The owner of a Brooklyn construction company is facing manslaughter and other criminal charges in connection with the death of one of his workers. A grand jury in New York returned the indictment against Salvatore Schirripa, 66, owner of the Bensonhurst-based J&M Metro General Contracting Corp. after one of his workers fell six stories to … Read more
A Lansing, Illinois, commercial tank trailer company has been ordered to pay a former manager more than $190,000 in back wages and damages after he was demoted and eventually forced to resign for reporting dangerous safety violations. Polar Service Centers was the target of a US Occupational and Safety Administration investigation after a service manager … Read more
Each year, more than 22 million workers in the US are exposed to loud noise levels in their workplace that pose a serious occupational hazard, which is one of the reasons hearing loss caused by high noise exposure is the most common work-related illness among workers, according to a new report. The study — which … Read more
The third annual national “Safety Stand-Down” — in which businesses nationwide take a time-out to review safety procedures with employees — is scheduled for May 2 through 6. The event, which is sponsored by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration, will once again focus on recognizing the hazards and prevention of falls in the … Read more
Businesses that expose workers to potentially hazardous chemicals that could cause blindness or damage to their eyesight are required by law to have working emergency eyewash stations available at all times. In some cases, an emergency shower that can wash hazardous materials — especially corrosive chemicals or radiation — from workers’ bodies also should be … Read more
The owner of a Philadelphia-area roofing company has been sentenced to ten months in prison for ordering employees to lie to federal investigators looking into the death of one of his employees at a historic church. James J. McCullagh, 60, of Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania, also received two years probation during his sentencing hearing March 29 in … Read more
A new law that requires employers to report serious injuries to the US Occupational Safety and Health and Administration within 24 hours of hs resulted in increased workplace safety nationwide, the agency announced. Since the law went into effect last year, employers reported 10,388 workplace accidents involving severe injuries, including 7,636 that required hospitalizations and … Read more
Opening hatches to check levels in oil and gas tanks at oil refineries and other businesses can be fatal, according to a new alert issued by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Since 2010, at least nine workers have been killed as a result of hydrocarbon gases and vapors that can leak out of … Read more
When a 600-foot crane toppled in high winds in downtown Manhattan earlier this month — killing a 38-year-old pedestrian and injuring three others — the call for improved crane safety was immediate and sustained. Within hours of the Feb. 7 accident, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered that all 376 crawler cranes and 53 … Read more
If you’ve been involved in business for any length of time, then you probably have heard of the 80/20 rule. What it means is that in anything a few (20%) is crucial and many (80 percent) is trivial. Business managers would interpret this as 20 percent of the work eats up 80 percent of time … Read more
