Eight Workplaces Fined in Latest Round of COVID-19 Workplace Safety Citations
MIOSHA encourages employers to take advantage of education and consultation services to prevent citations and assure workplace safety
January 8, 2021
As the state continues to prioritize worker safety and health, the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) inspected and issued COVID-19 emergency rule or general duty citations to eight different workplaces with violations for failing to protect workers and take safety precautions.
Under MIOSHA’s Emergency Rules, businesses that resume in-person work must, among other things, have a written COVID-19 preparedness and response plan and provide thorough training to their employees that covers, at a minimum, workplace infection-control practices, the proper use of personal protection equipment (PPE), steps workers must take to notify the business or operation of any symptoms of COVID-19 or a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of COVI
welcome back, everyone. more than three years since seaworld trainers have been in the water with killer whales after the death of dawn brancheau they were told they could not go back in the water. today seaworld orlando is asking the panel of three judges to overturn safety citations and a ban instituted by the occupational safety and health administration which restricts how humans can interact with these killer whales during performances. at the conclusion of today s hearing there was no indication how this panel will ultimately rule. cnn s martin savidge joins us now from washington. martin, you were inside the hearing. what was the main issue here? what was the case that seaworld was trying to make? the stakes are huge for both sides, especially for seaworld. what seaworld wants is to get their trainers back into the
years since seaworld trainers have been in the water with the whales. today they were asking a panel of three judges on a federal appeals court to overturn safety citations and ban instituted by occupational safety and health administration, which restricts how humans interact with killer whales during these performances. but at the conclusion of today s hearing there was no indication on how the panel would actually rule. and it could be months before a decision is made. this is big for seaworld. proof of just how serious this is, they have a big name as their attorney. eugene scalia. he is the son of anthony scalia and labor department s former top lawyer. he s a big name. let s bring in cnn legal analyst sunny haostin and danny cevalos. danny, i ll start with you. the interaction between the humans and the killer whales is essential, actually, for them to
republicans quickly and strongly rejected the idea. the house speaker john boehner said pitting one group of americans against another is not leadership. the president is betting americans will side with him on taxes. an abc news/ washington post poll out this summer found 72% of the country supports raising taxes on wealthy americans. linsey and andrea, back to you. tahman bradley in washington. sea world in orlando is defending itself against claims it violated workplace safety laws before last year s deadly killer whale incident. you might remember that trainer, dawn brancheau, was dragged underwater by the killer whale. an investigation found sea world knew of the dangers but still required trainers to closely interact with the animals. experts and brancheau s family hope the case brings that to an end. these are wild animals, unpredictable, predatory, thinking animals that when they decide to act out there s nothing a trainer can do. the family has spent a long time hopin
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