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A guide is created providing examples of leading health metrics in the workplace. By Shereen Hashem May 14, 2021 The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and the association for scientists and professionals announced new guidelines for developing health metrics in the workplace. According to a press release, the leading health metrics guidelines are designed to prevent workplace illness and injury for workers to remain completely healthy. “The focus on identifying measures that occu...

Cal/OSHA Releases FAQ Answering COVID-19 Questions for the Workplace Vaccinated employees in California can come to work even if they’re exposed to someone with the disease. By Shereen Hashem May 14, 2021 Cal/OSHA issued a highly anticipated FAQ allowing employers to clearly know whether or not they can exclude fully vaccinated people from the workplace if they were exposed to someone with COVID-19. Prior to the FAQ released, fully vaccinated employees in California were required to stay h...

Batteries Might Prevent Workplace Injury An associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh leads a study to show AA batteries can measure shoe tread wear, leading to slips and falls. By Shereen Hashem May 13, 2021 Workplace injuries and deaths have a huge economic impact on the U.S. costing billions of dollars. According to the National Safety Council (NSC), work injury costs totaled $170.8 billion in 2018. One of the top causes was slip-and-fall injuries – an accident that can be comple...

OSHA Cites Six Contractors for Exposing Employees to Fall and Other Hazards $244,397 in penalties are distributed due to four willful and 35 serious violations for New Jersey, Pennsylvania companies. By Shereen Hashem May 13, 2021 Construction workers were put at risk of serious or fatal injuries to falls on the jobsite by six contractors building luxury single-family homes in Medford. The contractors failed to comply with federal requirements to prevent falls – the leading cause of death in ...

Lawnwise Inc. did not pay its employees for any overtime work. By Shereen Hashem May 11, 2021 The U.S. Department of Labor conducted an investigation at a lawn care company located near Franklin, TN. Lawnwise Inc. paid $39,373 in back wages to 31 workers after it was found that the employer violated the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Wage and Hour Division investigators found the company paid its workers a fixed salary plus commissions, regardless of the number of hours ...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo enforces a strict new law. By Shereen Hashem May 07, 2021 Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the New York Health and Essential Rights Act, or New York HERO Act (S.1034-B/A.2681-B). According to Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris and Assembly Member Karines Reyes, the bill, now a law, requires businesses to have enforceable safety standards to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 and other airborne diseases. “Too many workers have already sacrificed their health f...

Xylem Inc. faces a total of nine safety violations after an inspection. By Shereen Hashem May 05, 2021 OSHA cited Xlyem Inc. in Pewaukee, WI $234,054 for one willful and eight serious safety violations. A worker at a water technology facility suffered a serious injury when a guardrail loosened; he fell and struck his head on a support beam as he nearly lowered himself into a 30-foot deep water test pit, according to an article. On October 29, 2020, OSHA received the injury report. Inspectors de...

iSpice LLC faces $121,511 in penalties for an unsafe workplace. By Shereen Hashem May 04, 2021 iSpice LLC employers in Jackson, AL disregarded safety measures and failed to supervise employees. OSHA inspectors conducted an investigation at the global spice importer, processor and supplier and found that workers were exposed to amputation, struck-by, crushed-by and electrical hazards. According to a press release, the company faces $121,511 in penalties. OSHA found the employer allowed workers t...

Beverly Hills, FL Dollar Tree was cited $265,265 in penalties. By Shereen Hashem Apr 30, 2021 Dollar Tree workers have been exposed to hazardous working environments in stores across the country for years. OSHA hasn’t turned a blind eye. Since 2016, the administration inspected company locations more than 300 times. An October inspection in 2020 at a Dollar Tree store in Beverly Hills, Florida found the company exposed workers to fire, entrapment and struck-by hazards, blocked exit routes, im...

A California company was cited $108,300 for safety violations. By Shereen Hashem Apr 29, 2021 Cal/OSHA cited Sierra Pacific Industries $108,300 regarding workplace safety and health violations. This comes after an employee was fatally injured when a pipeline on an air compressor exploded in Lincoln, CA. On September 17, an employee working for the company was setting up a Quincy 300 Compressor when a pipeline on the air compressor exploded. According to a press release, pieces of the pipeline ...