By DOL Newswire | Jan 14, 2016
News Release: LINCOLN, Neb. - A newly hired, 39-year-old worker who fell through a roof in October 2015 and later died, could have been saved if his employer provided required fall protection, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 14, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Genpak LLC. Inspection site: 7621 Bill Joseph Parkway, Hope Hull, Alabama. Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on Jan. 13 for two repeated, six serious and one other-than-serious safety violation.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) released a new report : “Preventable Tragedies: Superbugs and How Ineffective Monitoring of Medical Device Safety Fails Patients." The report is the result of a yearlong investigation, ...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: WEST CHESTER, Pa. - A 30-year-old construction worker returned from a holiday weekend on July 6, 2015, ready to install gutters on new apartment and condominium buildings at 1323 West Chester Pike in West Chester. It was his first day on the job site, and his last as a builder.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s final State of the Union address...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Amazon Fulfillment Services. Site: 50 New Canton Way, Robbinsville, New Jersey. Citation and hazard alert letters issued: On Dec. 21, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Marlton Area Office issued one other-than-serious citation. On Dec. 30, ...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee approved the nomination of Dr. Robert Califf to be Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Ahead of the vote, Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks expressing her support for Califf’s...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 11, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Amtech Southeast LLC. Inspection site: 1142 Highway 14, Elmore, Alabama. Citations issued: On Jan.07, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued Amtech Southeast two repeated and one serious safety citation. Investigation findings: Following...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 11, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Fukuvi USA Inc., Huber Heights, Ohio
By DOL Newswire | Jan 11, 2016
News Release: Jan. 11, 2016 BOS 2016-006. Three Long Island, NY, workers inside recycling machinery. seriously injured when power is unexpectedly turned on. Employer name: Peconic Recycling & Transfer Corp., 560 Commerce Rd., Cutchogue, N.Y. Citations issued: On Dec. 29, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 11, 2016
News Release: Jan. 11, 2016 BOS 2016-004. BOSTON - A settlement agreement between the U.S. Department of Labor and Mass Bay Electrical Corp. commits the East Boston electrical contractor to extensive corrective action to prevent future deaths and injuries and establishes a training fund in the memory of Joseph Boyd...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 8, 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 December 2015...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Toledo Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee
By DOL Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: NAPLES, Fla. - Had his employer taken the necessary steps to fully protect him, a 32-year-old construction worker might not have suffered deadly injuries in a fall at a Naples building site on Sept. 26, 2015.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 6, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed legislation to dismantle the Affordable Care Act and defund Planned Parenthood. Republicans in the Senate previously passed the legislation, which President Obama will veto.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 6, 2016
News Release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) today released the following statements after the House passed the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act (H.R. 3762), a bill to dismantle ObamaCare, protect taxpayer dollars, and rein in the nation’s deficits and debt.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Judy Chu (D-CA), and Marc Veasey (D-TX) led a group of 155 Democrats and 2 Independents in filing an amicus brief in the case of Whole Woman’s...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Latite Roofing and Sheet Metal LLC
By DOL Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Litchfield contractor Michael Cahoon, who does business as High & Dry Roofing, knows he must protect his employees against falls and other hazards at his jobsites. Yet, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited him repeatedly for putting workers in danger of deadly and disabling falls, most recently in Manchester.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 4, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Susquehanna Supply Company Inc., is headquartered at 2 Rose Street in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The inspected location was a work site just outside Little Fishing Creek on State Route 4021 Eyers Grove Road in Millville, Pennsylvania. The bridge repair and construction company was contracted by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to rehabilitate a small steel-frame bridge over the creek.
