Agency says manufacturer could have prevented an electrician from suffering severe burns during an electrical arc blast if required safety standards were followed.
In November 2023, OSHA investigators opened a complaint inspection after they observed employees not wearing protective equipment during structural demolition of a former hospital in Illinois.
As part of the rulemaking process, the agency will seek and consider input from a ride range of stakeholders and the public at-large as it works to propose and finalize its rule.
Nobody in manufacturing deliberately violates regulations or stirs an unplanned shutdown yet machinery-related injuries consistently make the top 10 list of OSHA violations.
11th annual National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction takes place from May 6-10. The event focuses attention on preventing the industry’s leading cause of worker deaths.