What Will Starbucks Do About Decaf?
- Coffee changes may be coming to Walt Disney World because of its safety-questionable decaf option
- Yes, that’s right. It has been reported by a few publications that decaf offered at coffee shops, including Starbucks, goes through a process using Methylene chloride to remove the caffeine from beans.
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the chemical is a volatile colorless liquid used in paint thinner, among other things. It poses a potential safety threat to employees who decaffeinate beans. The EPA has banned the chemical in most applications.
- Starbucks and Joffrey are ubiquitous at Disney World, so an alternative may be in the works, but it may change where the companies get their beans. Stay tuned.
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Numerous Investigations On-going at Key Bridge
- Jeffery Pritzker, the president of Brawner, isn’t sure that the company could have taken any more safety precautions than it already had it place, when the Key Bridge collapsed.
- Brawner is the company that was was working on Key Bridge when it collapsed. Six workers were killed. He says no one could have predicted such a tragedy.
- Several agencies, including Maryland’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration continue to investigate. MOSH is trying to determine proper communication a preparations were in place.
- In addition to MOSH, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Coast Guard are also investigating.
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Husband Sues Health Care Provider
- The husband of a nurse who was murdered by a resident at a half way house, is suing the company.
- Ronald Grayson is suing Elara Caring, its affiliated companies, and others for undisclosed damages.
- The lawsuit states that Elara employees faced constant danger including, kicking, hitting, chasing, and assaults. The suit maintains the company did nothing about it, despite being told.
- OSHA hit Elara with a $160,000 fine in connection with the Grayson’s death. Elara says the accusations are unfounded.
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Glass Company fined over $100,000 by OSHA
- Chicago-based Gerreshimer Glass Co. is facing over six violations, after an investigation from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, including six serious citations.
- According to the OSHA citation, the company failed to keep walking and working services cleaned and maintained. Employees were also exposed to machine hazards that can cause injury, including amputation and crushing.
- A Repeat Serious citation says that Gerreshimer did not provide proper training for its employees.
- The citations are the result of a follow up from a 2022 inspection of the plant.
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Baking Company Owes Dough to OSHA
- A Wisconsin Bakery is facing over $200,000 in fines.
- A Bakery owned by Pan-O-Gold Baking Co., was cited by OSHA for a 2023 incident, after an employee got his hand caught in a bread machine. The company failed to report the injury.
- Pan-O-Gold has a pattern of injuries going back to 2019, including amputations. It’s injury rate is 160% higher than the average rate in the industry.
- The company has been fined for two repeat safety violations and six serious violations.
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Work Injuries Claim Victims Across the Country
- A teen worker is in serious condition after suffering a fall from a roof. He was performing a roof repair when h fell. It is revealed he has head trauma. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been notified.
- Another worker in Illinois seriously injured his leg in a grain elevator. He was not trapped in grain as originally thought. He was operating a skid loader when he backed into another piece of equipment.
- A Georgia church worker suffered burn injuries when he came into contact with electrical wires. He was laying HDMI cables. When emergency workers arrived, the worker was hanging from the ceiling.
- A New York sanitation worker was truck by a police vehicle. He was performing his sanitation duties outside a theater for the performing arts, when he was struck. He has a broken collar bone.
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