On Monday, The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued JE Amorello Inc. willful and serious citations for exposing workers to trenching hazards at a Quincy worksite. OSHA’s inspection found Amorello employees working in a trench deeper than 8 feet that lacked proper shoring or sloping…
The The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ended the year with a refreshed perspective on roofing worker safety, opting to replace the Clinton-era safeguards with a more robust directive to protect against falling accidents during residential construction jobs. According to Assistant Secretary of Labor for…
State fire investigators revealed on December 29, 2010, that a gas explosion which killed an electrician and injured three other workers and two firefighters last July at a Norfolk condominium building could have been prevented by the company in charge of filling the tank. Workers at the site said they…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has laid $238,000 worth of fines against the U.S. Postal Service for “willful and serious violations of safety standards” at the Central Massachusetts Processing and Distribution Center in Shrewsbury, Mass. Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Dr. David Michaels…
Earlier this month, a wall collapse at a sand plant in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin claimed the life of a 36-year-old worker. He was reportedly killed when a wall he was standing on collapsed, pinning him underneath and resulting in fatal compression injuries to his head and chest. According to reports,…
Officials say a 51-year-old worker died in a construction accident earlier this month. The accident victim was working as part of a crew that was widening a stretch of Illinois 146 between the intersection of Illinois 3 and East Cape. A section of the work zone reportedly collapsed, and the…
Contractors in Reading, Tewksbury, and Wakefield have been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for alleged safety violations. The proposed fines attached to these citations total $154,700. The bulk of the proposed fines were from issues such as cave-in and ladder hazards. OSHA began investigating in June when…
Following an explosion that injured a worker at a Salisbury maintenance facility in July, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a Massachusetts construction contractor with 11 alleged serious violations of safety standards. The citations carry a total of $44,000 in proposed fines. According to accident reports, the…
A New England construction accident resulted in the death of a worker earlier this month. Authorities say the 29-year-old man fell off the Deer Isle Bridge in Maine while working on the bridge. He reportedly fell about 40 feet and sustained massive head trauma. While en route to the hospital,…
The president of American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Daryl Hill, took part in an international assembly of occupational health and safety professionals in Saudi Arabia Monday and Tuesday, according to WorkersCompensation.com. Hill met with many ASSE members and conducted a presentation on contactor safety management. The meeting was sponsored…