Worker electrocuted at N.C. airport
- A construction worker at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina airport was electrocuted.
- The incident happened around midnight and the worker was an employee of Rosendin Electric.
- OSHA and the N.C. Department of Labor are on the scene and it could several months to complete the investigation.
- “The Rosendin family is deeply saddened by the death of an employee who was found unresponsive while working on a construction site at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport,” the company said in a statement.
Labor Dept. recovers $608,272 from California pizza restaurants
- The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $608,272 in back wages and liquidated damages from six northern California pizza franchise locations.
- Investigators determined Mountain Mike’s Pizza operated by Sumeet Singh and Mandeep Saini failed to pay proper overtime to the affected workers.
- The division found the employers failed to combine hours employees worked at multiple locations, leading to additional overtime violations.
- The employer allowed minor-aged workers to deliver pizzas and work outside of the hours and Singh and Saini paid $13,058 to address those violations.
Wisconsin roofing firm faces fines for endangering workers
- A contractor in Appleton, Wis., allowed three roofers to work at heights up to 18 feet without anchoring their fall protection, making it useless in preventing serious or fatal injuries.
- OSHA has cited their employer, Lucio Perez Lopez – operating as Lopez Roofing – for exposing workers to falls and for failing to train them on how to use fall protection effectively.
- The agency issued one repeat and one serious violation, and proposed penalties of $94,263.
- OSHA cited Lopez Roofing for similar violations twice between 2014 and 2017, making this the fifth time the agency has discovered the company flouting the law.
Oregon sees rise in heat-related complaints
- Oregon OSHA has received more than 60 complaints for heat-related concerns at workplaces as the Northwest has dealt with record temperatures.
- At least nine open heat-related inspections in which businesses will receive citations from OSHA.
- When the heat index hits 80 degrees, employers must provide access to shade and water for people working outside, or indoors without a ventilation system.
- When it hits 90 degrees and above, employers must provide more breaks, more communication and more close monitoring for heat exhaustion or heat stroke.