By DOL Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: HUDSON, S.D. - Federal investigators found multiple safety violations at a South Dakota ethanol refinery expansion project after a 38-year-old pipefitter suffered fatal burn injuries when ethanol spilled from a process pipe he was working on and was ignited by flames from nearby welding operations.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Three inventors were recognized for their ideas to reduce work-related hearing loss during the first 'Hear and Now - Noise Safety Challenge' hosted by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Mine Safety and Health Administration, in partnership with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on Oct. 27, in Washington, D.C.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Bekaert Corp. 1881 Bekaert Drive. Van Buren, Arkansas. Citations Issued: Nov. 2, 2016. Investigation Findings: A Bekaert Corp. employee suffered amputation while trying to untangle moving wire at the Arkansas facility that manipulates and coats steel products. Inspectors from the U.S.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 1, 2016
News Release: NAPOLEON, Ohio - An Ohio manufacturer of railroad track repair kits routinely exposed its workers amputation risks and other serious injuries as they serviced and maintained industrial core machine mixers, an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 1, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - For manufacturing industry workers, amputation is serious risk and the cause of more than a 1,400 serious injuries each year. In 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration received reports of more than 2,600 amputations nationwide - 57 percent of them suffered by manufacturing workers.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 1, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Collis Roofing Inc. Inspection site: 202 Wellington Woods Ave. 202 Wellington Woods Ave. Deland, Florida 32720. Deland, Florida 32720. Citations issued: Inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration saw Collis Roofing's workers unprotected...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Dollar General, doing business as Dollar General Store #13229
By DOL Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: MINERAL WELLS, Texas - While investigating one serious employee injury in May 2016, at PECOFacet - a global manufacturer of filtration and containment products - inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found themselves investigating a second incident in which another employee was hurt seriously three days after they arrived.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and 21 of their fellow Senators including Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Mazie K.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: PATASKALA, Ohio - For at least two years, an Ohio manufacturer of thermoplastic lining systems for truck bodies and trailers exposed workers to the risk of amputation and other serious injury by disabling safety devices to speed production.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Education (“the Department") announced its final rule creating strong protections for student loan...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today issued the following joint statement in response the Department of Education’s final rules regarding defense to repayment for student loan borrowers...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced that the U.S. Department of Education (“the Department") has agreed to follow her recommendation and recognize its existing authority under a provision...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: MONEE, Ill. - The absence of safety pins in two hydraulic leg stands and the failure to use stationary jacks allowed a mobile medical trailer to fall and fatally crush a 58-year-old electrician on his first day working on the job for an Illinois manufacturer of custom trailers and specialty vehicles.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: YORK, Neb. - Responding to a report of unsafe working conditions, federal investigators found employees at a Nebraska animal feed company exposed to the risk of grain dust explosion, electrical shock and confined space hazards, and multiple other violations of grain handling safety standards.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Employer Name: KG Marketing and Bag Co. KG Marketing and Bag Co. 1201 S. Grandview Blvd. 1201 S. Grandview Blvd. Waukesha, Wisconsin. Waukesha, Wisconsin. Citations issued: Oct. 21, 2016. Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited KG...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: PLAINFIELD, Ill. - A federal investigation prompted by the death of a 50-year-old worker at the Plainfield steel processing facility has resulted in a half-dozen safety and health violations.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: As part of a year-long oversight investigation, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) today sent a letter to Labor Secretary Thomas Perez calling on the Department of Labor (DOL) to comply with repeated document requests relating to a draft joint employer investigatory tool for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
By DOL Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently renewed its alliance with the American Staffing Association with the goal of protecting temporary employees from workplace hazards. All workers have the right to be safe, regardless of how long they have been on the job.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: View Citations here. Background: Based in Orrville, The J. M. Smucker Company is a leading marketer and manufacturer of consumer food and beverage products and pet food and pet snacks in North America. To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint, or report amputations, eye loss, ...
