News Digest 6-23-2021

 

Ground services employee killed in vehicular accident at Las Vegas airport identified

The employee of a ground services company who died last week after a vehicular accident at McCarran International Airport has been identified as a 36-year-old man. Las Vegas Review-Journal

 

Texas man identified as victim in fatal Minnesota water tower accident

A 50-year-old man who died Friday afternoon while working on a maintenance project on a water tower in Minnetonka, Minnesota has been identified. Officials say he died of asphyxia when his body became pinned between a cable-hoisted bucket and an elevated walkway on the water tower. KSTP

 

Records show only 49 of 400 COVID-19 complaints from Wisconsin employees inspected

New records show that of nearly 400 complaints about COVID-19 safety concerns from Wisconsin employees from October through early March, only 49 were followed up with an inspection. Fed-OSHA says the rest were handled through an informal procedure. CBS 58 (Milwaukee)

 

MIOSHA updates COVID emergency rules to align with Fed-OSHA

Michigan OSHA is aligning COVID-19 emergency rules with Fed-OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard. The updated emergency rules focus on health care settings with known or suspected COVID-19 patients and take effect June 22. They rescind the emergency rules issued on May 24 and expire December 22. WNEM

 

Attorneys interview National Grain and Feed Association safety exec

Two Greenberg Traurig attorneys interview Jess McCluer, vice president safety and regulatory affairs with the National Grain and Feed Association. National Law Review