Man dies at south Texas construction site after falling 30 feet

A 59-year-old man died last week after falling 30 feet at at a Laredo, Texas construction site. Fed-OSHA is investigating. KGNS (Laredo, Texas)

 

Texas generating station honored for 2018 safety record

The Tenaska Gateway Generating Station, a Fed-OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Star site near Mount Enterprise, Texas, was recently honored for achieving 1 million work hours with zero lost-time incidents in 2018, a record that dates back to 2003. Employees received the Superior Safety Performance Award, which is presented to facilities that have achieved at least 10 consecutive years without a Fed-OSHA lost-time incident. Panola Watchman (Carthage, Texas)

 

EU, Fed-OSHA issue guidance targeted at needle-stick injuries

To address the risk to healthcare professionals of needle-stick injuries to, which can transmit more than 20 blood-borne pathogens, including HIV, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and, more rarely, malaria, human T cell leukemia virus and Ebola, the European Union and Fed-OSHA have issued guidance to help protect HCPs from bloodborne pathogens. News-Medical

 

Fed-OSHA orders TVA to rehire whistleblower

The Tennessee Valley Authority has been ordered to reinstate one of its former nuclear employees who was fired after she raised safety concerns about how it was inspecting and reviewing nuclear safety equipment. The federal agency determined the employee was terminated after she raised concerns regarding required technical specification surveillance, and participated in an investigation of a “chilled” work environment. Times Free Press

 

Indiana construction worker dies after being struck by loader

A worker at a Warsaw, Indiana construction site was killed Friday when a front-end loader backed into him, causing a catastrophic head injury. The worksite is used as a staging ground by a pipe-laying company doing contract work for the Northern Indiana Public Service Company. WNDU (South Bend, Ind.)

 

Can your boss make you come to work in extreme heat?

There’s no legal maximum or minimum indoor or outdoor temperature for the workplace, and Fed-OSHA has not laid out specific steps employers must take to ensure protection from heat stress. Workers may be wondering what rights they have if, or when, their higher-ups send them into the field during warmer-than-normal temperatures. USA Today