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News Release: WASHINGTON - As plans for July 4th celebrations kick into high gear, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is urging employers in the fireworks and pyrotechnics industry to protect their workers from hazards while manufacturing, storing, transporting, displaying and selling fireworks.

OSHA finds Waupaca company lacked proper precautions for using sulfur dioxide at its foundry core manufacturing, metal coating facility

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 Appleton...

Ohio auto parts manufacturer faces $3.42M in fines after OSHA finds company willfully exposed temporary workers to machine hazards

News Release: HEBRON, Ohio - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued 57 citations for safety violations to Sunfield Inc., an Ohio auto parts' manufacturer. The agency has also proposed the company pay more than $3.42 million in total fines for its failure to disconnect machinery...

OSHA orders Dearborn Heights School District to pay $193K to employee punished for warning of asbestos exposures at city school

News Release: DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. - Federal investigators have determined a Michigan janitor was labeled a troublemaker and subjected to a continuing litany of adverse personnel actions by the Dearborn Heights School District after she complained about exposure to asbestos while cleaning school floor tiles.

HIGHER ED: At Sen. Murray’s Urging, Education Dept. To Simplify FAFSA Form For Homeless Students

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded strong steps by the Department of Education to simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form to help more unaccompanied homeless students apply for and receive the financial aid necessary to pursue a higher education.

OSHA fines underground utility contractor $52K for exposing workers to repeat, serious excavation hazards

News Release: Employer(s) Name(s): S.J. Louis Construction of Texas LTD

OSHA orders tour bus operator's former owner to pay $11Kfor retaliating after employee refused to drive unsafe bus

News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered the former owner of Banjo Billy's Bus Tours to pay a former employee back wages, interest and punitive damages after the agency found he terminated an employee who refused to drive an unsafe tour bus.

Members Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Career and Technical Education

News Release: Led by Republican and Democratic members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, policymakers today introduced the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. Introduced by Reps. Glenn “GT" Thompson (R-PA) and Katherine Clark (D-MA), the legislation reauthorizes ...

OSHA finds workers exposed to amputation dangers at San Angelo woodworking manufacturer; company, staffing agency fined $63K

News Release: Employer(s) Name(s): Terrill Manufacturing Company Inc.

OSHA deploying assets to flood impacted West Virginia counties to ensuresafety and health of workers, general public involved in cleanup efforts

By DOL Newswire | Jun 27, 2016

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is deploying assets to flood-impacted West Virginia counties to ensure employers, workers and others engaged in cleanup efforts avoid potential hazards and take steps to protect themselves.

OSHA cites Georgia masonry contractor for exposing workers on scaffolding to dangerous fall risks in 7 out of 7 inspections

By DOL Newswire | Jun 27, 2016

News Release: Employer name: MMC Construction LLC. Inspection site: 1470 Taylor Road, Montgomery, Alabama 36117. Citations issued: Citations were issued to the employer on June 24. Investigation findings: Inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations...

Sen. Murray: Supreme Court Ruling in Whole Woman’s Health A “True Victory”

By DOL Newswire | Jun 27, 2016

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on the Supreme Court ruling in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt that a Texas law restricting women’s access to safe, legal abortion...

Murray, Senate Honor 44th Anniversary of Title IX, Landmark Civil Rights Law Prohibiting Discrimination

By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2016

News Release: (Washington D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, was joined by 37 Senators in introducing a resolution to honor the 44th Anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). Congress enacted...

Sen. Murray: Fisher Decision A Ruling “In Favor of Fairness and Equity”

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the Supreme Court decision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, which upheld the use of affirmative action plans in college admissions.

OSHA announces Safety Stand-Down at worksites throughout Southeastto emphasize response to, prevention of heat-related illnesses, injuries

News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | June 23, 2016

FOSTER CARE: Senators Applaud Agencies for Their Leadership to Increase the Educational Success of Children in Foster Care

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Al Franken (D-MN), member of Senate HELP and Judiciary Committees, applauded...

State and Local Ed Leaders: Department’s Actions Threaten Positive K-12 Reforms

News Release: The Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing to examine the Department of Education’s steps to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The committee heard from Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr., as well as state and local leaders who echoed members’ concerns regarding the department’s accountability and “supplement, not supplant" proposals.

Kline Statement on Hearing with Secretary of Education King