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OSHA Guidance and
Emphasis Programs for the Nursery and Landscape Industries
July
19 2010
Obama issues memorandum on Presidential POWER Initiative: Protecting Our
Workers and Ensuring Reemployment
July
7 2010
Whistleblowers.gov offers quick access to whistleblower protection
information
June
21 2010
OSHA to hold additional stakeholder meeting on worker injury and illness
prevention rule
June
18 2010
OSHA's severe violator enforcement directive effective June 18
June
11 2010
New OSHA training emphasizes workers rights
Training
Requirements in OSHA Standards and Training Guidelines
May 24 2010
OSHA
publishes proposed rulemaking to prevent injuries form slips, trips and
falls on walking-working surfaces
May 4 2010
US
Department of Labor's OSHA holds series of stakeholder meeting on worker
Injury and Illness Prevention Programs
April 29 2010
Statement
of US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on Protecting America's Workers
Act
April 27 2010
US
assistant secretary of labor for OSHA to testify today on strengthening
enforcement and ensuring safe workplaces for every American worker
April 22 2010
US
Department of Labor's OSHA takes action to protect America's workers
with severe violator program and increased penalties
April 14 2010
Secretary
of Labor Hilda L. Solis convenes 1st every national action summit on
health and safety of Latino workers
March 18 2010
US
Department of Labor's OSHA announces informal public hearing on hazard
communication in Pittsburgh on March 31
March 17 2010
US
Assistance Secretary of labor for OSHA testifies on proposed Protecting
America's Workers Act (PAWA) before House subcommittee.
PAWA
would raise penalties, strengthen workers' voices in the workplace,
expand the rights of victims and their families, and provide other new
rules that would grant greater power to OSHA.
March 9 2010
OSHA
notifies 15,000 workplaces of high injury and illness rates
January 28 2010
OSHA
proposes revised Recordkeeping regulation to better identify
work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD's)
January 27 2010
OSHA
withdraws proposed rule for additional quantitative fit-testing
protocols for the Respiratory Protection Standard
January 27 2010
OSHA
releases workplace injury and illness information representing
administration's "Open Government" policy
January 8 2010
New
OSHA videos provide respirator and facemask safety guidance
January 7 2010
OSHA
announces informal public hearing on hazard communication rule
November
23 2009
OSHA
focuses local emphasis program on general industry establishments with
noise, respiratory hazards
October 1 2009
OSHA
issues proposed rule to adopt the Globally Harmonized Hazard
Communication System.
September 30 2009
Notice
of Injury and Illness Recordkeeping National Emphasis Program
September 15 2009
OSHA
document describes silica control
September 9 2009
OSHA
issues final rule updating personal protective equipment standards
February 1 2008
OSHA
establishes national emphasis program on Silica
Recent OSHA Citations related
to the Nursery and Landscape Industries
September 1 2010
U.S.
Department of Labor cites Houston manufacturing company for hiding
work-related injuries and illnesses; fines exceed $1.2 million.
August 31 2010
U.S.
Department of Labor fines Wisconsin company $369,500 in proposed
penalties for inadequate hearing conservation program, recordkeeping and
other violations.
August 30 2010
U.S.
Department of Labor cites Letart, W.Va., manufacturer for workplace
safety and health hazards. Proposed penalties
total $44,000 for 10 serious violations including inadequate hearing
and respiratory programs, electrical hazards, improper use of compressed
air, as well as employee exposure to silica, lead and manganese fumes...
August 26 2010
Company
cited with proposed penalties of $62,200 for failure to provide reverse
signal alarm on equipment amongst other safety violations.
OSHA initiated an investigation after an employee digging a
shallow ditch was struck by a tractor and pinned while backing up.
Additional violations include failure to train workers in the
recognition and avoidance of hazards ...
August 25 2010
U.S.
Department of Labor's OSHA cites US Postal Service in Kansas City, Kan.,
with $191,000 in penalties for serious and repeat safety violations.
Violations include overall deficiencies in walking/working
surfaces, fall protection, sling use, machine guarding, welding and
electrical equipment...
