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Huntsville business fined for failing to protect workers' safety

As long as workers are living up to the requirements of their jobs, generally, their employers should have their backs. Workers have certain rights that, if neglected, can mean more than an unpleasant work environment....more

OSHA cites Dothan contractor for deadly September trench collapse

In September of last year, two men were installing a sewer pipe at an excavation site in Enterprise, which is in southeast Alabama. The soil was saturated with water, and there no safe means of exit when the wet, heavy soil...more

OSHA Fines Phenix Lumber $439,400 After Injury & Wrongful Death

In March of this year, OSHA inspectors were following up on whether violations they had found earlier at Phenix Lumber Company had been fixed -- violations they had already cited but hadn't been fixed at the time of an...more

ANSI Fall Protection Code Issued to Prevent Construction Accidents

Falls and trip hazards are the cause of a significant number of workplace and construction accidents every year, including a major cause of fatal accidents. According to the Bureau of Labor statistics, there were 680 fatal...more