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Entries Tagged Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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Trenching Deaths More Than Double in 2016
“Never again” he wrote on his Facebook page after a trench he was working in collapsed in May. A month later, he was dead...
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Building a Culture of Safety
In 1971, OSHA was created mostly because companies and employees were not committed enough — or able — to take care of...
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OSHA Kicks Off ‘Hear and Now - Noise Safety Challenge’
The U.S. Department of Labor is challenging inventors and entrepreneurs to help develop a technological solution to workplace noise exposure and related...
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Trench Collapse Kills Worker In Minnesota
A worker in Minnetonka, Minnesota, died last week following a trench collapse.According to a report by Fox 9, Jimmy Klous, 48, was...
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Backhoe Strikes, Kills Sewer Worker
Donald “Cary” Smith Jr., 56, died one day after he was struck by a backhoe while on a job in New Haven,...
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OSHA Cites Nebraska Contractors in Fatal Cave-In
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited a Nebraska contractor with five serious violations and $31,000 in fines following...
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Sewer Contractor Fined Again for Safety Violations
OSHA cited Kellenberger Plumbing & Underground earlier this month for one willful and one serious safety violation for not providing cave-in protection or having a competent person...
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Warning: Heat Can Kill
Professional football players are tough. But more teams are outfitting their training camps with kiddie pools — a simple way to help...
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Why I Work Safe
I am constantly asked, "What’s going to happen to me, or my company with OSHA or the Department of Labor if I have a...
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Contractor Faces $174,000 in Fines for Fatal Cave-In
Twenty-one-year-old Jacob Casher was still a “new guy” employed by a Beaver, Pennsylvania-based plumbing company when he left home for work in September...
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Worker Dies Installing Sewer Lines
A 61-year-old plumber died after a trench in which he was working collapsed on him. Jim Spencer of Minatare, Nebraska, was installing...
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Waterblasting Basics: Proper PPE
Every year, heedless waterjetting contractors needlessly expose their employees to serious injuries — possibly even death — and make their companies vulnerable to...
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Sewer Worker Dies After Falling Into Manhole
A 65-year-old worker died earlier this month after falling 50 feet into an open manhole. The man was part of a crew...













