Tag: OSHA

OSHA hits Camden Park With $65K in Penalties

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Thursday, Dec. 17, that it is charging Camden Park in Huntington with 45 violations resulting…

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Thursday, Dec. 17, that it is charging Camden Park in Huntington with 45 violations resulting in more than $65,000 in penalties.

OSHA says in a news release that an inspection in June in response to a complaint revealed the violations. Camden Park was charged with 40 serious violations and five other-than-serious violations.

The serious violations include employees being exposed to fall, electrical, chemical and amputation hazards. Some exit routes were obstructed and not visibly marked. There was a lack of machine guarding and no written hazard communication plan for workers that use or could be exposed to chemicals.

Other violations were due to the company’s failure to record occupational illness and injuries on the OSHA 300A form. Also not requiring employees to use personal protective equipment and not conducting a monthly inspection and annual maintenance check on a portable fire extinguisher and preventing water from entering an electric panel box. 

Logging Company Cited for Worker Safety Violations

 

  Federal regulators have cited a logging company for 22 serious worker safety violations.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration says Ray Clearing Inc. of Bickmore also was issued one other-than-serious citations. The citations stem from an inspection by OSHA’s Charleston Area Office at a site in Cabin Creek on Aug. 4.

The agency said Wednesday in a news release that the serious violations included employees without heavy duty logging boots and other proper protection using chainsaws to fell trees.

Other serious violations included permitted employees to ride as passengers on mobile vehicles without a seat belt and assigned seat, exposing them to falls and crushing injuries.

The agency has proposed penalties totaling more than $35,200.

A telephone listing for Ray Clearing could not be found.

Agency cites Contractor, Says Workers Exposed to Heat

  The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Charleston roofing contractor for exposing workers to excessive heat.

The agency said Monday that one employee of Tri-State Roofing and Sheet Metal Co. was hospitalized for a heat-related illness on Sept. 11 while the company was removing tile roofing from Building 3 at the Capitol Complex.

The agency says in a news release that the employee worked outdoors in direct sunlight for five hours. The peak heat index was 90 degrees.

Tri-State received one general duty clause citation for exposing workers to heat stress conditions. The federal agency also issued a serious citation for electrical hazards.

The agency proposed $6,552 in penalties.

Construction Company Fined for Safety Hazards

Federal safety regulators say a Martinsburg construction company faces more than $44,000 in fines for exposing workers to safety hazards at a Morgantown…

Federal safety regulators say a Martinsburg construction company faces more than $44,000 in fines for exposing workers to safety hazards at a Morgantown townhouse project.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the proposed fines Tuesday for K&F Construction Inc.

The Dominion Post reports OSHA inspectors arrived in May as construction crews were working on three-story townhomes at Suncrest Village.

According to the citations, the company was working 35 feet up on a roof with no protection in case of a fall. The company also was cited for failing to train employers on fall hazards and failing to keep debris clear from work zones and other areas.

A call to the construction company went unanswered Wednesday.

Boone County Logging Company Faces Fines

A Boone County logging company faces $42,000 in civil fines for safety violations at a worksite.The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration…

A Boone County logging company faces $42,000 in civil fines for safety violations at a worksite.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration says Ross Logging of Seth exposed workers to safety hazards at the worksite in Elkview.

The agency says in a news release that inspectors found workers were drop starting chain saws while felling trees. Drop starting is dropping the chain saw with one hand while pulling the starting cord with the other hand.

Workers also didn’t wear cut-resistant boots or socks while operating chain saws.

The agency issued 11 citations to the company, including two for willful violations. A willful violation is one in which an employer either knowingly disregarded a legal requirement or acted with indifference to employee safety.

OSHA Cites, Fines Company After Death

The government has fined a pipeline construction contractor $7,000 stemming from the death of a worker at a Moundsville job.Fifty-seven-year-old Steven…

The government has fined a pipeline construction contractor $7,000 stemming from the death of a worker at a Moundsville job.

Fifty-seven-year-old Steven Ray Hupp of Macfarlan was killed Jan. 10 when he was pulled between the track and the frame of a crane.

The Charleston Gazette reports that the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Snelson Companies Inc. after examining the worksite. Hupp was employed by Snelson and was working on a pipeline that would run to a gas processing plant north of New Martinsville.

OSHA said Snelson did not train workers to safely park and block off equipment parked on a slope.

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