OSHA proposed fines of $171,300 to Bath Iron Works for violations of workplace safety standards at its shipyad in Augusta, ME.  Included in the electrical hazards was an unqualified employee operating an overhead crane, unguarded electrical equipment, and exposed and damaged electrical sheathing. Click here to read the OSHA News Release dated 4/2/12.

OSHA cited BWAY Corp of Atlanta, GA, for safety & health violations at its Dayton, NJ, plastics manufacturing facility.  Repeat violations included failure to develop lockout/tagout procedures for energy sources of specific equipment, conduct and certify monthly crane hook inspections, and protect electrical live parts with approved enclosures.  Serious violations included failure to ensure that [...]

OSHA issued 13 violations to Sanoh America Inc. of Findlay, OH, proposing penalties of $83K.   A repeat violation was issued for failure to develop, document and utilize procedures to control potentially hazardous energy in relation to an incident that occurred in 2011.  Twelve serious violations involved  failing to install energy-isolating devices where needed, isolate energy [...]

Bridgford Foods Corp of Chicago was cited by OSHA for 22 safety & health violations.  Included were serious electrical safety violations such as not enclosing live electrical equipment, missing electrical ground pins, not inspecting the power cords of damaged equipment and not covering unused circuit breakers.  Serious health violations included failure to provide annual hazardous material technical-level [...]

Bradken, Inc., a producer of large steel alloy castings for mining, freight rail, and steel industries worldwide, has been cited for 27 serious violations & 7 other-than-serious violations.  The serious violations include failure to: repair damaged and unguarded electrical equipment, ensure accessibility to electrical shut-off devices,  ground electrical equipment, properly splice electrical cords, and regularly [...]

OSHA proposed $178k in penalties to the manufacturer of Chobani Greek Yogurt.  Included in the 34 violations of workplace safety and health standards were failure to train employees in electric safety-related work practices, and lack of PPE for employees working on live electrical equipment. Click here to read the OSHA News Release dated 3/14/12.

OSHA has proposed $47.6k in penalties to International Stone, Inc., of Woburn, MA, for 11 workplace safety  violations.  Included are:  unapproved electrical equipment and outlets used in wet locations, blocked access to circuit breakers,  ungrounded, spliced and misused extension cords, and worn out and illegible control buttons for a crane used to lift and move slabs of marble [...]

Hobart Brothers Co. of Troy, OH, was cited with 55 safety & health violations, with proposed penalities of $174K.  OSHA focused on this company due to higher-than-average injury and illness rates.  Included in the serious safety violations were failures to isolate energy sources, provide lockout/tagout procedures for the energy sources of equipment, train workers on [...]

AGrowStar, LLC, of Fort Valley, GA, was cited by OSHA for 20 serious and 2 other-than-serious violations, with proposed penalties of $74k.  Included was failure to develop and implement lockout/tagout procedures for energy sources, annual training for employees exposed to fire or explosion hazards, securing a permit prior to entering a confined space to perform [...]

OSHA proposed $91k in penalties against Yaskawa America, Inc., of Oak Creek, WI, for allowing a worker to come in contact with exposed and energized parts without the appropriate PPE.   Yaskawa America was cited with 6 safety — including 1 willful – violations, 3 serious safety violations, and 2 other-than-serious violations. The worker received an [...]