By DOL Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: ST. AUGUSTINE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited G&H Underground Construction for allowing the use of unguarded machines after an employee suffered a serious injury at a worksite in St. Augustine. The company faces $57,738 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
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 today on the Department of Education’s proposal to abandon an Obama Administration-era “gainful employment" rule-which would hold...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: MILWAUKEE, WI - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has joined with Gilbane Building Company and the Milwaukee Building & Construction Trades Council in signing a strategic partnership to promote worker safety and health during the construction of the Potawatomi Hotel Expansion in Milwaukee.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a final rule to extend the compliance date for specific ancillary requirements of the general industry beryllium standard to Dec. 12, 2018.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: JASPER, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Carl Cannon Inc., an automobile dealership, have reached a settlement agreement to resolve citations and penalties issued after five employees were injured, three fatally, in a fire at the company’s Jasper, Alabama, facility. The company will pay $114,074 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: Dear Attorney General Sessions and Secretary DeVos...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: Dear Dr. Collins: We write to express deep concern regarding harassment in the workplace and to obtain information on how the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is working to address the issue both within the agency and in research facilities that receive NIH funding. Federal funding should not support...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Murray delivered keynote at Seattle event for Commission focused on ensuring global health security
By DOL Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: SODDY DAISY, TN - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Day & Zimmerman NPS Inc. for exposing employees to electric shock hazards at the Tennessee Valley Authority Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee. The company faces $71,599 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: MIAMI, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Archer Western Construction Inc. for safety violations after two employees suffered fatal injuries while performing trenching activities at a Miami worksite.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: EL PASO, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited El Paso Underground Construction for failing to protect its employees from trench collapse hazards. The pipe-laying company faces proposed penalties of $190,642.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: FRANKFORT, IL ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited HB Fuller Company - operating as Adhesive Systems Inc. - for 18 health and safety violations at its facility in Frankfort, Illinois. OSHA proposed penalties totaling $587,564.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: DALLAS, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Dollar Tree Stores Inc. for exposing workers to fire, smoke, and other hazards at a Dallas location. The national discount retailer faces $129,336 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
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 the highest ranking woman in the U.S. Senate, launched a platform for people across the country to share their stories about how Roe v. Wade has impacted...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: ATHOL, ID - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Merritt Bros. Lumber Company Inc. for exposing employees to multiple workplace safety hazards at its Athol facility. The Athol, Idaho-based company is facing $189,221 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will publish in tomorrow’s Federal Register three Susan Harwood Training Grants funding opportunity announcements for Targeted Topic Training Grants, Training and Educational Materials Development Grants, and...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: STOW, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Polystar Inc. - doing business as Polystar Containment - for exposing employees to excessive noise after 12 employees’ audiograms indicated mild to moderate hearing loss at its manufacturing plant in Stow, Ohio. The company faces penalties totaling $331,490.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Sewing Collection Inc. - a coat hanger recycling company - for serious and repeat safety violations. The Columbus, Ohio-based company faces proposed penalties totaling $190,247.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on the passage of legislation that renewed the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authority to collect user fees from the makers of new animal drugs and generic animal drugs.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
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, issued the following statement on President Trump’s finalization of rules to further sabotage the health care system by expanding insurance companies’ ability to sell junk plans that skirt patient protections, including for those with pre-existing conditions and for maternity care.
