By DOL Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: PLEASANTVILLE, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Paris Produce Inc. for failing to correct workplace hazards identified during an August 2017 investigation at the wholesale supplier’s facility in Pleasantville, New Jersey. The company faces $236,089 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We are extremely concerned by the U.S. Department of Education’s (“Department") inadequate response to the recent abrupt closures of multiple institutions of higher education. Three major collapses of for-profit college chains, including those owned by Education Corporation of...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: LENEXA, KS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): the Kansas Department of Labor’s Division of Industrial Safety and Health, and McCarthy Building Companies Inc. in Leawood, Kansas, have established a strategic partnership to promote employee safety and health during construction of the Tomahawk Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility Expansion Project in Lenexa, Kansas.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: LEBANON, MO ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Missouri Cooperage Company LLC ‒ a subsidiary of Independent Stave Company‒ for exposing employees to amputation, noise, and other safety and health hazards at the spirits and wine barrel-making facility in Lebanon, Missouri. The company faces $413,370 in federal penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: DAYTON, OH ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Payne Enterprises Inc. - a plumbing contractor based in Dayton, Ohio - for exposing employees to multiple trenching and excavation hazards following an employee fatality. The company faces penalties of $145,860.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has renewed the national Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) to continue working together to protect workers from exposure to hazardous chemical releases from ammonia refrigeration systems. The alliance will also focus on improving process safety management programs for these systems.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced today the recent launch of a redesigned website for its Whistleblower Protection Program. The interactive, streamlined design highlights important information and data on more than 20 statutes OSHA enforces.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) recently renewed an alliance agreement to provide construction employers and workers with guidance and training resources to protect workers from exposure to construction hazards.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has found Altor Inc. - a construction company based in Washington Township, New Jersey and its president Vasilio Saites in contempt of court for failing to pay $412,000 in penalties assessed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a strategic partnership with Holder Construction Group LLC to promote worker safety and health during the construction of Project Fusion on West Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 29, 2019
News Release: MORAINE, OH ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Fuyao Glass America Inc. for exposing employees to multiple safety and health hazards at its Moraine, Ohio, production plant. The company faces $724,380 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: WESTBURY, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited U.S. Nonwovens Corp. - a home and personal care fabric product manufacturer - for repeat and serious safety violations after an employee suffered a fractured hand at the plant in Hauppauge, New York. The company faces $287,212 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, in a speech from the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, continued to blast Republicans for fighting in court to strike down health care and protections for millions of families, and highlighted the fact that Republicans have no plan for what to do if they succeed in throwing the lives of millions of patients and families into chaos and uncertainty.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: ARBOR VITAE, WI ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Pukall Lumber Company Inc. - a lumber mill in Arbor Vitae, Wisconsin - for exposing employees to multiple safety hazards following a worker fatality. The company faces penalties of $348,467.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: FRENCHTOWN, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Scot Christopher Rule LLC for exposing workers to lead and other workplace hazards as the company renovated and remodeled a worksite in Easton, Pennsylvania. The company faces $104,637 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) released a troubling report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that found that the vast majority of school districts...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: NORCROSS, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Transdev Services Inc. for exposing employees at a Norcross, Georgia, worksite to safety and health hazards. The company faces $188,714 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will join businesses and organizations nationwide to recognize the importance and successes of workplace safety and health programs during Safe + Sound Week, August 12-18, 2019.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos and Director Kraninger...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK, NY - As temperatures rise in New York and New Jersey, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reminds employers to protect their employees from the dangers of working in hot weather.
