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Texas company hit with $1 million+ in fines by OSHA

January 20, 2012

Cranes without brakes and band saws without guards were among the violations found by OSHA at a Houston, Texas company -- after an employee gave the agency the heads up.

Texas oil company sentenced to pay $12 million for Clean Air Act violations in LA

Workers used flare gun to re-light explosive gases

December 24, 2011

Pelican Refining Company LLC was sentenced this week in federal court to pay $12 million for felony violations was sentenced this week to pay $12 million for felony violations of the Clean Air Act and obstruction of justice charges.

Wall Street reforms will open mining companies' safety records

December 23, 2011

New rules adopted Wednesday by the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the disclosure of company safety information will affect mine operators as well as the financial industry, according to an AFL-CIO blog post.

Fines, citations follow worker death at Mo. recycling company

December 14, 2011

A Missouri recycling company faces 37 safety and health violations and fines totaling $195,930 after a worker fatality in June sparked an OSHA investigation.

Critics say justice not served by Upper Big Branch Mine settlement

December 7, 2011

An advocacy group is charging that the $209 million settlement in the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster announced yesterday does not serve justice, and that the mine operator should instead face criminal prosecution for the deaths of 29 workers in an explosion on April 5, 2010.

Report: MSHA mismanaging fine collection system

Statute of limitations runs out, lets most violators off hook

November 30, 2011

A new report says sloppy bookkeeping by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is allowing scofflaws to avoid paying fines -- particularly if they're patient.

Wisconsin workers exposed to crystalline silica

November 29, 2011

OSHA inspectors didn't have to use a GPS to find Northern Steel Casting, Inc. in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin: the company had already been inspected 24 times by agency personnel.

Last week in OSHA activity:

Dangerous overpass painting, lunching with cadmium and where's the eyewash?

November 28, 2011

From unnecessarily dangerous overpass painting to workers storing their lunches at cadmium-contaminated workstations, OSHA's recent citations and orders were directed at a range of employers including a construction company, a gun manufacturer, a sponge processor and a trucking company.

Log magic: Company improves safety record by deleting injuries

November 23, 2011

An Ohio company found a way to lower its above-average injury and illness rate: delete all recordable injuries from its log.

Workers hit by cranes; Legend Tube and Metal Sales cited

November 18, 2011

Workers were struck and injured by massive cranes two days in a row at a Cleveland worksite, prompting OSHA to launch an investigation leading to 21 citations against the company.