Category: December 2022 Newsletter

Federal workplace safety investigators have determined that an Arkansas construction contractor failed to test oxygen levels in the confined space before two workers entered a sewer 20 feet below ground at an Edmund work site and died because of a lack of oxygen. An OSHA investigation into the incident found…

A new American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International standard covering table saw safety has been developed by ASTM’s occupational health and safety committee. While there has not been much information released so far, the standard, soon to be published as E3280, addresses a gap in U.S. standards, which…

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Recent trends show that American drivers are performing worse than usual. Traffic fatalities rose by 11% in 2021, and it doesn’t seem like the numbers will drop any time soon. According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Americans drive about four trillion miles yearly, or about 14,500 miles per person….

The owner of several trucking companies, Carl Bradley Johansson, was recently sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for ordering the illegal repair of a tanker that resulted in an explosion and the death of an employee. Johansson pled guilty in September 2021 to two felony counts concerning the tank…

The United States and State of Wisconsin announced a settlement with Container Life Cycle Management LLC (CLCM) that addresses Clean Air Act (CAA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations at the company’s container reconditioning facilities in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, area. The company will pay a $1.6 million civil…