Tailored strategies key to reducing risks for workers of all ages
- Every generation brings a valuable perspective that helps drive a company’s growth, but they have different injury risks.
- Workers 60 and older are less likely to suffer a work-related injury, but when they do, the injuries are more serious. Workers 30 and younger experience a higher rate of non-fatal injuries.
- Targeted strategies are the key to reducing risks and improving outcomes, taking into account job types, the industry involved and the work environment.
- Strategies can be based on the hierarchy of controls, starting with the elimination of hazards.
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Florida rehab center facing more than $200K in OSHA penalties
- Pensacola Teen Challenge Men’s Center is facing almost $229,000 in penalties after being cited by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
- The agency says it found 25 safety and health violations at the non-profit’s facilities in the city, including amputation hazards, three of which have been classified as willful.
- Teen Challenge runs a screen-printing operation, detail and wood shops, and thrift stores. The willful violations allege failure to guard hand-fed ripsaws, routers and abrasive wheels.
- The organization’s mission is to help men 18 and older who are struggling with addition.
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Feds investigating Seattle barge fatality
- Fed-OSHA is investigating the death of a 53-year-old worker who was killed on the Duwamish River in Seattle, Washington.
- Francisco Rodriguez Aquinaga died from head injuries after the scissor lift he was working from tipped over.
- Aquinaga was found on the floor of the barge next to the almost fully extended 26-foot lift.
- A coworker who witnessed the incident said that Aquinaga was welding a beam on the barge when the lift toppled, and the employee was not “strapped in” to the lift.
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