Workers' Compensation News
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OSHA Fines Auto Parts Maker, Staffing Firm for Numerous Violations | 07/26/2016 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Alabama automobile parts manufacturer that exposed workers to amputations, being caught in machinery or hit by objects, an the staffing company that provided temporary workers to it, face a combined $106,020 in penalties after an inspection by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administra...Read More | |||
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OSHA Targets Poultry-Processing Facilities | 07/25/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Managers at poultry-processing facilities sometimes discipline workers for taking bathroom breaks, a federal health official wrote on the Department of Labor's blog Friday. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA: Multinational Gas Supplier Didn't Monitor Carbon Monoxide at Corpus Christi Plant | 07/22/2016 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A multinational industrial gas supplier failed to monitor carbon monoxide levels at its Corpus Christi facility, leading to a $77,000 fine after a federal health inspection. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Says Company Exposed Workers to Falls, Electrocution and Chemicals | 07/18/2016 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Bennett Heat Treating and Brazing Co. of Newark for 30 safety and health violations, and proposed penalties of $87,500. ...Read More | |||
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Oil Field Contractor Honored for 'Exemplary' Workplace Safety | 07/18/2016 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation has recognized Chaparral Industries for “exemplary” workplace safety programs, and low rates of work-related injuries and illnesses at its Odessa facility. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Cites Company for Exposing Workers to Trench Collapse | 07/18/2016 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says an Andover construction contractor exposed workers to cave-in hazards and should pay a proposed $66,000 in penalties. ...Read More | |||
| OSHA Postpones Enforcement of Anti-Retaliation Measures | 07/15/2016 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is delaying enforcement of anti-retaliation measures contained in a new injury-reporting rule, following the filing of a lawsuit last week challenging the new provisions. Enforcement of the new provisions is now scheduled to begin ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Proposes Nearly $200,000 in Fines for Repeat Offender | 07/15/2016 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Queensbury manufacturer already ordered to fix explosion hazards has been cited again and could face nearly $200,000 in penalties, OSHA said. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Taken to Court Over New Rule Limiting Safety Incentives | 07/13/2016 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A workers’ compensation insurer, several trade organizations and three employers are suing the federal government to try to block a new rule that would limit workplace safety-incentive programs and post-accident drug testing. ...Read More | |||
| OSHA Cites Employer After Warehouse Worker Crushed by 3 Tons of Granite | 07/12/2016 | ||
| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigated Denver's Nidi Tec Inc. after an employee was crushed by 6,500 pounds of fractured granite slabs. The stone distributer received $88,900 in penalties for two willful, two repeat and seven serious violations. An empl...Read More | |||
