By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: MOBILE, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Ampac Mobile Holdings LLC - operating as ProAmpac - for exposing employees to caught-in and struck-by hazards at the packaging manufacturer’s facility in Mobile, Alabama. The company faces $75,156 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: DALTON, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Plaze Aeroscience - operating as Plaze GA - for exposing employees to fire and burn hazards at the company’s facility in Dalton, Georgia. The specialty chemical manufacturer faces $107,164 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has expanded its alliance with the SAFETY Alliance, to raise awareness about hazards associated with the construction industry. This new agreement includes the organization’s Jacksonville Chapter.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: GAINESVILLE, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Riverside Military Academy Inc. - a military college preparatory academy in Gainesville, Georgia - for exposing employees to trenching hazards. The company faces $381,882 in penalties, including citations for the maximum penalties allowed by law.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: DALLAS, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Rio Grande Valley Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) have renewed an alliance to help protect construction industry employees in the Rio Grande Valley.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS, MT - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Nelcon Inc. - a highway contractor based in Kalispell, Montana - for exposing workers to burns and falls at a mobile asphalt-mixing plant in Laurel, Montana. The company faces $261,418 in penalties for 23 serious violations.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is partnering with the Associated General Contractors of Georgia Inc., and industry employers to sponsor safety stand-down events at worksites in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi, April 29-30, 2019, from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. EDT.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is joining with occupational safety organizations for the 6th annual National Fall Prevention Safety Stand-Down, May 6-10, 2019. The week-long event will focus attention on preventing falls in construction, the leading cause of fatalities in the industry.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited UHS of Denver Inc. - doing business as Highlands Behavioral Healthcare System and based in Highlands Ranch, Colorado - for failing to protect employees from violence in the workplace. The company faces penalties of $11,934.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: ALLENTOWN, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Alvin H. Butz Inc. have established a strategic partnership to promote workplace safety during an expansion project at B. Braun Medical Inc., a medical device manufacturer in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: CONCORD, NH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited DCI Inc. for exposing employees to crushing and struck-by hazards at its Lisbon, New Hampshire, manufacturing plant. The furniture manufacturer faces a total of $378,488 in penalties after OSHA found 37 violations of workplace safety and health standards at the facility.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 19, 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, released the following statement in response the Trump Administration’s finalization of the annual Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for the 2020 health...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold a meeting May 14, 2019, in Washington, D.C., to solicit public comments and suggestions from stakeholders on issues relating to whistleblower protection under Section 11(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: MIAMI, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a strategic partnership with the University of South Florida Safety and Health Consultation Program, and Shawmut Design and Construction Co. to promote worker safety and health during the construction...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: HUNTSVILLE, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a strategic partnership with the University of Alabama Consultation Program, the United Association of Journeymen Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the U.S. and Canada Union, and Holder Construction to promote worker safety and health during construction of a Huntsville, Alabama, data center.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: MONTGOMERYVILLE, PA - A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has found that Lloyd Industries Inc. - a manufacturing company based in Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania - and its owner William P. Lloyd unlawfully terminated two employees because of their involvement in a safety investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
By DOL Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: ALLENTOWN, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited framing contractor Navy Contractors, Inc. for willfully exposing employees to fall hazards at residential construction sites in Royersford, Collegeville, and Center Valley, Pennsylvania. The company faces $603,850 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: BOYNTON BEACH, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a strategic partnership with the University of South Florida, SafetyFlorida Consultation Program, H.J. High Construction, and the Haskell Co. to promote worker safety and health during the construction of the City of Boynton Beach’s Town Square development project in Boynton Beach, Florida.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: HAMBURG, PA - After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has awarded $40,000 for lost wages, pain and suffering, and punitive damages to a former employee of Fairmount Foundry Inc. The employee claimed that the Hamburg, Pennsylvania, iron-casting company terminated him for reporting alleged safety and health hazards to OSHA.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: CLEVELAND, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Walsh Construction Company II LLC have signed a strategic partnership to promote worker safety and health during the demolition, remodeling, and construction of the I-480 Valley View Bridge Project in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
