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FOSTORIA, OH – An Ohio vinyl tile manufacturer faces $1,232,705 in proposed penalties after U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors responded when a worker suffered severe injuries as a result of being caught in a machine on April 28, 2022. The incident marks the seventh injury at the NOX US LLC plant in Fostoria since February 2017...

CREST HILL, IL – A 42-year-old employee of a Crest Hill frozen-pizza manufacturer suffered a fatal injury while cleaning a machine on July 20, 2021. An inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined that Rich Products Corp.’s failure to implement energy control procedures – commonly known as lockout/tagout – exposed its third-shift sanitation workers to serious hazards. OSHA issued...

The RGL12 Portable Group Lockbox According to the OSHA 1910.147 Standard, when servicing or maintenance is performed by a crew or group, employers must use a procedure that provides employees with a level of protection equivalent to the implementation of a personal lockout or tagout device. To accomplish this, personal lockout padlocks can be attached to a group lockout device...

What is the OSHA 1910.147 Standard? By definition, the OSHA 1910.147 Standard covers the servicing and maintenance of machines and equipment in which the unexpected energization or startup of the machines or equipment, or release of stored energy, could harm employees. This standard establishes minimum performance requirements for the control of such hazardous energy. In simple English, this is the OSHA Standard...