OSHA QuickTakes 04/15/15
- April 28 is Workers’ Memorial Day: Find an event near you
- New National Safety Stand-Down video unveiled
- OSHA requests information on protecting workers performing communication tower construction, maintenance work
- $3.5M in Susan Harwood grants now available
- NIOSH issues new report on carpal tunnel syndrome and musculoskeletal disorders in poultry processing plant
- OSHA cites Massachusetts roofing contractor after workers hospitalized in preventable break of overloaded scaffold
- Koser Iron Works in Wisconsin issued more than $102K in penalties for exposing workers to machine, fire and explosion hazards
- OSHA cites Florida contractor who exposed workers to 200-foot falls and silica dust at two work sites
- American Spincast Inc. in Belton, Texas, cited with 50 safety and health violations
- OSHA finds New York City Transit Authority retaliated against employee for participating in safety inspection and filing complaint
- Court orders dentist to pay $85K to employee fired for safety complaint
- OSHA and National Safety Council urge employers to protect workers from the dangers of distracted driving
- Alliance renewed to protect airline ground personnel
- New resources available on whistleblower protection
- New: Spanish-language Workers’ Rights video
- Economic Inequality: Cost of workplace injuries borne primarily by workers, their families, and taxpayers
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