockout/Tagout, Manufacturing, Materials Handling and Storage, PPE, Topic, Type
Florida Manufacturer Cited for Alleged Willful, Serious Violations
OSHA issued one willful citation for failure to leave an [...]
Food Wholesaler Fined $55,000 for Violations
Food Wholesaler Fined $55,000 for violations resulting in serious foot [...]
Georgia Contactor Cited for Alleged Willful, Serious Violations GalleryGeorgia Contactor Cited for Alleged Willful, Serious Violations
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Georgia Contactor Cited for Alleged Willful, Serious Violations
OSHA has proposed $108,000 in penalties against a contractor for [...]
Georgia Peanut Producer Cited for Numerous Alleged Safety and Health Violations GalleryGeorgia Peanut Producer Cited for Numerous Alleged Safety and Health Violations
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Georgia Peanut Producer Cited for Numerous Alleged Safety and Health Violations
Birdsong Corp. has been cited for 21 alleged serious safety [...]
Georgia Poultry Processing Plant Cited For Repeat, Serious Violations under Site-Specific Targeting Program GalleryGeorgia Poultry Processing Plant Cited For Repeat, Serious Violations under Site-Specific Targeting Program
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Georgia Poultry Processing Plant Cited For Repeat, Serious Violations under Site-Specific Targeting Program
OSHA is proposing total penalties of $155,000 against a company [...]
Grain Grower Facing Willful Violations in Connection with Double Fatality GalleryGrain Grower Facing Willful Violations in Connection with Double Fatality
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Grain Grower Facing Willful Violations in Connection with Double Fatality
A farm supply cooperative has been cited for four alleged [...]
- Having Multiple Facilities Can Lead to Repeat Violations Gallery
Having Multiple Facilities Can Lead to Repeat Violations
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Having Multiple Facilities Can Lead to Repeat Violations
To assess the risk of repeat violations, you first need [...]
Hearing Required on Worker’s Firing for Use of Medical Marijuana at Work Site GalleryHearing Required on Worker’s Firing for Use of Medical Marijuana at Work Site
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Hearing Required on Worker’s Firing for Use of Medical Marijuana at Work Site
A worker employed by a construction company was working on [...]
Heavy Equipment Operator Investigated for OHS Violations
Heavy Equipment Operator Investigated for OHS Violations after an excavation [...]
Hose Plant Cited for 44 Alleged Safety and Health Violations Issued Nearly $59,000 in Proposed Fines GalleryHose Plant Cited for 44 Alleged Safety and Health Violations Issued Nearly $59,000 in Proposed Fines
Article, Concrete/Masonry, Crane Safety, Electrical, English, Fall Protection, Forklifts, Health and Safety Management, Industry, JSA/Audits/Inspections, Language, Machine Guarding, Machinery/Equipment, Manufacturing, Materials Handling and Storage, Noise, PPE, PPE - Respiratory, Slips, Trips and Falls, Topic, Type
Hose Plant Cited for 44 Alleged Safety and Health Violations Issued Nearly $59,000 in Proposed Fines
Responding to a complaint, OSHA inspected a metal hose manufacturing [...]
- First Nation Penalized $100,000 for Failing to Comply with Environmental Order Gallery
First Nation Penalized $100,000 for Failing to Comply with Environmental Order
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First Nation Penalized $100,000 for Failing to Comply with Environmental Order
After an inspection by enforcement officers at Loon Lake Fine [...]
Florida Contractor Cited for Alleged Repeat Violations at a St. Petersburg Construction Site GalleryFlorida Contractor Cited for Alleged Repeat Violations at a St. Petersburg Construction Site
Article, Construction, Contractor Safety, English, Fall Protection, Health and Safety Management, Industry, JSA/Audits/Inspections, Language, Scaffold, Slips, Trips and Falls, Topic, Type
Florida Contractor Cited for Alleged Repeat Violations at a St. Petersburg Construction Site
After a worker fell 100 feet from a scaffolding system, [...]
Energy Service Company Charged with OHS Violations GalleryEnergy Service Company Charged with OHS Violations
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Energy Service Company Charged with OHS Violations
A worker who was loading an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) onto [...]
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