Israeli and son die in Queens http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/israeli-and-son-die-in-queens/ Here’s a story that’s not only tragic, but also kind of gross. The New York Post reports: en-us bharris@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-06-30T;16:18:00-05:00 Comment by Eugene M. Kravis ekravis@care2.com By Law, no one should be allowed to go into tanks, holes, etc. that contains toxic materials, unless harnessed properly to a rope lift mechanism with 2 workers standing by to haul him out. OSHA - Where were you?! By Law, no one should be allowed to go into tanks, holes, etc. that contains toxic materials, unless harnessed properly to a rope lift mechanism with 2 workers standing by to haul him out.
OSHA - Where were you?!

]]> 2009-11-19T;22:58:01-05:00 Comment by Isadora Czynkin mrcmailbox-profesoraisadora@yahoo.com In 2006, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the plant $1,500 after a worker was crushed to death by a Caterpillar wheel-loader the previous year, according to federal records. Records from the most recent OSHA inspection, conducted earlier this year, show that the federal agency identified several serious violations at the plant, including violations concerning floor and wall openings and holes, industrial stairs, respiratory protection, medical services, and oxygen-fuel gas welding and cutting. The company was directed to pay thousands of dollars in penalties in connection with those violations. But if two of the three workers who perished hadn’t been Israeli, JTA wouldn’t even have noticed. In 2006, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the plant $1,500 after a worker was crushed to death by a Caterpillar wheel-loader the previous year, according to federal records. Records from the most recent OSHA inspection, conducted earlier this year, show that the federal agency identified several serious violations at the plant, including violations concerning floor and wall openings and holes, industrial stairs, respiratory protection, medical services, and oxygen-fuel gas welding and cutting. The company was directed to pay thousands of dollars in penalties in connection with those violations.

But if two of the three workers who perished hadn’t been Israeli, JTA wouldn’t even have noticed.

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