OR-OSHA files complaint against county commissioner

Oregon OSHA has filed a complaint against Coos County commissioners, including one who allegedly did not wear a mask during a meeting August 17, when a large group of people reportedly showed up unmasked, demanding the commissioners defy the state’s mask mandate. KPIC

Employee electrocuted at Staten Island recycling plant

A 23-year-old man working at a recycling plant on Staten Island was fatally electrocuted on Friday by by a steel-framed rock crushing machine. Fed-OSHA was notified. silive.com

Emergency calls detail Las Vegas supermarket collapse

Recently released 911 calls detail the moments after the front awning of an east Las Vegas supermarket partially collapsed on August 13, briefly trapping about 25 people inside and injuring four. Nevada OSHA is investigating the incident. Las Vegas Review-Journal

Employee killed at Kentucky plastics plant

A 63-year-old man died last week after an accident involving an injection molding machine at a plastics plant near Lexington, Kentucky. The employee reportedly shut off the press, engaged the safety bolts, and climbed inside the machinery after it became stuck, but the one of the bolts reportedly broke, causing the machinery to come down on him. NewsNationUSA

Fines appealed after nitrogen kills 6 at Georgia plant

Three of four companies are appealing federal workplace safety fines following a liquid nitrogen leak in a freezer line that killed six workers at a Georgia poultry processing plant in late January. Employees reportedly tried to flee, but found some exits blocked or obstructed, investigations have found. Island Packet