Workplace Safety
Plastics News reviewed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration reports from the last 10 years and publishes a yearly report on safety in the industry, including fatalities and injuries in the workplace. The COVID-19 pandemic brought in more rules to protect employees from the virus.
Safety
An incident on Aug. 28 at Pentair Pool Products Ltd. in Sanford, N.C., resulted in the death of Jennifer Lynn Petree, 54.
A Nexcycle Innovations employee died in an on-the-job incident in Brampton, Ontario on Aug. 28 and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Canadian Occupational Safety.
Finger amputation at Fostoria, Ohio-based NOX US LLC, a subsidiary of Seoul, South Korea-based NOX Corp., prompted an OSHA investigation.
The 31-year-old man was working for a scaffolding inspection company when he fell, reports stated.
Experts talked best practices and lessons learned in a panel during the EHS Summit on May 25, held by ARPM and MAPP.
Nelva Smith, an attorney with Steptoe and Johnson LLP, said at a MAPP and ARPM safety summit what companies should do to handle an OSHA inspection.
A production technician at Alliance Interiors LLC died April 24 when he was caught between an extended conveyor and a vacuum forming mold.
