Rally supports federal-style health, safety regs for Pennsylvania public workers

Public sector workers are 64 percent more likely to get injured on the job and face a higher rate of workplace violence, according to the president of the Lehigh Valley Labor Council. But public sector workers in Pennsylvania don’t have the same safety and health protections that workers have in the private sector. Two new bills would create OSHA-style safety and health protections for public workers. Reading Eagle

Worker dies in Kansas grain bin

A 26-year-old Indiana man died from an electrical shock Friday while working on a grain bin at a northeast Kansas grain processing plant. Fed-OSHA is investigating. Another employee reportedly is recovering from injuries. Fox4kc (Kansas City)

Georgia construction worker falls from bridge

Fed-OSHA is investigating after a construction worker fell 30-foot fall from a Macon, Georgia bridge on September 6. As of Tuesday he remained hospitalized in critical condition. WGXA

Wisconsin contractor fined $1,800 after forklift driver’s death

A Racine, Wisconsin employer has agreed to pay $1,800 in Fed-OSHA fines after an employee driving a forklift was killed by a fall through an elevator shaft at a Milwaukee jobsite in March. Daily Reporter (Milwaukee) [may require registration]

NIOSH releases report on accident that killed two West Virginia firefighters

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health released a report on the March 2018 crash that killed two volunteer firefighters and injured three others in Kanawha County, West Virginia. Contributing factors, according to NIOSH, include failure to wear seat belts and distraction of the fire apparatus operator. WOWK [with video]

Fed-OSHA probs shooting death at Massachusetts warehouse

Fed-OSHA is investigating Mondya’s shooting death of an employee at a moving company warehouse in Auburn, Massachusetts. Telegram (Worcester, Mass.)