Articles Tagged with ''OSHA violations''

Inspectors witnessed employees and subcontractors lacking fall protection on multiple occasions and two separate sites.

The agency determined the 3M Company violated federal regulations for the control of hazardous energy during set-up, servicing and operation of the machine. 

Fall Protection – General Requirements remains at the top of the list for the 13th year in a row.

The settlement agreement requires Dollar Tree and Family Dollar to conduct a comprehensive, nationwide assessment of the root causes of the violations OSHA has repeatedly cited at multiple stores, with a plan to identify causes and make operational changes to correct them within a two-year period.

OSHA inspections at Dollar General stores commonly find aisles, emergency exits, fire extinguishers and electrical panels blocked by stored merchandise and other materials, and boxes stacked unsafely. 

While working the overnight sanitation shift at an Ohio food processing plant, a temporary worker suffered critical injuries that led to an amputation after falling into an industrial blender he was cleaning.

Soon after federal workplace safety inspectors arrived at a Dollar Tree store in Mount Pleasant, Texas, they found the national discount retailer again shortchanging employee safety – continuing a pattern of disregard dating back to 2017 – by allowing storeroom merchandise to block exits and walkways and stacking boxes high enough to fall on workers.

Federal workplace safety inspectors, once again, found that the world’s largest e-commerce company exposed workers to hazardous conditions at one of its distribution centers. 

The OSHA standard on machine guarding is one of the top 10 most frequently penalized OSHA standards for FY 2022. 

The OSHA standard on eye and face protection is one of the top 10 most frequently penalized OSHA standards for FY 2022.