Falls are a leading cause of shipyard fatalities, according to OSHA, which states that 40 percent of all fatal incidents in shipyard employment from 1992 to 2014 resulted from falls to a lower level, ...

In its recently revised Shipyard Industry Standards, a guidance document providing employers and workers with an overview of all safety and health standards associated with the shipyard industry, OSHA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration found multiple safety violations at Colonna's Shipyard after a worker suffered ...

In January 2017, as a departing gift from the Obama administration, OSHA issued a final rule with three separate standards regulating occupational exposures to beryllium in general industry, ...

NORFOLK -- Workers at a shipyard in Norfolk have been repeatedly exposed to life-threatening safety and health hazards, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration ...

The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) in Bremerton has lost its ability to participate in a prestigious U.S. Department of Labor safety program, whose members must "show excellence in occupational ...

The KING 5 Investigators have learned that five years after closing the case, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reopened its inquiry into alleged toxic chemical exposures ...

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The alerts, developed in conjunction with other alliance program participants, include "Electrocution and Shock Hazards in Shipyard Employment," "Welding and Other Hot Work Procedures in Shipyard ...

Already categorized as a severe violator for incidents this decade, Fraser Shipyards in Superior settled another regulatory penalty this spring after an employee was injured in February. The employee ...