August 23 2010
OSHA
fines Karl's Event Rental $85,000 for combustible dust, electrical and
other hazards.
August 23 2010
U.S.
Department of Labor fines Exeter, Pa., manufacturer $156,000 for
workplace safety hazards. Proposed penalties
total $156,000 for inadequate lockout/tagout procedure for energy
sources, unguarded machinery and electrical hazards...
August 23 2010
U.S.
Labor Department's OSHA fines manufacturer nearly $70,000 for worker
exposure to noise, other workplace hazards.
August 20 2010
U.S.
Department of Labor proposes $350,000 in fines against US Postal Service
for electrical hazards at Portsmouth, NH, mail processing facility.
August 12 2010
U.S.
Department of Labor cites AmeriCold Logistics with $189,000 in fines for
serious safety violations at Burley, Idaho, facility. Many
of the alleged violations cited were for deficiencies in Americold
Logistics' process safety management program, which helps to ensure that
operations involving hazardous chemicals are performed in a safe
manner...
August 12 2010
U.S.
Department of Labor's OSHA cites M & G Equipment Group following
worker's death in Alamo, Texas.
August 9 2010
U.S.
Department of Labor cites Huntsville, Ala. plant for facility hazards.
Proposed penalties
total $191,500 for failure to provide adequate lockout/tagout
procedures, machine guarding issues, obstructed exit pathways...
August 9 2010
U.S.
Department of Labor's OSHA proposes $357,000 in fines against US Postal
Service for electrical hazards at Boston mail processing facility.
August 5 2010
U.S.
Department of Labor's OSHA cites Matula & Matula Construction
following worker death in Lake Jackson, Texas.
August 4 2010
U.S.
Department of Labor's OSHA cites Jimmie Crowder Excavating and Land
Clearing for endangering workers.
July 29 2010
U.S.
Labor
Department's OSHA proposes $420,000 in fines against US Postal Service
for electrical hazards at Vermont mail processing facility.
July 29 2010
Noise
exposure complaint leads to proposed OSHA fines of $73,500 at Marcum
Transport of Verdunville, W.Va.
July 20 2010
U.S.
Department of Labor cites Legion Industries in Waynesboro, Ga., for
machine guarding, inadequate safety training, electrical, chemical and
other hazards.
July 20 2010
U.S.
Department of Labor proposes $112,000 in fines against Home Depot USA
for chemical hazards and inadequate safety training.
July 19 2010
U.S.
Department of Labor's OSHA cites Jarden Home Brands for alleged safety
violations. Proposed
penalties totaling $197,500 were issued for electrical hazards,
inadequate lockout/tagout procedures and machine guarding, training
deficiencies in the use of forklift trucks...
July 12 2010
U.S.
Department of Labor proposes more than $69,000 in penalties against
Roll-Kraft for exposing workers to hazards. The
steel manufacturing facility was cited for failing to provide required
safety training and for not protecting workers against electrical and
machine hazards...
July 12 2010
U.S.
Department of Labor cites Krestmark Industries in Dallas for allegedly
lacking hearing conservation program and other safety and health
violations. A willful violation has been issued
for the company's failure to institute...
July 8 2010
Repeat
and serious safety hazards at 4 Xpect Discount locations in Connecticut
lead to $140,000 in US Labor Department OSHA fines for Ohio retailer.
Inspections found safety violations related to personal
protective equipment, forklift operator training, failure to maintain or
certify injury and illness logs...
July 6 2010
U.S.
Department of Labor files worker safety complaint against USPS.
Complaint requests enterprise-wide remedy, a 1st...
July 12 2010
OSHA
proposes $272,000 in fines against US Postal Service for exposing
workers to electrical hazards at Capitol Heights, Md., facility.
"These citations and sizable fines reflect the Postal
Service's failure to equip its workers with the necessary knowledge and
skills to safely work"...
June 28 2010
OSHA
proposes $430,000 in fines against US Postal Service for electrical
hazards at Scarborough, Maine mail processing facility.
"The Postal Service knew that proper and effective training
was needed for the safety of its workers but did not provide
it."...
