By DOL Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, took to the Senate floor today to criticize Republicans for focusing on legislation to undermine women’s health care even as the ongoing Trump Shutdown, the longest...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and House and Senate leadership to introduce...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: DALLAS, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited RKM Utility Services Inc. for failing to protect workers from hydrogen sulfide after an employee died after exposure to dangerous levels of the gas while working in a trench in Dallas, Texas.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: Dear Commissioner Gottlieb: We are writing to request information regarding the effect of the partial federal government shutdown on the operations of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This shutdown will be, as of midnight, the longest in U.S. history and is hampering your agency’s critical role...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has developed a collection of compliance assistance resources to address falls in the workplace, the leading cause of worker fatality in the construction industry. OSHA’s goal is to promote awareness...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: WOODLAND HILLS, CA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for a repeated violation of OSHA’s General Duty Clause following the heat-related death of a Southern California mail carrier at the Woodland Hills Post Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: SUN PRAIRIE, WI - An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) into an explosion and fire in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, found that two utility contractors - Bear Communications LLC of Lawrence, Kansas, and subcontractor V C Tech Inc. of Ypsilanti, Michigan - failed to establish the location of underground utilities prior to beginning excavation work.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, urged Secretary DeVos...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: FORT RILEY, KS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Maryland-based contractor Power Factor LLC for exposing workers to electrical hazards after an employee was fatally electrocuted while installing solar panels on a building in Fort Riley, Kansas.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, and Ed Markey (D-MA), released...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar: We are writing to express our strong opposition to the proposed rule as it would impose unnecessary and onerous burdens on insurers and consumers with the goal of eliminating abortion coverage in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace and denying women comprehensive health insurance.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 8, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reminds employers to stay vigilant when it comes to weather-related hazards that can put employees at risk when temperatures plummet in winter months.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 8, 2019
News Release: PENNSBURG, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Spear Excavating LLC - based in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania - for exposing employees to trenching hazards at a worksite in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The company faces $106,057 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 8, 2019
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Franklin County Construction LLC - based in New Haven, Missouri - after an employee suffered fatal fall injuries when a roof truss collapsed. The employee was part of a crew installing prefabricated roof trusses onto a commercial building under construction in Bowling Green, Missouri.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 8, 2019
News Release: ERIE, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Turner Construction Company have established a strategic partnership to promote workplace safety for a building project at UPMC Hamot hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 7, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Western Waterproofing Co. Inc. - doing business as Western Specialty Contractors - for exposing employees to serious injuries at a New York City construction worksite. The St. Louis, Missouri-based contractor faces $155,204 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 7, 2019
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Senior Republican of the House Committee on Education and Labor, released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Office of Child Care announced the Preschool Development Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) Initial Grant awards...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 3, 2019
News Release: SHARONVILLE, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited United Parcel Service (UPS) for repeatedly putting workers at risk by obstructing exit routes at its Sharonville, Ohio, distribution center. The company faces $208,603 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 3, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the closing of the 115th Congress without Senate Republican leadership confirming Chai Feldblum to the Equal Employment Opportunity...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 3, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS, MT - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Montana Contractors Association (MCA) have signed an alliance to foster safer workplaces.
