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| Top 10 Workplace Safety & Health OSHA Violations for 2011 |
OSHA has announced the top ten most frequently cited standards following inspections of worksites by federal OSHA during FY 2011.
The Scaffolding and Fall Protection standards in Construction were the top two most cited, maintaining their positions from FY 2010.
OSHA publicizes this list to alert employers about these frequently cited standards so they can take steps to find and fix recognized hazards addressed in them before a worker suffers a preventable injury, illness or death.
This list links to each standard, as well as to solutions in Safety Smart, to help employers find and fix the hazards before OSHA shows up.
- OSHA: 1926.451 – Scaffolding / Safety Smart: Scaffolding
- OSHA: 1926.501 – Fall Protection / Safety Smart: Fall Protection
- OSHA: 1910.1200 – Hazard Communication / Safety Smart: Hazard Communication
- OSHA: 1910.134 – Respiratory Protection / Safety Smart: Respiratory Protection
- OSHA: 1910.147 – Lockout/Tagout / Safety Smart: Lockout/Tagout
- OSHA: 1910.305 – Electrical, Wiring Methods / Safety Smart: Electrical Safety
- OSHA: 1910.178 – Powered Industrial Trucks / Safety Smart: Powered Industrial Trucks
- OSHA: 1926.1053 – Ladders / Safety Smart: Ladders
- OSHA: 1910.303 – Electrical, General Requirements / Safety Smart: Electrical Safety
- OSHA: 1910.212 – Machine Guarding / Safety Smart: Machine Guarding
Safety Smart has a great selection of safety talks, eLearning courses, articles, training tips and other resources on these topics to help you build your safety program. Look in the Training Materials by Topic, Training Materials by Keyword or do a search for the term, such as "hazcom" or "aerial lifts."
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| What the hay? Here’s a different and dangerous take on a hay ride. (Naval Safety Center) |
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| WCB Hostage Taker Gets 11 Years |
A man who took nine hostages at a Workers’ Compensation Board office in Edmonton, AB, Canada, two years ago has received an 11-year prison term.
With double credit for time already spent in custody, Patrick Clayton, 40, will have six years and 10 months remaining on his sentence, although he could be eligible for parole after serving half that time.
Justice Sterling Sanderman of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench said that Clayton deserved credit for pleading guilty to charges of pointing a firearm, use of a firearm in the taking of hostages and having a prohibited weapon in his possession.
The guilty pleas spared the victims from having to testify and relive the terror they experienced during the 10-hour standoff on Oct. 21, 2009. The justice noted that Clayton had also expressed remorse and apologized to his victims in court, although he has not apologized to the WCB.
Clayton released the physically unharmed hostages one by one before surrendering to police.
His motivation for taking hostages centered on his anger toward the WCB for largely cutting him off benefits for a knee injury after he had accepted an unauthorized job. He was also addicted to crack cocaine.
In a statement to the court, Clayton referred to himself as “a political prisoner of a corporate bully.”
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