Fed-OSHA proposes $167K in penalties following fatal injury in Tennessee

Fed-OSHA is proposing $167,000 in penalties against two companies over an employee’s electrocution last September at a Tennessee energy plant, after a 29-year-old industrial insulation installer fell five feet through the top of a metal electrical equipment compartment. Oakridger

Boston demolition project mourned after garage collapse

The family of a construction worker killed when a parking garage being demolished in downtown Boston collapsed over the weekend spoke about him on Monday. The 51-year-old man was operating a piece of equipment on Saturday evening when the floor gave way and he fell nine stories. Fed-OSHA is investigating. WPRI (Providence, R.I.)

National Forklift Safety Day set for June

The ninth annual National Forklift Safety Day, an Industrial Truck Association event, is slated for June 14 in Washington. The ITA created National Forklift Safety Day as an opportunity for the industry to educate customers, policymakers, and government officials about the safe use of forklifts and the importance of proper operator training. DC Velocity

A fundamentalist church bought a sawmill; injuries and child labor violations rose

Almost 25 percent of severe injuries at Texas sawmills since 2017 reportedly have occurred at a single facility, owned by members of an insular fundamentalist religious group that some consider a cult. Texas Monthly

Proposed rule would remove one electronic recordkeeping requirement, add others

Fed-OSHA announced a proposed rule Monday that would remove one electronic reporting requirement while adding others for high-hazard industries. The proposed rule would: remove the current requirement for establishments with 250 or more employees not in a designated industry to electronically submit information from their Form 300A to OSHA annually; and require establishments with 100 or more employees in certain high-hazard industries to electronically submit information from their forms 300, 301 and 300A to OSHA once a year, among other provisions. SHRM