Printing temporarily halted at New York newspaper plant after employee injury

An employee was flown to a Syracuse hospital Saturday evening, after an employee’s hand became lodged in a print roller while setting up a newspaper press for a print run at a printing facility in Watertown, New York. A company executive decided to halt printing Sunday’s issue of the newspaper as a result of the incident. WWNY

Mobile dredging equipment manufacturer fined $89K in employee’s fatality

Fed-OSHA has fined a Mobile, Alabama equipment manufacturer more than $89,000 after investigating the death of a 22-year old employee who became caught in a cane trolly’s driveshaft in January. The agency found the employer failed to make sure employees were removed from the structure of the crane, or the path of any moving components while the crane was in use. WKRG

Falling pipe kills Connecticut construction employee

Fed-OSHA is investigating after an employee of a construction contractor was struck and killed by a falling pipe Thursday afternoon in Redding, Connecticut. News Times

Ohio: County health department made recommendations to water park days after teen’s death

Butler County, Ohio health officials received a complaint about a water park park the same day a 14-year-old girl died after while swimming without a life jacket and being pulled from the water there, records show. A person reportedly called the health department July 20 and said she was at the park on July 17 and it was “over capacity” with about 600 people and no adult supervision. WCPO

Correction: South Carolina OSHA says federal COVID-19 emergency standard not in effect

A recently published alert explaining the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s issuance of a press release announcing that the state has decided to issue a general infectious disease standard as an alternative to Fed-OSHA’s COVID-19 emergency temporary standard for the health care industry, was in error, according to Jonathan Crotty of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP. The South Carolina OSHA representative said that because of its decision to issue a separate standard, the federal emergency standard is not in effect in South Carolina. JD Supra