Oregon OSHA administrator resigns to take job with Washington state
Oregon OSHA Administrator Michael Wood will leave his post at the end of this month to take a job with the State of Washington, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has announced. Wood has served as administrator of Oregon OSHA for 16 years. Before joining the State of Oregon in his current position, he worked for the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries for more than two decades. KTVZ (Bend, Ore.)
Trench collapse kills Minnesota construction worker
A 48-year-old Carlton, Minnesota man died September 28, on an apartment building construction site when a trench partially collapsed on him. He was pronounced dead prior to air transport. MNOSHA is investigating. Pine Journal (Duluth, Minn.)
Missouri nutrition plant facing $300K in fines for alleged chemical exposures
Fed-OSHA has proposed fines of $300,000 against a nutrition plant in Lawrence County, Missouri for 24 citations alleging exposures to toxic substances, combustible dust and moving machinery parts. KY3 (Springfield, Mo.)
AWO urges Fed-OSHA to provide flexibility for maritime industry on weekly COVID testing
The latest AWO Letter from the American Waterways Operator says the association is working on a letter to the Acting Assistant Secretary of Fed-OSHA and the Secretary of Labor, asking Fed-OSHA to work with the Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration to ensure its emergency temporary standard that will require businesses with 100 or more employees to mandate COVID-19 vaccination or weekly testing for employees is practicable for the tugboat, towboat, and barge industry. Marine Log
Washington: Council rejects ‘medical freedom’ ordinance
During a meeting this week, a majority of Battle Ground, Washington City Council members defeated an ordinance that would have prohibited vaccine requirements for city employees and stopped mask mandates in city-owned spaces. The meeting was the third time the city council had discussions about the ordinance, which was first proposed September 7. The Reflector
Wyoming: Longtime news anchor fired over vaccine mandate
A longtime Cheyenne, Wyoming news anchor was fired from her job over the weekend due to her refusal to get vaccinated against the coronavirus and her exemption request was denied. Kerri Hayden of KGWN-TV said that while she was neither for nor against the vaccine, she believed Americans had the right to decide what was best for them when it came to medical decisions. Cowboy State Daily