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OSHA Cites Grand Rock after Amputation 12/19/2013
State: OH | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Grand Rock Co. Inc. of Painesville, Ohio, for one willful and one serious safety violation after a worker had four fingers amputated in June. The employee had been operating an unguarded machine that bends tubes for auto exhaust s...Read More
 
 
OAL Approves Final Version of Elec. Document, Lien-Filing Rules 12/17/2013
By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The California Office of Administrative Law on Monday approved electronic document filing and lien-filing fee rules drafted by the Division of Workers' Compensation ...Read More
 
 
OSHA Cites Williams Olefins following Fatal Plant Explosion 12/17/2013
State: LA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Williams Olefins for safety violations following a petrochemical plant explosion in Geismar, La., that killed two workers and injured 80 other people last June.OSHA has proposed $99,000 in fines against the company for viol...Read More
 
 
OSHA Proposes $154K in Fines after Roofer Falls to his Death 12/17/2013
By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Florida roofing company and is proposing penalties of $154,000 for four safety violations, including two willful violations, following the death of a worker, the agency said Monday.OSHA said it conducted two inspections o...Read More
 
 
Outpatient, Physician Costs Higher in States without Fee Schedules 12/13/2013
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefInsurers and employers in states without medical fee schedules in their workers' compensation systems have seen the most rapid increases in prices for outpatient hospital and profes...Read More
 
 
OSHA Proposes $199,800 in Fines against Piping Plant 12/13/2013
By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $199,800 in penalties against a Houston manufacturer for four repeat and three serious violations after a worker was struck by a broken die piece on a mechanical press in June. OSHA said it cited Piping Technology and Pr...Read More
 
 
OSHA Cites Polystyrene Manufacturer for Safety Violations 12/13/2013
By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
State: CT | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $105,490 in penalties against a Connecticut manufacturer for alleged safety violations.OSHA said it inspected the Gilman Brothers Co., a manufacturer of polystyrene foam core boards, on May 31 and Sept. 4. After the firs...Read More
 
 
OSHA Fines Industrial Gas Manufacturer for Safety Violations 12/12/2013
State: NJ | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited industrial gas manufacturer Welco Acetylene Corp. for 19 serious safety violations and recommended $49,200 in fines.OSHA said in a press release it inspected the company's repackaging plant in Newark, N.J., in May as pa...Read More
 
 
OSHA Cites Cell Tower Manufactuer after Worker's Fatal Fall 12/11/2013
State: LA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited a cellular tower manufacturer for one willful violation and $50,400 in penalties after one of its workers fell to his death. The federal agency investigated the employer after a worker fell 125 feet while attempting to install a mic...Read More
 
 
OSHA Cites Rail Car Services for Repeat Violations, $133,000 12/11/2013
State: KS | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Kansas City Rail Car Services for 11 safety and health violations and proposed penalties of $133,000.The federal agency cited the Kansas City, Kan., rail car refurbishing facility after an inspection revealed a number of violations ...Read More
 
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