No certified cable railway system exists in North Carolina. Yet an unauthorized one has been operating for an unknown number of years near the summit of Mount Pisgah’s roughly 5,720-foot peak. N.C. Department of Labor officials found it unsafe last year in an inspection. Asheville Citizen-Times
Falling 5-ton generator kills 1, critically injures another at New Jersey firehouse
A 10,000-pound generator fell at the construction site of the new Hanover, New Jersey firehouse Thursday morning, killing a man in his 20’s and critically injuring another. The generator was being lifted by a crane around 11 a.m. when the straps apparently gave way, according to the town’s mayor. NJ Advance Media
Hospital patient stabs security guard; Fed-OSHA investigating
Akron, Ohio police are not releasing any more information relating to how a patient at St. Thomas Hospital had two knives on him. Meanwhile, Fed-OSHA has opened an investigation into reports that a 54-year-old, unarmed worker was stabbed by a 33-year-old psychiatric patient on Tuesday. WOIO/WALA [with video]
Circus tent not properly built before collapse: Fed-OSHA says
The circus tent that collapsed during a severe thunderstorm in Lancaster, New Hampshire last year was not built correctly, Fed-OSHA said Thursday. A father and daughter were killed and 50 others were hurt when the tent collapsed on August 3, 2015. WMUR (Manchester, N.H.)
Fed-OSHA cites Wisconsin laundry services firm in worker’s death
Fed-OSHA said Thursday it has cited an industrial laundry in Oak Creek, Wisconsin for safety violations in the death of a worker last August. Fed-OSHA is seeking $41,200 in fines from Crothall Laundry Services Inc., linked to the employee’s death. The 34-year-old man was servicing equipment in August when a conveyor system propelled him into […]
NACOSH to host special meeting on Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines
A special meeting of Fed-OSHA’s National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health has been scheduled to consider and make recommendations on draft Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. Safety+Health
Medical examiner: Michigan teen died of asphyxiation
A probe into a Buckley, Michigan teen’s apparently accidental death at a hog farm is nearly complete, but a local detective still awaits a report from a parallel investigation by Michigan OSHA. According to a sheriff’s official, a medical examiner found that the 17-year-old died December 18 of asphyxiation from inhaling the products of an […]