Fed-OSHA Investigating fall injury on ‘Tales of the Walking Dead’ set

Fed-OSHA has launched an investigation into last Monday’s accident on the Georgia set of Tales of the Walking Dead, where a crew member fell from the top deck of a riverboat, struck a railing on the lower level and fell into the lake at Stone Mountain Park. Production on the show was temporarily suspended but resumed on Wednesday. Deadline

Nebraska processing plant sentenced after failing to report employee injuries

A New Jersey-based coop that operated a processing plant in Hastings, Nebraska has been fined $3,000 for failing to report employees’ injuries to the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court, according to the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office. KLKN

News station obtains documents related to fatal Oklahoma dam explosion

Documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act raise questions about whether the May 2021 deaths in a dam explosion of two drilling company employees in Locust Grove, Oklahoma, could have been prevented. An explosion caused by a pocket of naturally forming gas trapped the two men, who were working inside an inspection shaft 80-feet below the surface. Fed-OSHA, which issued $190,000 in fines, found eight violations, including lack of required safety harnesses and failure to report the deaths to Fed-OSHA within eight hours. Fox 23 News (Tulsa) [with video]

Study finds state of Oregon failed farmworkers during COVID

Among other findings, researchers have found Oregon agricultural employees often were not provided masks, nor where they properly informed in their native languages about where to get vaccinated, during the pandemic. The report also finds OR-OSHA ignored those conditions, which the agency denies. Data shows OR-OSHA issued 22 COVID-related citations to agricultural companies between March 2020 and March 2023, but that none of the violations were deemed willful. Oregon Capital Chronicle

Wife of fallen Illinois fireman seeks accountability for mistakes

The Illinois Department of Labor released a report detailing its findings in the line of duty death of a Sterling fireman who died in December after the floor collapsed beneath him while fighting a house fire. Illinois OSHA found the direct cause of his death was exposure to respiratory hazards, but it also found 11 other indirect causes. His widow has emailed the report to more than 200 fire departments across Illinois to promote awareness of the cited hazards. WQAD