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A Utah woman died Wednesday morning after she became caught by an industrial mixer.

The most recent incident is the third serious injury involving machine hazards reported by Hearthside Food Solutions this year.

The guidelines are advisory only and do not create any new legal obligations or alter existing obligations created by OSHA standards or regulations.

Virtually all European and US companies that purchase seafood from Thailand are at risk of having these abuses in their supply chains as well.

The organizations will work to reduce workplace incidents and protect workers from hazardous exposures.

Despite nearly three million non-fatal workplace injuries and illnesses reported by private employers last year, results from a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics’ survey show the total recordable cases incidence rate fell 0.1 cases per 100 full-time workers.

It shouldn’t be news that bad work designs can spell major problems for employers in terms of lost production time, workers’ compensation claims and injuries. All of these take deep cuts out of the bottom line. But poor design can hurt you where you least expect it such as in turnover rates, damage to your brand and bad rankings in best place to work surveys.