BI’s Article search uses Boolean search capabilities. If you are not familiar with these principles, here are some quick tips.

To search specifically for more than one word, put the search term in quotation marks. For example, “workers compensation”. This will limit your search to that combination of words.

To search for a combination of terms, use quotations and the & symbol. For example, “hurricane” & “loss”.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Massachusetts-based plastic packaging manufacturer with a proposed fine of nearly $370,000 after an investigation into a severe burn injury at its Sterling facility.

A worker for Berry Global Inc. was sprayed with hot liquid plastic as they changed a screen on a plastic bag extruder machine on Sept. 23, 2021. OSHA investigators determined the incident could have been prevented had the company complied with OSHA’s requirements for lockout/tagout and provided personal protective equipment.

In the last five years, OSHA says it has inspected Berry Global Inc. in various U.S. locations more than 40 times. These inspections include two fatality inspections in New Jersey and Wisconsin related to lockout/tagout violations.

Following its inspection in Sterling, OSHA found that the company failed to establish and use lockout/tagout procedures or eliminate employees’ exposure to protect workers from the extruder machine while they serviced or maintained it, did not train workers in lockout/tagout procedures, and did not conduct periodic inspections to ensure procedures were followed.

OSHA also found that the company did not provide appropriate personal protective equipment to ensure that employees were protected when servicing the extruder. OSHA cited Berry Global Inc. for two willful violations and one repeat violation and has proposed $369,815 in penalties.

A federal appeals court Tuesday ruled that an order by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission be reversed and remanded due to an error by an administrative law judge.

Violations in burn injury case reversed

1. Business Insurance names 2022 Innovation Award winners

2. Construction safety professionals struggle to prevent fall hazards

3. OSHA addresses ‘alarming rise’ in trench-related fatalities

4. EEOC allows employers to quiz workers over sickness symptoms

5. Sovereign immunity doesn't shield school district from retaliation claim

6. Global inflation to increase claims costs: Swiss Re