June 15 2010
Employer
ordered by US Department of Labor to make amends to employee censured
for reporting work-related injury.
June 8 2010
OSHA
fines US Postal Service nearly $500,000 for exposing workers to
electrical hazards at two Philadelphia facilities. OSHA's
inspections found inadequately trained employees performing work without
the proper personal protective equipment while being exposed to live
parts...
May 26 2010
OSHA
orders United Parcel Service to compensate driver terminated for
refusing to drive due to safety concerns. OSHA
investigated the employee's allegation that UPS terminated his
employment in retaliation for his refusal to drive after raising safety
concerns and has ordered UPS to pay $111,008...
May 20 2010
OSHA
finds CSX Transportation Inc. retaliated against dispatcher who reported
safety concerns. The rail carrier was ordered to
rescind discipline and pay worker $5,000 in punitive damages...
May 10 2010
OSHA
finds Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. violated whistleblower law.
A whistleblower investigation by the U.S.
Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration
found that the company violated an employee's rights when he was absent
from work while recovering from an injury...
May 10 2010
US
Department of Labor's OSHA fines US Postal Service processing center
$210,000 for safety violations. OSHA's
inspection found that the postal service failed to provide required
electrical safety training for its workers; to ensure workers used
safety-related work practices while working on electrical equipment; and
to provide workers with appropriate personal protective equipment while
working on energized equipment...
May 10 2010
US
Department of Labor's OSHA proposes $217,000 in fines against US Postal
Service for electrical hazards at Denver mail processing facility.
OSHA's inspection found that employees were
performing testing on live electrical equipment and doing so without
adequate training, personal protective equipment and safety-related work
practices...
May 6 2010
US
Department of Labor's OSHA cites Varney, W.Va., lumber company for
failing to abate workplace safety and health hazards. OSHA
has cited Pineville Lumber Inc. for five violations, proposing penalties
totaling $189,730. OSHA's inspection found failure to properly
train workers operating powered industrial trucks, to properly guard
machinery, to provide an adequate hearing conservation program, to
complete required injury and illness logs...
April 28 2010
US
Department of Labor's OSHA fines Lowe's Home Center $110,000 for
recordkeeping violations at Cincinnati and Dayton stores. OSHA
requires employers to record and maintain occupational injuries and
illnesses on the OSHA 300 log. "Accurate records are an
important tool that employers and workers can use to identify hazards in
the workplace, and they also enable OSHA to better target its
resources."...
April 19 2010
OSHA
proposes $64,000 against Elk Grove, Ill.-based Ceva Freight for
forktruck-related safety violations. An inspection
revealed that the company allegedly did not ensure that industrial
trucks were properly inspected before use and for failing to provide
legible name plates on the trucks. Additionally, the company
failed to provide proper load backrest extensions and to take trucks
with safety defects out of service. The company has also been
cited for failure to record injury and illness logs on the OSHA 300 form
and to provide those forms to OSHA when requested...
April 19 2010
OSHA
proposes $130,800 in fines for Yonkers, NY, woodwork manufacturer for
fire, chemical and amputation hazards. An
employee sustained a partial hand amputation on an unguarded radial arm
saw. The ensuing OSHA inspection found that the blades on this and
other saws lacked the guarding designed to prevent this type of
accident. In addition, OSHA identified a range of mechanical,
chemical and fire hazards, including the accumulation of combustible
wood dust...
April 14 2010
US
Department of Labor's OSHA proposes $61,500 in penalties against
Fleetpride Inc. for safety violations. An
OSHA inspection alleges that the company had damaged, inoperable
emergency lighting; exit signs not illuminated; and a damaged fall
protection lanyard not taken out of service. The company was also
cited for improper personal protective equipment, no hazard assessment
certification, no personal protective equipment training certification
and no cover on an electrical box...
March 26 2010
OSHA
cites Fort Worth, Texas-based FWT Inc. for alleged workplace safety and
health violations. Proposed penalties total
$239,400 for OSHA citations that include failure to conduct noise
monitoring, to identify and evaluate respiratory hazards...
