News from the Safety Industry

September 25, 2019

Many employers know that in particular circumstances, OSHA can issue criminal sanctions. However, what employers may not know is that OSHA has also been referring workplace safety violations to state district attorney offices in fatality cases.

After one employee fell and died in 2017, Ohio county court sentenced Jim Coon to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. The court’s action follows an OSHA finding that Coon knowingly failed to install appropriate fall protection systems.

A tortilla company is cited and fined $81,682 for exposing employees to amputation hazards in Labelle, Florida.

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September 23, 2019    U.S. Department of Labor Cites Masonry Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Silica and Other Hazards

RMS Utilities Inc. from Alamosa, Colorado is facing $92,819 in fines after employees were almost buried in a trench collapse.

The Z10 system-based standard is committed to reducing workplace injuries, saving lives, and maximizing financial performance. As of late, ASSP released a revised ANSI/ASSP Z10.0-2019 standard.

To assist you in building your own full-service safety program, J. J Keller's trusted team of in-house subject-matter experts have compiled the ten questions they're most frequently asked regarding written safety plans below.

There are often gray areas with injury and illness recordkeeping where it is not clear whether an injury meets the recording criteria, or in some cases, how and where the injury should be recorded.