The following incidents were enforced with large fines as the result of a failure to adhere to safety practices on the worksite and the companies complete non compliance in many workers safety statutes outlined by OSHA to be followed in order to save lives. Many times the result was not just a very large fine ...
All posts tagged Regulations
OSHA Top Ten Highest Company Fines Countdown
July 20, 2012
Posted by Tool Up on July 20, 2012
http://www.toolup.com/blog/osha-top-ten-oshas-highest-company-fines-part-1/
OSHA Top Ten Companies Fined: Part 2
July 18, 2012
OSHA’s Top Ten Highest Fined Companies Countdown 4, 5, and 6 The actual company names have been omitted. 4. Company D – $949,800 Sumner, TX at a Manufacturer 7 willful citations – failure to provide fall protection, adequate machine guarding, failure to provide proper eye protection, & failure to establish & maintain an audiometric testing program. 26 ...
Posted by Tool Up on July 18, 2012
http://www.toolup.com/blog/osha-top-ten-companies-fined-part-2/
OSHA Top Ten Most Fined Companies Part 3
July 17, 2012
Osha’s top Ten Companies Fined: Part 3 Companies 7 – 10 Note: the actual names of the company have been changed. 7. Company G – $729,000 Geneseo, IL, and Annawan, IL at a Grain elevator 17 willful citations- 8 instances of directing workers to enter workspaces where grain built up on the sides could fall and ...
Posted by Tool Up on July 17, 2012
http://www.toolup.com/blog/osha-top-ten-fined-companies/
Forklifts and Heavy Machinery: Safety Tips and Statistics
May 2, 2012
Its interesting to note that 100 employees are killed and over 95,000 are injured while operating powered industrial machinery such as forklifts and heavy machinery. Forklift turnovers alone account for a significant number of these fatalities.Most of these fatalities and injuries happen from playing around with the heavy machinery while on the job site. Heavy ...
Posted by Tool Up on May 2, 2012
http://www.toolup.com/blog/forklifts-heavy-machinery-safety/
Scaffold Safety
April 30, 2012
Every single day 2.3 million construction workers are working on scaffolds, thats a whopping 65% of the construction industry! Proper safety measures would prevent the estimated 4,500 injuries and 50 fatalities each year. ” 72% of workers injured in scaffold accidents attributed the accident either to the planking or support giving way, or to the employee ...
Posted by Tool Up on April 30, 2012
http://www.toolup.com/blog/scaffold-safety/
