FULTON — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Graham Lumber Co. for 15 safety and health violations following the March death of a worker who was electrocuted at the company’s Fulton sawmill while troubleshooting a malfunctioning starter inside a motor power control center. Two serious safety violations related to the fatality include failing [...] [...]
TUPELO — Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. will challenge allegations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that the company committed safety violations at its plant in Tupelo. Cooper Tire spokeswoman Michelle Zeisloft tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal the company has asked for a hearing with the Occupational Safety Health Review Commission, an agency [...] [...]
VERONA — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Triple P Farms Inc. for four safety violations. OSHA opened an inspection in February after an incident in which a worker had both legs amputated when his foot got caught in a baling machine as he attempted to clear cardboard that had jammed in the [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched a new emphasis program focused on reducing fatalities and serious injuries in Mississippi related to powered industrial trucks. The agency is encouraging employers to bring their facilities into compliance with OSHA standards in the maritime, construction and general industries. In addition [...] [...]
TUPELO — The federal government has cited Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. and two contractors with 25 safety violations at the company’s Tupelo plant. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said the citations include allegations of exposing workers to hazards associated with combustible dust. Proposed penalties total $254,900. Clyde Payne, director [...] [...]
HATTIESBURG — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Marshall Durbin Cos. in Hattiesburg for 12 safety and health violations following the December 2010 death of a worker who was struck by a tractor trailer while filling potholes near the plant entrance. The fatality investigation led to a comprehensive inspection of the plant in [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is emphasizing a program focused on reducing the number of needlestick and sharps injuries in Mississippi at ambulatory surgical care centers, freestanding emergency care clinics and primary care medical clinics that provide acute, chronic and emergency care on an as-needed or walk-in [...] [...]
CLEVELAND — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed penalties of $46,935 for Quality Steel Corp. in Cleveland where a worked died in 2010 in a forklift accident. OSHA said in a news release today that the propane tank manufacturer was cited for 19 safety violations. OSHA says the safety violations included failing to [...] [...]
TUPELO — For the fifth time in seven years the employees of Hunter Douglas in Tupelo will receive the company’s highest safety honor and award for best overall safety program in 2010. Hurley Mitchell, president of Manufacturing Group, Hunter Douglas North America, will present the President’s Safety Award, which recognizes excellence in occupational safety and [...] [...]
GREENVILLE — Authorities say a second worker has died of injuries suffered yesterday in an accident on the old Mississippi River Bridge between Mississippi and Arkansas. The old bridge between Greenville and Lake Village, Ark., is being dismantled after a new, bigger bridge was built about a half-mile up river. Washington County Coroner Methel Johnson [...] [...]
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