Injury Control & Violence OSHA adds 25 employers to Severe Violators list, 163 employers named in total
October 20, 2011 Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH 2Comment

Tucked away on federal OSHA’s website is a list of 163 employers with the dishonorable label “severe violator.” The designation comes from an enforcement program launched in April 2010 to identify “recalcitrant employers who endanger workers by demonstrating indifference to their responsibilities under the law.” The label is not easy to get. In any given […]

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Injury Control & Violence Worker fatality in my hometown, the story before the story
August 5, 2011 Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH

Earlier this week, I reported on the death of Margarito Guardado Resinos, 34, at a construction project in my hometown of San Marcos, TX. Mr. Resinos employer, Jetka Steel Erectors, had been inspected by OSHA in December 2010, at a different construction site, and received citations in May 2011 for four serious violations of safety […]

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