Texas Storage Tank Manufacturing Facility Exposed Employees to Serious Workplace Hazards FORT WORTH, Texas – May 2019 OSHA Enforcement Activity: OSHA has cited Molding Acquisition Corp. - operating as Rotoplas - for failing to protect employees from serious safety hazards at its location in Fort …
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dormakaba USA Recalls Stanley Commercial Hardware Locksets Due to Risk of Entrapment in an Emergency
Name of product: Door locksets Recall date: December 12, 2018 Recall number: 19-046 Units: About 13,500 (in addition, about 800 were sold in Canada and about 200 were sold in Mexico) Hazard: The lockset can fail to open, posing an entrapment hazard and inability to vacate a …
Stand Down – Not Up – For Safety
5th Annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls Begins May 7 OSHA will hold its annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls May 7-11. The event encourages companies and workers to pause during the workday for topical discussions, safety demonstrations, and training in hazard …
Contractor Cited for Exposing Workers to Trenching, Other Safety Hazards
OSHA has cited excavation contractor Kamphuis Pipeline Company for exposing employees to trench cave-ins and other serious hazards while installing water metering pits and lines. The company faces proposed penalties of $454,750. OSHA inspected the Logan and Kidder Counties water project site in …
OSHA Cites Plastics Manufacturer for Workplace Safety Failures
After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), New Jersey plastics manufacturer Douglas Stephen Plastics Inc. has been cited for exposing employees to safety and health hazards at its Paterson, New Jersey, facility. OSHA proposed …
Farm Supply Company Cited for Operating Damaged Forklift
OSHA cited Rural King Supply Inc., a national farm supply company, for failing to maintain forklifts properly at its facility in Xenia, Ohio. The company faces proposed penalties of $258,672. OSHA responded to complaints that Rural King Supply Inc. allowed employees to operate a damaged forklift, …