New Jersey worker injured in fall from building

A 53-year-old man survived a three-story fall at a Tenafly, New Jersey condominium complex on Friday. Daily Voice

MIOSHA fines manufacturer more than $32K in employee’s acid vat death

Michigan OSHA has issued $32,500 in fines to a manufacturer of carbon and alloy seamless cold-drawn pipe and tube after it investigated the death of a 54-year-old employee who fell into vat of sulfuric acid in February. mLive

NIOSH: Emergency medical responders at higher injury risk than all other U.S. professions

A recent study by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health has found that emergency medical technicians and paramedics are at a higher risk of injury—particularly, back injuries or sprains because of the amount of bending, kneeling and lifting required on the job—than all other professions in the U.S. Around nine out of 100 EMTs and paramedics sustain an occupational injury compared to two out of 100 workers in other professions. In addition, assaults are reported 22 times higher for EMS personnel than for workers in other professions. NECN [with video]

Dems expected to argue Labor Department nominee fought ergonomics rules

Democrats are expected to bring up during the hearings on the nomination of Eugene Scalia to run the U.S. Department of Labor that the nominee fought Fed-OSHA ergonomics regulations even before they were official, arguing the rules were too vague and would result in the agency becoming overreaching and intrusive. Washington Examiner [with video]

Explosion at Oregon aerospace parts plant injures two

OR-OSHA is investigating an explosion and fire at a Corvallis, Oregon-area manufacturer of titanium parts used in the aerospace industry. Two employees were injured in Thursday’s incident, according to fire officials. The explosion and fire reportedly occurred in one of the furnaces used to melt titanium on the west side of the building. Albany Democrat-Herald/Corvallis Gazette Times