July 17, 2026 · OSHA proposed $300K in fines on D L Bandy Constructors and Pacesetters Personnel Services for removing ROPS and ignoring confined space rules after a worker died in a crawl space.
July 17, 2026 · OSHA has proposed $264,380 in penalties for 19 violations after Juan Antonio Garza Jr. asphyxiated while inspecting a tanker trailer. FleetPride has since suspended all tank entry work.
July 14, 2026 · Monro Inc. entered a settlement with OSHA after the agency found slip, trip, fall, crush, & electrical hazards and lacking eyewash stations at its Norwich, New York auto repair shop.
July 14, 2026 · The CSB is investigating Woodland Pulp’s lack of fixed and wearable gas monitors, alarms, ventilation, and personnel control after two employees were killed in a toxic gas release.
June 16, 2026 · The Canada Industrial Relations Board rejected a Brinks appeal and ruled that armored car messengers cannot be sent out alone without guard protection.
June 8, 2026 · Safety experts say the tank that killed 11 workers at a Washington paper mill was not required to undergo routine inspections because it fell outside many state and federal oversight rules.
June 5, 2026 · OSHA fined grocery chain H-E-B nearly $18K for not evaluating forklift operators and unsafe walking surfaces after Teresa Dominguez was killed in a Texas cold storage warehouse.
June 4, 2026 · OSHA cited RBG Foods for circumventing machine safety guards and not having a lockout-tagout procedure after an employee’s fingers were amputated while cleaning a meat grinder.
June 2, 2026 · L&I said on June 1 that a workplace safety investigation is underway.
May 26, 2026 · EPA extended the deadline for health and safety reporting requirements covering 16 chemical substances until May 2027.
May 22, 2026 · OSHA is investigating Down to Earth Tree Service LLC after a crane truck tipped over in Bay Village, Ohio May 11. The company’s owner said the ground gave out under the crane’s stabilizers.
April 23, 2026 · Two employees were killed by a hydrogen sulfide leak & explosion when nitric acid and another chemical mixed during work to close down the Nitro, West Virginia silver catalyst facility.
April 2, 2026 · OSHA fined Franklin, Mass.-based Revoli Construction Co. Inc. almost $4.7 million for 33 repeat, 17 serious, & 7 willful citations after a fatal trench collapse in sandy soil.
March 27, 2026 · The CSB commended the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers for hosting workshops and creating a webpage with fluid catalytic cracking safety resources for refineries.
March 24, 2026 · Federal Aviation Administration data analysis found helicopter visual separation is not safe enough for high-traffic airports, issuing GENOT JO 7110.801 requiring radar management.