• Employers and safety professionals share their efforts to protect workers from heat illness
• OSHA kicks off ‘Hear and Now – Noise Safety Challenge’
• Company fined $320K after worker falls to death at facility cited for similar hazards 4 months earlier
• Alabama tubing manufacturer faces nearly $200K in fines for fall, electric shock, unguarded equipment and other hazards
• OSHA cites Georgia feed mill, contractors after dust explosion kills 1 and injures 5
• Missouri aluminum foundry fined more than $100K after maintenance technician is fatally crushed by 2-ton machine part
• New York company that exposed workers to mercury poisoning fined $142K
• State Plan enforcement cases
• OSHA seeks member nominations for Federal Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
• OSHA engineers help uncover and prevent causes of structural collapse
• State initiatives educate young workers on occupational hazards and their right to a safe workplace
• OSHA Construction Safety and Health Conference Oct. 26-27 in Irving, Texas
• New York state Safe Patient Handling Conference to be held Sept. 21-22
• OSHA recognizes John Elway auto dealerships in Colorado for outstanding safety and health program
• New resources highlight tractor safety and methylene chloride hazards
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• Wisconsin shipyard faces nearly $1.4M in penalties for exposing workers to lead, and other hazards
• OSHA wants to hear how employers are keeping workers safe from the heat
• New York manufacturer fined $197K after failing to correct combustible dust, explosion hazards despite 2015 fire
• Colorado steel mill fined $103K for exposing workers to hazards
• Macy’s and The Finish Line face more than $103K in penalties for blocked exits, electrical and other hazards at Florida store
• Staffing agencies and manufacturers jointly fined for endangering workers in Alabama and Texas
• State Plan enforcement cases
• Settlement reached in case of worker fired after multiple reports of mold hazards
• U.S. Steel reaches settlement with OSHA on United Steelworkers disciplined over injury reporting policy
• OSHA calls on Philadelphia construction companies to prevent worker falls after five tragic incidents in one month
• OSHA, Better protections and services: OSHA and WHD ally with New York Workers’ Comp Board
• Free training offered at Montana safety event
• Arkansas grain-handling facility recognized for outstanding workplace safety
• NIOSH’s Engineering Controls Database can help employers reduce risk of workplace illnesses and injuries
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