Texas firm Fined for repeated violations with tank cleaners
- Two employees of a national tank cleaning company suffered injuries when exposed to hydrogen sulfide – a flammable, highly toxic colorless gas – that was present during the cleaning process of a tanker truck on April 25, 2023, in Beaumont, Texas.
- Two municipal firefighters responding to the scene also suffered injuries from the gas.
- Federal investigators determined the employer, Trimac Transportation Inc., which operates as National Tank Services, did not provide adequate respiratory protection, resulting in two employees being transported to the hospital.
- OSHA proposed penalties of $399,349 to the company after citing nine health violations, including two willful, three repeat, and four serious.
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Amazon still trying to keep safety records under wraps
- Amazon is trying to keep the U.S. Justice Department from sharing hundreds of thousands of subpoenaed worker safety documents that the company claims.
- However, their retailer’s case faces an uphill battle following a federal district court hearing.
- Magistrate Judge Michelle Peterson of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington instructed attorneys for Amazon and the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York to present either joint or separate proposals on how to proceed with the more than 500,000 pages of subpoenaed documents.
- The Department of Justice doesn’t want Amazon to provide information to other investigations.
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Construction worker rescued from trench
- A worker was rescued from a trench outside Chicago after a piece of construction equipment fell on him while he was helping build a basement.
- The Lake Forest firefighters responded to a construction site on the 300 block of North Green Bay Road, where a concrete form used to mold concrete slabs had fallen from a scaffolding, hitting a construction worker in a 16-foot-deep trench.
- Lake Forest Fire Department Deputy Chief Andy Rick said the worker was awake and alert, but had suffered a back injury.
- After stabilizing the worker on a backboard, firefighters used a ladder truck to lift the worker out of the trench within 20 to 25 minutes of arriving on the scene.
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Food plant worker injured in Kentucky
- A worker was taken to the hospital after being hurt by a piece of machinery at a Tyson Foods plant in northern Kentucky.
- The worker had to be flown by AirCare to the hospital.
- His condition has not been released.
- “A team member at our Claryville, Kentucky facility was injured. We are thankful for the rapid response of local EMS who were crucial to getting the team member the medical attention needed and we can report he is now in stable condition,” a Tyson spokesman said.
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