By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Dollar General Corp. Inspection site: 34300 Mississippi Highway 35, Vaiden, Mississippi 39176. Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on April 8 for four repeated and one serious safety violation.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Quick Roofing LLC. Inspection Site: 628 Maple Point Drive, Conroe, Texas. Citations issued: April 14, 2016. Investigation findings: On Nov. 23, 2015, after witnessing three roofers at work at a site in Conroe not using fall protection systems, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: On Thursday, April 14 at 10:30 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), will hold a hearing entitled, “Innovations in Health Care: Exploring Free-Market Solutions for a Healthy Workforce." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 12, 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, delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor in recognition of National Equal Pay Day, the date that symbolizes how far into the year American women...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Recent federal inspections of Florida construction sites finds Jasper Contractors Inc., a Georgia-based roofing company, is continuing its seven-year history of ignoring safety and health laws and putting workers at risk of serious injury or death.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 12, 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, delivered opening remarks at a hearing with Secretary of Education Dr. John King to discuss the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the landmark legislation...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Breedlove Foods Inc. Location: 1818 N. Martin Luther King Blvd., Lubbock, Texas. Date Citation Issued: April 12, 2016. Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Lubbock Area Office began the inspection Oct.16, 2015, after a feed...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: Information: Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia - with facilities in Illinois, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas - Alfa Laval has 35 employees working in Houston and approximately 2,000 employees nationwide. The company has 15 business days from receipt of its citations to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA's area director, or contest the citations and penalties before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: HOLDREGE, Neb. - After two workers suffered partial amputations of their index fingers in separate incidents in October 2015, federal investigators found numerous machines lacked safety guards at the Holdrege facility of Becton, Dickinson and Company, a global medical technology company.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: Employer name: U.S. Postal Service Network Distribution Center, 4000 109th St., Urbandale, Iowa
By DOL Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | April 11, 2016
By DOL Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Williamson Plumbing and Heating Inc., doing business as Roto-Rooter Services Co., 4197 East Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, Pennsylvania
By DOL Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: Employer name: V&T Painting LLC, 29585 Gramercy Court, Farmington Hills, Michigan
By DOL Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and a bipartisan delegation of House members, traveled to the Philippines and Australia to exchange ideas on a variety of education and workforce policies. The congressional delegation participated in meetings with ...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Louisiana food manufacturing company for 25 serious and one other violation for exposing workers to hazardous chemicals, electrical dangers and fall hazards.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - The Federal Highway Administration, the state of Georgia and local government organizations are partnering with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration to sponsor a one-hour Safety Stand-Down at Georgia construction sites in conjunction with National Highway Work Zone Awareness Week from April 11-15.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Winesburg Builders LTD, 6834 County Road 672, Millersburg, Ohio
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 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, delivered opening remarks at a HELP Committee markup to consider legislation that will help remove obstacles to innovation and improve quality treatment for...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: VICKERY, Ohio - A 31-year-old worker found unresponsive on a Vickery farm was overcome by exposure to hydrogen sulfide gas from the pig manure he loaded into trailers for use as fertilizer. Federal investigators determined his death was caused by inhalation of the gas which is rapidly absorbed by the lungs.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Employer name: ABC Equipment Inc., doing business as C. B. Masonry Inc.
