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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) launched a safety campaign in West Virginia to protect summer construction workers against on-the-job injury.Year after year, construction remains at the top of the list in terms of work-related injuries and fatalities. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that 4,628 construction workers were killed on the job in 2012 -- roughly 89 construction worker fatalities per week or 12 per day. Granted, this is the second lowest number sinc …

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Is launching an investigation into the deaths of two workers at Amazon fulfillment centers.The first incident occurred on December 4, 2013, when 57-year-old temporary worker Ronald Smith was dragged by a conveyor belt. While Smith survived the initial incident, he died soon after at the hospital from complications. The Amazon temp worker had four children and seven grandchildren.The second incident occurred less than 6 month later on …

Detroit-based Nicholson Terminal & Dock Co. is being $168,700 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for a 2013 incident which resulted in the death of a worker.On November 19, 2013, a worker stationed at the company's marine terminal was struck and killed by a 62,000-pound forklift carrying nearly 40,000 pounds of steel.Following the deadly incident, OSHA officials immediately launched an investigation to determine exactly what caused the worker's death. According to O …

The Occupational Safety and Healthy Administration (OSHA) issued $24,000 in citations to Chevron USA, Inc. for a deadly November 2013 explosion at the company's Pascagoula plant that killed a worker.Following the deadly incident, OSHA officials immediately began a month-long investigation to determine the exact cause and whether or not it could have been prevented. According to OSHA's report, the explosion began as a result of a widespread power outage throughout the facility. 46-year-old&n …

Republic Steel, one of the country's largest producers of steel, agreed to pay a $2.4 million settlement to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration(OSHA) for a range of alleged health and safety violations at four of its properties. In total, there were over 100 noted violations identified at the plants in Lorain, Canton, Massillon and Blasdell,According to a report by OSHA, Republic Steel failed to protect workers against falls; failed to protect workers whom maintained and serviced h …