By DOL Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: MIAMI - If Southern Chills, a Homestead-based contractor, had not ignored the construction industry's most dangerous hazard, Leonardo Javier Lopez-Montelo might be alive today.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded the U.S. Department of Education’s efforts to move forward quickly with a process to restore Pell Grant eligibility to students enrolled at the time Corinthian Colleges and ITT Technical Institute abruptly closed, as well as countless other students that were unable to complete their programs at schools that have shut down.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Employer Name: ST Feed Mill, LLC doing business as Thomas Moore Feed. ST Feed Mill, LLC doing business as Thomas Moore Feed. 7963 Allen Farm Rd. 7963 Allen Farm Rd. Navasota, Texas. Navasota, Texas. Citations Issued: Dec. 20, 2016. Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today released a white paper, Sustainability in the Workplace: A New Approach for Protecting Worker Safety and Health, highlighting the importance of including worker safety and health in the growing movement toward sustainability and corporate responsibility.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Vanilson Da Silva, doing business as Real Contractors LLC. Vanilson Da Silva, doing business as Real Contractors LLC. 600 West Germantown Pike, Suite 400. 600 West Germantown Pike, Suite 400. Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Inspection site: 12-330 Fairmount...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: EL DORADO SPRINGS, Mo. - A federal workplace safety inspection - that occurred only after a federal court ordered an El Dorado Springs sheet metal manufacturer to allow inspectors to respond to complaints of unsafe working conditions and employee injuries - led to the discovery of more than a dozen repeated and serious violations and an assessment of $138,430 in proposed fines.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Monday will issue a final rule that clarifies an employer's continuing obligation to make and maintain an accurate record of each recordable injury and illness. The final rule becomes effective Jan. 18, 2017.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Colorado Safety Association. Colorado Safety Association. Alliance description: OSHA's Denver and Englewood area offices and the CSA are renewing...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Employer name: U.S. Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center
By DOL Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Brandon Horine's first day at work removing shingles from a residential roof in Nampa was also his last. Without required fall protection equipment in place, the 42-year-old worker fell to the ground on Sept. 12, 2016 - suffering severe brain trauma that ended his life several days later.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Star Laundry Inc. Star Laundry Inc. 421 and 436 East 16th St. 421 and 436 East 16th St. Paterson, New Jersey. Paterson, New Jersey. Citations issued: On Dec. 7, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations against Brite Services...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found a Dudley contract packager failed to inform the agency as required that a temporary worker needed hospitalization after he sustained a serious injury on May 26, 2016. Even worse, the employer failed to contact emergency medical services immediately when the injury occurred.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published a final rule establishing procedures and time frames for handling employee retaliation complaints under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). The final rule is effective Dec. 14, 2016.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Dear Secretary Burwell: Thank you for your commitment to protect reproductive health and family planning programs that serve millions of women and families. We applaud the Department of Health and Human Services (Department) updates to the Title X family planning program as outlined in the Notice of...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: ANDOVER, Mass. - An employee of Ned Stevens Gutter Cleaning and General Contracting of Massachusetts Inc. was injured when he fell 9 feet from a garage roof in Lexington on Oct. 24, 2016. It was the second such incident in Massachusetts in less than a year for the New Jersey-based company that specializes in cleaning gutters and roofs. On Nov. 29, 2015, another employee fell 26 feet from a roof in Newton.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: CUSSETA, Ala. - When she wasn't employed as a temporary worker at a Cusseta manufacturer that stamps metal parts for Hyundai and Kia vehicles, Regina Allen Elsea was making final plans for her wedding and looking forward to a new life with her future husband.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cancelled the Dec. 13, 2016, meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Professionals Pipeline Work Group, in Washington, D.C. Cancellation of the work group meeting has no effect on the NACOSH meeting, which is still scheduled for Dec. 14.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: MOSINEE, Wis. - A federal investigation, prompted by the death of a 51-year-old chemical technician at a coatings company's facility in Mosinee, has resulted in multiple safety violations.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), incoming committee chairwoman, issued the following statements in response to Education Secretary John King’s upholding of the Education Department’s decision to terminate federal recognition of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS)...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
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. Department of Education’s decision to deny the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools’ (ACICS) appeal concerning its loss of recognition.