March 17 2010
OSHA
cites Pecos, Texas, manufacturing facility for alleged safety and health
hazards. OSHA has cited TransPecos Foods in
Pecos for alleged workplace safety and health violations following an
inspection at the company's facility on East Palmer Road. Proposed
penalties total $69,650 for failing to protect employees from exposed
electrical wires, to provide forklift inspections, to protect workers
from rotating parts, to provide a wash station for employees during the
use of corrosive chemicals and to train employees on hazard
communication...
March 17 2010
OSHA
fines Allentown, Pa., company $101,700 for failing to abate workplace
safety and health hazards. OSHA has cited
COMPUSPAR USA Inc. for failing to abate previously cited workplace
safety and health violations, including failure to maintain OSHA 300
logs; to develop and implement a hazard communication program; to train
employees on hazardous chemicals...
February 18 2010
OSHA
cites Cranesville Block Co. for safety and health hazards at Kingston,
NY, plant. OSHA has proposed $45,500 in fines
for alleged violations of health and safety standards after an
inspection prompted by employee complaints. Specific hazards
included blocked exits, workers lacking safety glasses and gloves when
working with acid, unlabeled containers of hazardous chemicals, unmarked
electrical equipment, exposed live electrical parts and moisture in
electrical equipment...
January 27 2010
OSHA
proposing more than $135,000 in penalties against Atlanta stone
countertop manufacturer for health hazards. Investigations
reveal exposure of workers to excess amounts of silica by not fully
implementing a respiratory protection program, failing to fully
implement a hearing conservation program and failing to establish a
written hazard communication program...
December 10 2009
OSHA
proposes more than $266,000 in penalties against manufacturer following
worker amputations. Crespac Inc. in Tucker, Ga.,
was cited for failure to ensure that all machines had proper safety
guards, functional emergency stop cords, usable safety interlock
switches, slippery and wet floors, lack of safety guards, machines with
broken parts, employee exposure to electrical shocks and hazardous
chemicals, insufficient respirator program....
December 8 2009
OSHA
fines Newark, NJ company more than $212,000 for workplace safety and
health hazards. OSHA initiated an inspection as
part of its proactive program targeting companies in industries with
high injury and illness rates. The company allegedly lacked an
adequate lockout procedure and machine guards, amongst other serious
violations....
December 1 2009
OSHA
proposes $58,100 in fines against Plainville, Mass., manufacturer after
worker loses tip of finger. Dale Medical
Products Inc. faces fines after worker's finger was pinched by a heat
seal bar used to seal plastic bags....
November 20 2009
OSHA
cites Washington, Ga., manufacturer for serious safety and health
violations following worker's partial amputation. OSHA
has proposed $41,700 in fines to Calloway Farms Manufacturing after a
worker slipped and suffered a partial amputation to both feet while
trying to remove an obstruction from a shaving machine. The violations
include the employer failing to provide workers with a written
bloodborne pathogens program and training...
October 28 2009
OSHA
proposes more than $42,000 in fines against New Balance Athletic Shoe for
electrical hazards at distribution center. OSHA's
inspection found unqualified employees working on electrical panels that
had not first been de-energized to prevent electric shock hazards.
In addition, the workers had not been trained in safe electrical work
practices, including the use of personal protective equipment...
October 27 2009
OSHA
cites Crane and Grain Service LLC for violations of the OSH Act.
The alleged serious violations stem from the employer using a flexible
cord that was not properly wired, improper use of ladders that were
damaged and lack of ladder training...
October 22 2009
OSHA
proposes nearly $113,000 in fines for electrical and other hazards at
armored car facility. The employers face
penalties, chiefly for electrical-related hazards, following OSHA
inspections opened in April in response to a complaint...
October 9 2009
OSHA
cites chemical recycling company following a fatality at Port Arthur,
Texas, worksite. OSHA began its investigation
following the death of a worker who was exposed to hydrogen sulfide.
A willful citation was issued for failing to provide a rescue team to
promptly respond to an emergency when workers enter a confined space...
