Biggest OSHA Fines of Q1

• One employer was initially fined over $1 million in the first quarter of 2024
• Fall protection and trench collapses led the way for the largest citations.
• Some of the biggest safety violators were fined for repeat violations, as well as serious and willful.
• OSHA lists the top six.
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Health Care Facility Facing Multiple Fines

• A large Florida health care facility operator has been fined over $100,000 in safety violations.
• The proposed fines levied against Circle of Care, are the result of serious injuries suffered by a health care worker at the hands of a patient in 2023.
• This is this is third time in five years an investigation has revealed the company’s failure to keep workers safe.
• The violations include a repeat and serious violation and one less than serious for failing to report the work-related accident to OSHA within 24 hours.
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OSHA Moves on Heat

• The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule on heat is moving closer to publication.
• The proposed rule especially emphasizes heat protections for vulnerable seasonal labor.
• OSHA continues to conduct heat hazard inspections, a practice started in 2022.
• It has conducted nearly 5,000 heat-related inspections.
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Logistics Firm Gets a Boost in Safety

• A Georgia logistics company could benefit from more ergonomic workstations, a study by the National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety shows
• NIOSH observes that design is the key to safer workstations.
• Hand working heights should be the appropriate height for conveyor belt work.
• NIOSH also suggests that items should be reorganized, and large items put on pallets for better machine handling.
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Report Outlines Concerning Safety Trends

• A Massachusetts safety coalition lays out some industry safety concerns in a new report.
• The data compiled show that 22 Massachusetts construction workers died in 2023 twice as many as 2022.
• Transportation accidents in the construction industry continue to be the leading cause of death.
• There is also still no regulation of the cannabis industry, after a worker died of asthma.
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WI Company Fined Thousands

• A metal fabrication company is facing over $60,000 in fines, after a worker died.
• The citation for the death of the worker was over $16,000.
• The Wisconsin employer was cited for not protecting employees from struck by and crushed by hazards.
• In addition, an unsecured ladder struck an employee.
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