Fed-OSHA to investigate fatal Boston garage collapse

Fed-OSHA is one of the agencies investigating a Boston parking garage collapse that killed a construction worker on Saturday evening. The downtown garage was in the process of being demolished when a portion of it collapsed, injuring another employee as well. Westerly Sun

 

Employee dies after fall from roof of historic Staten Island church

Fed-OSHA is investigating after a 65-year-old employee fell to his death while attempting to fix a leak atop the roof of the Church of St. Andrew in Staten Island, New York, Friday morning. silive.com

 

Kansas City-area fireman injured in roof fall

A Kansas City, Kansas fireman and one other person were injured Friday morning after falling through the roof of an industrial building. An employee had fallen through a skylight on the roof of the commercial building at a truck yard, according to a fire official, and subsequently a 19-year fire department veteran also fell through a weathered skylight at the site while while investigating that incident. Fox 4 (Kansas City)

 

Citations issued in 2021 Tennessee electrocution

A 29-year-old industrial insulation installer died after he fell through the top of a compartment and was electrocuted at a Tennessee power plant last year. Last week, Fed-OSHA proposed more than $167,000 in fines and issued several violation notices to two companies and the Tennessee Valley Authority for alleged violations including fall and electrocution hazards. The agency says the employee fell five feet through the top of a metal electrical equipment compartment and was electrocuted. Charlotte Observer

 

NIOSH issues report on deadly 2019 Maine explosion

Two-and-half years after a fatal propane explosion in Farmington, Maine, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has issued a 73-page report of events leading up to the explosion that killed a fire captain and injured six firemen. The fire department participated in the report voluntarily. WMTW

 

Fed-OSHA letter of interpretation says some travel injuries must be recorded

A Fed-OSHA letter of interpretation states some travel injuries are recordable, even though injuries during normal commutes have long been held to not be recordable. Based on the letter, injuries that occur during travel to the workplace that is mandatory, unscheduled or not the first commute of the day, other than the commute home, are likely recordable, according to Micah Dickie, an attorney with Fisher Philips in Atlanta. SHRM