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OSHA cites roofing contractor for exposing workers to fall hazards

News Release: Investigation findings The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Toledo Area Office cited Columbus-based roofing contractor Julio Galindo for one willful and seven repeated safety violations. The company has also been placed in the Severe Violator Enforcement Program.





Defective crane at Vidor, Texas, work site resulted in worker death

News Release: Employer name: Trans Global Solutions Inc.


Murray Statement on Finalized FDA Guidance on Blood Donation for Gay and Bisexual Men

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on the finalized guidance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding gay men and blood donation.


Area builder cited for dangerous fall hazards twice in a month

News Release: BATAVIA, Ill. - Twice in a month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Batavia builder after an OSHA inspector saw employees working on a residential framing project without fall protection. The agency issued two willful and five serious safety citations to Don Bosco LLC on Dec. 17. Proposed penalties total $162,000.


Milton, Pennsylvania, manufacturer cited for workplace safety and health hazards after employee sustains 2nd- and 3rd-degree burns

News Release: Employer name: ACF Industries LLC, a manufacturer and fabricator of specialty railcar parts and miscellaneous steel products, is located at 417 N. Arch Street in Milton, Pennsylvania. The company's headquarters is located at 101 Clark Street in St. Charles, Missouri.


News Release: Republican and Democratic lawmakers introduced today legislative proposals that will ensure retirement advisors serve their clients’ best interests and preserve access to quality financial planning. The proposals reflect a set of bipartisan principles members introduced in response to a Department of ...


House Passes Bill to Extend Perkins Loan Program

News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Rep. Mike Bishop (R-MI) issued the following statements today after the House passed bipartisan legislation extending the Federal Perkins Loan Program, which expired earlier this year...


Habitual workplace safety violator Force Corp. again exposes roofing workers to potentially fatal fall hazards

News Release: Dec. 17, 2015 BOS 2015-228. ANDOVER, Mass. Falls, broken bones, and death. These were the hazards faced by Force Corp. employees as they performed a roofing job on July 7, 2015, at 2-4 Johnson St. in North Andover. A U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspector driving...


Forever 21 Retail Inc. agrees to correct hazards, pay $100K in penalties for safety violations at Westfarms Mall store in Farmington, Connecticut

News Release: Dec. 17, 2015 BOS 2015-229. BOSTON - The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement agreement with Forever 21 Retail Inc. in which the fashion retailer commits to eliminate safety hazards at its Westfarms Mall store in Farmington, Connecticut, and pay $100,000 in penalties to the department's...


OSHA renews alliance to protect roadway construction workers

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today renewed its alliance with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and Roadway Work Zone Safety and Health Partners to protect workers in roadway construction work zones from injuries, illnesses and fatalities. The renewed alliance will continue for five years.


Framing contractor cited by OSHA for failing to report hospitalizations and exposing workers to various hazards at a Fort Worth construction site

News Release: Employer name: Jose Luis Hernandez. Citations issued: Dec. 17, 2015. Investigation findings: The employer was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for one willful violation for failing to ensure workers utilize fall protection. Additionally, five serious...


Camden Park exposes employees to serious workplace safety hazards

News Release: Employer name: Waverly Entertainment Inc., doing business as Camden Park, at 5000 Waverly Road in Huntington, West Virginia.


3 workers suffer amputation injuries at envelope printing facility, company continues to ignore machine safety procedures

News Release: COLUMBIANA, Ohio - Three workers suffered amputation injuries within four months at a Columbiana envelope printing facility because their employer failed to protect them from moving machine parts on 26 of the 27 company production lines, a federal inspection found.




Forklift operators exposed to 20-foot fall, trip hazards while working in low-light conditions at St. Louis warehouse

News Release: Employer name: FW Warehousing Inc., operating as M J Resurrection Inc., St. Louis, Missouri


Worker's hand mutilated because his employer, Southern Fiber Inc., knowingly disregarded identified OSHA safety hazards

News Release: MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - A new employee has to cope with meeting people, learning new skills and making a good impression. None of these efforts matter if an employer fails to ensure a safe and healthy workplace, a sad reality faced by a newly hired worker who suffered a traumatic hand injury after three days on the job at Southern Fiber Inc.