MSHA Releases January Impact Inspection Results
Posted on Feb 27, 2014 in Construction | 0 comments
The Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal mine inspectors issued 198 citations during special impact inspections conducted at 11 coal and 3 metal mines in January 2014. The most substantial citations were directed at a West Virginia coal mine and a New York surface shale operation. The issued citations included a variety of safety hazards such as failure to...
OSHA Issues Substantial Proposed Penalties to Rubber Products Manufacturer Following Workplace Incident for Absence of Machine Safeguards
Posted on Feb 27, 2014 in Construction, OSHA | Comments Off on OSHA Issues Substantial Proposed Penalties to Rubber Products Manufacturer Following Workplace Incident for Absence of Machine Safeguards
OSHA has cited a manufacturer of rubber products for the oil and gas industry with a proposed penalty of $560,000 in the wake of an incident where a worker’s arms were crushed by a machine. The citations, including eight willful violations, were issued for allegedly failing to provide machine guarding to protect the operator and other workers in the machine area from hazards created...
Aluminum Plant Worker Cannot Prove that Exposure to High Energy Machinery’s Radiation Contributed to Development of Brain Cancer
The Court of Appeals of North Carolina affirmed the State Industrial Commission’s denial of a claim for workers’ compensation, which alleged that a decade of working next to a machine that transmitted x-rays as part of the aluminum foil manufacturing process contributed to the worker’s brain cancer. Citing the device’s radiation protection shield, the inability of a worker to get...OSHA Proposes Significant Fine for Allegedly Disabling Preventative Guard in Manufacturing Process
OSHA has proposed a substantial $697,700 fine to a manufacturer of welded wire products including wire mesh following the death of a worker who allegedly was struck by a part that fed wire into a machine’s welding area when he entered the machine to retrieve a fallen part. According to the proposed OSHA violations, the part that would have automatically turned the machine off and...Citations Vacated for Coal Mine Operator in Dozer Incident Involving Gas Pipeline
Posted on Feb 12, 2014 in Construction | 0 comments
The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission affirmed an ALJ ruling to vacate proposed penalties for a large surface coal mine operator stemming from an explosion in which the operator of a bulldozer ruptured a gas line and was killed in West Virginia in January 2006. The proposed penalties were assessed for failing to adequately comply with the requirement of 30 C.F.R. §...
Ohio District Judge Dismisses All Claims Except Negligence Claims in Alleged Widespread Toxic Waste Disposal Suit
Posted on Feb 10, 2014 in Construction, Energy/Environmental, Process Safety, Product Liability | Comments Off on Ohio District Judge Dismisses All Claims Except Negligence Claims in Alleged Widespread Toxic Waste Disposal Suit
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio dismissed wrongful death, personal injury, and property damage claims brought by a group of 58 Sandusky County, Ohio residents against a manufacturing company related to its disposal of toxic waste. The plaintiffs had alleged that the company used a type of paint in its manufacturing processes that when combusted, produced...
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