MOSH: Baltimore City DPW receives 'serious' violation after heat death of worker

MOSH: Baltimore City DPW receives 'serious' violation after heat death of worker

Baltimore City’s Department of Public Works was cited by the state of Maryland for dangerous working conditions and no plans for protecting workers from severe heat. | PDF: Maryland Occupational Safety and Health citation on Baltimore City DPW DPW workers out of the Reedbird Avenue facility collecting trash were “routinely exposed to excessive heat and humidity,” according to an August 2024 inspection by the Maryland Occupational Safety and Heal…

No fine for Baltimore DPW worker’s death, thanks to weak workplace protections in Maryland

When Ronald Silver II died, no statewide workplace heat standard was in effect. And MOSH can’t fine public sector employers for safety violations. Legislation pending in Annapolis aims to change that.

Baltimore DPW receives ‘serious’ violation from labor department but no fines after worker death

A Maryland Labor Department investigation sparked by the death of a sanitation worker concluded that Baltimore City’s public works department regularly exposed employees to dangerous working conditions.The Maryland Occupational Safety and Health agency on Friday issued a ‘serious’ violation to Baltimore DPW — that means the agency found conditions that caused or were likely to cause serious harm or death to a worker. In this case, the agency fou…