OSHA $100,000 club of safety citations.(Occupational Safety and Health Administration penalties for worker safety violations)

From: Occupational Hazards | Date: February 1, 2005 | Copyright information

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed penalties of $100,000 or more for the following recent alleged failures to protect workers from potential hazards, including many that could have been avoided or mitigated by safety equipment. Companies have 15 business days from receipt of its citations and fines to request and participate in an informal conference with OSHA or to contest them before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

* Wagner Development Company, Inc., and Wagner Excavation Services, Inc., Pittsburgh, ...

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