By DOL Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: BRAINTREE, Mass. - A Bellingham used auto parts business' failure to follow required workplace safety standards allowed an employee to suffer fatal head injuries, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued Recommended Practices for Anti-Retaliation Programs to help employers create workplaces in which workers feel comfortable voicing their concerns without fear of retaliation. The recommendations are intended to apply to all public and private sector employers covered by the 22 whistleblower protection laws that OSHA enforces.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - As residents cope with record snowfall and frigid temperatures, the U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges workers and employers in southwestern Idaho to be extra vigilant and aware of the dangerous hazards that exist when removing snow and ice, particularly from rooftops and other elevated surfaces.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: KINGSTON, Okla. - A complaint of unsafe working conditions led U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors to discover the safety and health of employees at a well-known Oklahoma truck bed fabricator being placed at risk amid nearly two dozen safety and health violations.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, today released the roster of new Republican members who will serve on the committee in the 115th Congress. Chairwoman Foxx also announced the members who will serve as chairs of the four standing subcommittees.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Chad Vivian, acting area director of OSHA's Englewood Area Office; Joan Smith, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Education Center and Herb Gibson, area director of OSHA's Denver Area Office sign an alliance to promote safety training and education
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement after the Senate passed the FY2017 budget resolution, including legislative tools aimed at providing relief from the president’s failed health care law...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: Employer name: Kempf Construction Inc. Kempf Construction Inc. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Citations issued: Jan. 9, 2017. Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Sioux Falls excavating contractor for...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO, Ill. - Federal safety inspectors saw seven employees of a Park Ridge contractor performing masonry work on a Chicago building at heights up to 40 feet without adequate fall protection and have issued citations to the company. The company committed similar violations in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, a case about the level of educational...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Jasper Roofing Contractors Inc. and its owner/chief executive officer, Brian Wedding, for terminating their safety manager after he cooperated with a safety and health inspection by the department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-MN), U.S. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (FL-24), and U.S. Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate health committee, and Senate Democrats took to the Senate floor tonight to speak out against Republican’s “harmful and reckless" attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act with no clear plan to replace it. In her speech, ...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: VERONA, N.J. - Acting on a complaint in June 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found employees of one of the area's largest general contractors working in an unprotected 10-foot deep excavation at a suburban New Jersey high school, in violation of federal...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: View Citations here. To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint, or report workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) or the Chicago North Area Office at (847) 803-4800.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Dear Speaker Ryan: As we begin this new Congress, we are outraged at your promise to defund Planned Parenthood as Republicans rush to rip apart the health care system, but we are not surprised. We have seen this before. In fact, since 2007 when Vice President-elect Pence first waged the battle to defund...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released unemployment data for December 2016...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A new rule issued today by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration dramatically lowers workplace exposure to beryllium, a strategically important material that can cause devastating lung diseases. The new beryllium standards for general industry, construction and shipyards will require employers to take additional, practical measures to protect an estimated 62,000 workers from these serious risks.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: Employer name: Nemo Plastics Inc. Nemo Plastics Inc. Inspection site: 1425 Candler Road. 1425 Candler Road. Gainesville, Georgia 30507. Gainesville, Georgia 30507. Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to Nemo Plastics for...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Kamala Harris (D-CA) ...
