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OSHA proposes $21,500 penalty to firm where two 17 year olds lost legs
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services on February 6, 2012 The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued citations last week to Zaloudek Grain Co. in Kremlin, Oklahoma for safety violations identified in its investigation of the August 4, 2011 incident in which two young workers each lost a leg. The citations listed six serious violations and a proposed penalty of $21,500. Two of…
Dangerous workplaces are BAD for business, grain elevator closed following worker deaths
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services on December 8, 2011 The next time you hear someone claim that worker safety regulations and OSHA hurt job growth and hinder small businesses, remind them about Haasbach, LLC. On July 28, 2010, two workers (Wyatt Whitebread, 14, and Alex Pacas, 19) were killed at a grain handling facility owned by Haasbach, when the young workers were engulfed in…
Young farm workers at greater risk of dying on-the-job, proposal to protect them called “detrimental,” “foolish” and “idiotic”
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services on November 18, 2011 For U.S. workers, the risk of dying on the job is highest if you are employed in agricultural, fishing or hunting. These jobs are not just a little riskier than the average job, they are nearly 8 times more life-threatening. The fatality rate for all private sector workers is 3.5 per 100,000 workers; in agriculture,…
Teenage workers lose legs at work, their employer didn’t have workers’ comp insurance
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services on September 16, 2011 [Update (10/11/2011) below] Phyllis Zorn of the Enid (OK) News and Eagle reports that the employer of the two teenage workers who lost legs last month in a grain auger failed to maintain workers’ compensation insurance. She writes: “Oklahoma Department of Labor has fined the company $750 for failing to comply with workers’ compensation law,…