October 7 2009
OSHA
cites Hingham, Mass., contractor for silica hazards on bridge restoration
in Melrose, Mass. Crystalline silica, a basic
component of soil, sand, granite and many other minerals, can be inhaled
when workers chip, cut, drill or grind objects that contain the
substance. It has been classified as a human carcinogen, and
breathing...
October 1 2009
OSHA
issues proposed rule to adopt the Globally Harmonized Hazard
Communication System. A proposed rule to align
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Hazard Communication
Standard (HCS) with provisions of the United Nations Globally Harmonized
System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GCS) ...
September 30 2009
Notice
of Injury and Illness Recordkeeping National Emphasis Program
September 29 2009
OSHA
levies nearly $295,000 in fines against Superior Dairy in Canton, Ohio. Hazards
identified as serious violations include electrical problems, safety
guarding of moving machinery parts, energy lockout deficiencies and
confined space entry violations ...
September 23 2009
OSHA
cites Toys R Us for exit access hazards at Bay Parkway store in
Brooklyn, N.Y. OSHA's inspection found hazards
that could impede the swift exit of workers from the store in the event
of a fire or other emergency. These included obstructed exit
access, missing or defective exit doors, an exit door that was painted
over and could not be opened, improper or inadequate signage, employees
not trained in fire extinguisher use and all fire extinguishers not kept
in their required locations ...
September 15 2009
OSHA
document describes silica control. A guidance
document has been recently published by the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration that addresses the control of worker exposure to
dust containing crystalline silica, known to cause the lung disease
silicosis...
September 9 2009
OSHA
issues final rule updating personal protective equipment standards.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) today published in the Federal Register a final
rule revising the personal protective equipment (PPE) sections of
standards concerning requirements for eye- and face- protective devices,
and head and foot protection ...
September 1 2009
Company's
failure to correct safety hazards results in additional $304,200 in
fines from US Labor Department's OSHA. Heberle
Disposal Service Inc. faces an additional $304,200 in fines for failing
to correct hazards cited during an inspection. A follow up
inspection found that five of the 12 cited hazards remained
uncorrected: improper transfer of flammable liquids; not ensuring
employees were competent to operate powered industrial trucks; not
informing and training employees about the hazardous chemicals in their
workplace; allowing spark-producing equipment near flammable paint spray
areas; and not determining an employee's medical fitness to wear a
respirator ...
August 7 2009
OSHA
levies $58,500 in proposed penalties against U.S. Postal Service in Eau
Claire, Wis. OSHA found alleged safety
violations including failure to provide powered industrial vehicle
refresher training and failure to ensure that workers performed daily
examinations of industrial trucks prior to the trucks being placed into
service...
July 30 2009
OSHA
cites company following fatality at Lincoln, Neb., worksite.
OSHA's investigation into a fatal accident where a worker fell from
an elevated platform that was affixed to a skid steer loader to the
concrete below found two alleged serious violations of the OSH
Act. The alleged serious violations stem from a lack of employee
training and the employer altering equipment to accommodate personnel
lifting without evaluating the equipment's ability to support the
alteration...
July 28 2009
OSHA
levies $85,360 in proposed penalties to Dehler Manufacturing for
workplace health violations. OSHA opened its
inspection in February after receiving a health hazard evaluation report
form the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
The ensuing inspection revealed hazards cited as serious which are
associated with hearing damage, lack of personal protective equipment,
potential exposure to hazardous chemicals and the lack of a hazard
communication program. Other violations address problems with the
respirator program, lack of medial evaluation and ...
July 6 2009
OSHA
proposes $189,000 in penalties against Montgomery, Ala., pallet
manufacturer for safety and health violations.
OSHA is issuing 30 safety and health citations against Kopac
International Corp., which does business as Southeast Pallet and Box in
Montgomery, Ala. The penalties follow inspections that uncovered
numerous workplace violations, including failure to establish a testing
program for noise exposure, to institute a training program on the
hazards of noise exposure, and to implement controls to reduce the level
of exposure. Other violations are being proposed against the
company for exposing employees to unsanitary conditions, electrical
hazards, failure to implement a hazard communication program...
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