OSHA Investigating Safety Complaint at Post Office

August 30, 2023

Excessive heat prompts OSHA investigation

  • OSHA is looking into a heat safety complaint involving the Grand Island, Nebraska, post office.
  • The agency opened the investigation in connection with a complaint related to heat safety.
  • A union spokesperson said the complaint was filed by a postal worker abd there have been three heat-related injuries involving the post office this summer.
  • OSHA has six months to find any violations of safety and health regulations and then decide the potential citations or penalties.
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Grant provided for OSHA training

  • Marengo County, Alabama, was approved for its College and Career Readiness grant.
  • The county received $541,000 from the CCR grant.
  • The grant will fund several projects and programs during the course of the 2023-2024 school year, including Virtual Reality Career Tech classrooms where students can practice healthcare, trades such as welding, piloting drones, driving a forklift, and OSHA safety among other areas.
  • The funding will allow Marengo County to provide many more opportunities for Career Tech students.
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Habitat for Humanity cited for fatal workplace accident

  • The N.C. Department of Labor cited and fined Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity following an employee’s on-the-job death in May.
  • The company is accused of violating labor laws outlined in Chapter 95 of the North Carolina General Statutes and was fined more than $10,000 as a result.
  • According to the notification, the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Division conducted an inspection of the Habitat for Humanity ReStore after being notified that an employee died after sustaining an injury at work,
  • The investigation resulted in the company being cited for two violations: one marked “serious: and one deemed “non-serious.”
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OSHA proposes $140,000 in fines for RSCVA

  • Nevada’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration has fined the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority more than $140,000 following an employee death at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center.
  • Ryan Wilkinson, an RSCVA employee was working to remove electrical cables from the ceiling of the Reno-Sparks Convention Center’s Hall 3 when he left the catwalk and fell through the drop ceiling, 34 feet, to the concrete floor below.
  • Wilkinson was not wearing any type of fall protection when he fell through the ceiling tiles, according to OSHA.
  • A coroner’s report says that Wilkinson died from multiple blunt force injuries.
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