FacilityBlog » Workplace_Fatalities

Decline in Workplace Injuries and Illnesses Reported

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:05:17 +0000

BLS announced that nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses among private industry employers declined in 2009 to a rate of 3.6 cases per 100 equivalent full time workers, down from a total case rate of 3.9 in 2008.

Continue reading Decline in Workplace Injuries and Illnesses Reported

17 Years After The Chicken Plant Fire (from The Workplace Safety Council)

Heidi Schwartz — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:47:15 +0000

[hamlet-nc-chicken-plant-fire-2_tn] On September 3, 1991 a fire in the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant in Hamlet, NC, claimed 25 lives and injured 54 employees. Locked emergency exits made it difficult for employees to exit the building during the fire.

Continue reading 17 Years After The Chicken Plant Fire (from The Workplace Safety Council)

OSHA Cites SeaWorld for Killer Whale Accident

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:08:34 +0000

OSHA has cited SeaWorld of Florida LLC for three safety violations, including one classified as willful, following the death of an animal trainer in February.

Continue reading OSHA Cites SeaWorld for Killer Whale Accident

ASSE Comments On 2009 BLS Work Fatalities Reduction Report

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:54:23 +0000

ASSE passes along its condolences to the families of the 4,340 people who lost their lives last year due to on-the-job injuries, according to a report just released by the BLS.

Continue reading ASSE Comments On 2009 BLS Work Fatalities Reduction Report

BP to Pay $50.6 Million Penalty for 2005 Refinery Explosion

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:49:49 +0000

Last week, OSHA announced that BP Products North America Inc. will pay a full penalty of $50.6 million stemming from the 2005 refinery explosion that killed 15 workers and injured 170 others.

Continue reading BP to Pay $50.6 Million Penalty for 2005 Refinery Explosion

OSHA Proposes New Worker Protection Rulemaking

Heidi Schwartz — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:20:17 +0000

The proposed rulemaking would require improved worker protection from tripping, slipping, and falling hazards on walking and working surfaces.

Continue reading OSHA Proposes New Worker Protection Rulemaking

This Day in Workplace History: Workers Memorial Day

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:27:33 +0000

In the aftermath of the recent fatal incidents this month, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on Workers Memorial Day, April 28, 2010.

Continue reading This Day in Workplace History: Workers Memorial Day

Facility Managers and Workplace Violence Prevention

George Deutsch — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:26:41 +0000

The recent death of Yale graduate student Annie Le and the subsequent arrest of lab technician Raymond J. Clark III — who is alleged to have murdered her — has thrust the topic of workplace violence back into the national headlines.

Continue reading Facility Managers and Workplace Violence Prevention

Workplace Deaths Decline, but Suicides on the Rise

George Deutsch — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:19:24 +0000

A report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that workplace-related fatalities fell by 10 percent in 2008. Last year there were 5,071 fatal work injuries in the U.S., down from 5,657 deaths in 2007. The new fatality figure represents the smallest total since the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries program was initiated in 1992. The new rate is 3.6 fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time workers, down from 4 fatal work injuries per 100,000 last year.

Continue reading Workplace Deaths Decline, but Suicides on the Rise

Tyson Foods Sentenced to Pay Fine for OSHA Violation That Led to Worker Death

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:48:35 +0000

Earlier this month, Tyson Foods Inc. was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Arkansas to pay the maximum fine for willfully violating worker safety regulations that led to a worker's death in its River Valley Animal Foods (RVAF) plant in Texarkana, AR.

Continue reading Tyson Foods Sentenced to Pay Fine for OSHA Violation That Led to Worker Death

Stronger Criminal Enforcement for Workplace Fatalities and Injuries

Heidi Schwartz — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:57:29 +0000

Change to Win Health and Safety Coordinator Eric Frumin called for stronger criminal sanctions for ignoring safety hazards that lead to a worker's death or serious injury.

Continue reading Stronger Criminal Enforcement for Workplace Fatalities and Injuries

Tyson Foods Pleads Guilty to OSHA Violation That Led to Worker Death

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:32:11 +0000

Settlement resolves court case from October 2003, which involved a Tyson maintenance employee who was overcome with hydrogen sulfide gas while repairing a leak from a hydrolyzer and later died.

Continue reading Tyson Foods Pleads Guilty to OSHA Violation That Led to Worker Death