Fed-OSHA proposes fine in employee’s death at Georgia company

Fed-OSHA has proposed nearly $168,000 in penalties for a Marietta, Georgia company in connection with the February death of fa 55-year-old forklift operator. Cited violations include alleged failure to train employees on operating powered industrial trucks safely and not inspecting or removing faulty forklifts from service. Atlanta Journal-Constitution

 

One company settles, three appeal citations for fatal nitrogen leak

Three companies cited by Fed-OSHA in July for the nitrogen leak that caused six deaths at a Georgia food processing plant are appealing the citations, while one has reached an informal settlement agreement. Gainesville Times

 

FDA warns healthcare employees to stop using N95 masks made by one Chinese manufacturer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert to health care providers about certain N95 respirator face masks, “because the company did not implement, maintain, and control a quality management system.” The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has revoked its approval of N95 respirator face masks manufactured by Shanghai Dashen Health Products Manufacturing Co. PennLive

 

Construction site fire leads to fatality in Kentucky

A dump truck caught on fire as construction crews were performing a welding job on its frame last week, killing one 31-year-old man and causing burn injuries to another at a worksite in Nicholasville, Kentucky. Jessamine Journal

 

U.S. Minerals admits to exposing employees to arsenic at Montana plant

U.S. Minerals last week pleaded guilty in federal court to exposing employees to elevated levels of arsenic at its Anaconda facility, a misdemeanor violation of the Clean Air Act. Montana Standard

 

New Jersey sober home allegedly failed to protect employees, residents from COVID-19

Fed-OSHA has cited a Monmouth County, New Jersey sober and transitional living facility for violations including not recording each work-related illness after 11 employees and 28 residents contracted the coronavirus earlier this year. NJ Advance Media