By DOL Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Twice in about a month, United States Steel Corp. gave seven employees tasks that exposed them to asbestos, a widely recognized hazard associated with serious and fatal health risks including lung cancer, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: View Citations here. To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint, or report amputations, eye loss, 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 agency's Indianapolis...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Henry RAC Holding Corp.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: DENVER - After hailstorms in residential areas, roofing contractors may come knocking - offering to make repairs on damaged roofs. Homeowners anxious to protect their property and their wallets should be aware that some companies put profits before their employees' safety and well-being, and could wind up costing their customers even more.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: The Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) has a record-and it’s not one to brag about. Designated a performance-based organization by Congress, FSA has an obligation to set and meet clear and measurable goals, customer service standards, and performance targets. Unfortunately, the organization has routinely failed to live up to those responsibilities at the expense of taxpayers, student borrowers, and the institutions that serve them.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released unemployment data for July 2016...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: View Citations here. Information: In March 2016, OSHA announced a final rule to improve protections for workers exposed to respirable silica dust. The rule will curb lung cancer, silicosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and kidney disease in America's workers by limiting their exposure to respirable...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Golden Dragon Copper Inc., doing business as GD Copper USA Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: WARRENSBURG, Mo. - A 57-year-old maintenance worker was crushed fatally by a 4,000 pound machine part while performing maintenance inside of a sand core machine at a Warrensburg aluminum foundry.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Solvay Specialty Polymers USA LLC
By DOL Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, sent a letter to the General Counsel of the U.S. Soccer Federation requesting information on pay disparities between the men’s and women’s U.S. National Soccer Teams.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: SYLVANIA, Ohio - Splashing acid and other serious hazards are putting employees at a Sylvania metal coating company in danger of serious and debilitating injuries because their employer is failing again to provide appropriate protective clothing and other safety equipment, federal safety and health inspectors have found.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - A Schenectady hazardous materials remediation contractor exposed its employees to mercury poisoning and did not provide proper safeguards to workers doing mercury removal work at the General Electric Co. Power and Water Main Plant State Superfund site at 1 River Road in Schenectady, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: Employer name: U.S. Postal Service, 104 S. Fillmore St., Osceola, Iowa
By DOL Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: View Citations here. Background: Prairie State Energy Campus includes a coal-fired generating plant and adjacent coal mine. The facility generates 1,600 megawatts of power, with 100 percent of the output dedicated to nine Midwestern-based public power utilities that provided energy to 2.5 million homes.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | Aug. 2, 2016
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Lone Star Wheel Components Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Aug. 2, 2016 BOS 2016-122. Employer name: Rohm-Haas Electronics Material, LLC, doing business as Dow Chemical Co. 60 Willow St., North Andover, Massachusetts a manufacturer of specialty chemicals. What prompted OSHA's inspection: On Jan. 7, 2016, an explosion occurred as plant employees were engaged...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Dear Secretary King: In negotiating the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) with our colleagues, we fought to preserve the Department of Education’s (Department) full regulatory authority to promulgate rules and issue guidance. We applaud the Department’s notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on 34 CFR...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: View Citations here. To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint, or report amputations, eye loss, 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 agency's Calumet...
