Latest OHS News
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- General Mills fined $850 following worker's death
<p>Food giant General Mills has been fined $850 for a safety violation at a plant in the US where a worker was killed last year.</p> - No One Punished for Fatal Accident at US Steel
<p>An accident that killed Nick Revetta, a U.S. Steel worker outside of Pittsburgh has gone unpunished, with not even the slightest citation being issued for an explosion that was the result of a leak gas pipe.</p> - Seventy-two percent of teenagers experienced reduced hearing ability after attending concert
<p>M. Jennifer Derebery, MD, House Clinic physician, along with the House Research Institute tested teens' hearing before and after a concert and presented the study findings at the American Otologic Society meeting on April 21, 2012.</p> - Clifton company facing $77,500 in fines from OSHA
<p>A Clifton scrap metal recycler is facing $77,500 in fines for 19 workplace safety and health violations, including several repeat violations, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Monday.</p> - OSHA fines brought to federal court
<p>The U.S. Department of Labor is asking a federal appeals court to enforce payment of more than $100,000 in safety violation fines owed by a Concord construction company owner.</p> - Suspect's family blames system for death of mental health care worker
<p>A makeshift memorial took shape Monday where mental health care worker Jennifer Warren was killed Sunday allegedly by Brent Redd, a patient she was delivering medication.</p> - Savannah River Mill honored for 1M safe hours
<p>Georgia-Pacific CEO and President Jim Hannan awarded the Savannah River Mill for more than 1 million work hours without losing any time to an accident.</p> - OSHA cites builder in NYC collapse that killed 1
<p>The Supreme Court won't reduce the $675,000 verdict against a Boston University student who illegally downloaded 30 songs and shared them on the Internet.</p> - OSHA cites builder in NYC collapse that killed 1
<p>The Supreme Court won't reduce the $675,000 verdict against a Boston University student who illegally downloaded 30 songs and shared them on the Internet.</p> - OSHA cites builder in NYC collapse that killed 1
<p>More than 100 abandoned buildings in Rio de Janeiro are in such poor condition they are at risk of collapsing, the head of a regional engineering agency said Wednesday, a day after part of a two-story building crumbled in the Olympic city's colonial downtown.</p> - OSHA concerned about NJ construction site falls
<p>Federal labor officials want construction companies in New Jersey to ensure that employees working above 6 feet have the proper equipment to protect themselves from falls.</p> - How Not to Make Us Safer: Reduce Oversight of our Nuclear Weapons
<p>The House version of the FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act marks a major step backwards for health, safety, security, and financial oversight at the nation's nuclear weapons laboratories.</p> - OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?
<p>As the federal agency responsible for enforcing workplace safety, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is often at the center of controversy.</p> - OSHA Posts New Materials For Variance Approval Process
<p>To make the process of applying for a variance more transparent and straightforward, OSHA has posted new application forms and checklists to its Variances page .</p> - In U.S. Steel town, fatal gas explosion goes unpunished by OSHA
<p>Each year, some 4,500 American workers die on the job and 50,000 perish from occupational diseases.</p> - "I Always Knew Somebody Would Get Killed Inside That Place"
<p>Early on the morning of September 3, 2009, Nicholas Adrian Revetta left the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, suburb of Pleasant Hills and drove 15 minutes to a job at US Steel's Clairton Plant, a soot-blackened industrial complex on the Monongahela River.</p> - Worker Death Leads to $473K Fine for Illinois Manufacturer
<p>The U.S. <a href="http://www.topix.com/law/employment-labor" class="xref">Department of Labor</a>'s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Raani Corp.</p> - Worker's death in keg explosion puzzles beer brewers
<p>The untimely death last month of a local brewery worker has left unanswered questions for some beer producers around the country, who remain unsettled by the news that a plastic keg somehow ruptured and fatally wounded a Redhook Ale Brewery employee.</p> - Pike builders group offers safety course
<p>Pike County Builders Association will present a 10-hour Construction Safety Course, through the partnership with Pennsylvania Builders Association and Occupational Safety and Health Administration training academies and instructors, to its members and others exposed to potential hazards at their workplace.</p> - Coast Guard investigation into death aboard fishing vessel ongoing
<p>A preliminary report for the Coast Guard investigation into a death onboard the locally based fishing vessel, Carol Linda, can be expected by the end of next week says Coast Guard Lt.</p>








