Safety Updates

Heads up: Despite the unwillingness of OSHA to roll out an infectious disease standard, you might soon be required to develop procedures for controlling infectious diseases anyway. That’s because two states are moving forward with their own …

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Summary: Before he died from symptoms related to COVID-19, a devout Catholic asked his longtime girlfriend for one last favor. The incident: Every Friday morning, Jorge Guijarro-Castaneda, a devout Catholic born in Mexico, carried a bunch of flowers …

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Heads up: The injury and illness data you submit to OSHA every year could soon be available for public review. That’s the upshot of a recent court ruling in favor of the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIS), which sued the U.S. Department of …

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Summary: A teenager died alone at the bottom of a grain bin after an unsparing auger shredded both his legs. The incident: When Landon Gran, 18, was offered a job at a farm owned by Richard Gaalswyk in St. Peter, MN, he didn’t hesitate to take the …

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Just when you thought you had a clear picture of your responsibilities for recording COVID-19 illnesses on your injury logs, OSHA has thrown you a curveball: Now you have to conduct an analysis before determining whether an illness is …

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Summary: Despite misgivings about his safety while laboring in close quarters with other workers at a pork processing plant, a 56-year-old African native refused to quit his job because he needed the money to pay the rent. The incident: When he was …

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