By DOL Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Chicago North Area Office cited a contractor and subcontractor for exposing workers to asbestos hazards while replacing a commercial roof in the 4200 block of N. Knox in Chicago.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Black & Veatch Construction Inc., Power Plant Management Services LLC, Mosser Construction Company, AZCO Inc., Go, Gradel Co., Evaptech Inc. and local trade unions
By DOL Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A new alliance between the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. was recently established to protect the safety and health of workers in the scrap recycling industry, as well as promote understanding of worker rights and employer responsibilities under the OSH Act.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | Oct. 20, 2015
By DOL Newswire | Oct 19, 2015
News Release: WHITEHALL, Wis. - Ashley Furniture, the nation's largest retailer of home decor, faces $431,000 in proposed federal safety and health fines for failing to protect workers from moving machine parts at its Whitehall upholstery factory. This penalty is in addition to more than $1.8 million in fines issued earlier this year during inspections at other company facilities in Wisconsin.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 19, 2015
News Release: BRIMLEY, Mich. - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees at Pendills Creek National Fish Hatchery faced atmospheric, water, amputation and asbestos hazards while working in tanks and pits, a recent federal safety and health investigation found.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 15, 2015
News Release: PARK HILLS, Mo. - A 34-year-old machine operator suffered third-degree burns on his legs and hands when molten glass bottles fell on the production floor and ignited oil residue that had leaked from the machines. The man had not been provided fire-retardant protective clothing, and the fire spread to his pant leg. He has been unable to return to work since the injury.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 15, 2015
News Release: Employer's name: Boyles Construction Inc. in Little Rock, Arkansas
By DOL Newswire | Oct 15, 2015
News Release: Employer name: CBS Pilings Solutions Inc., Riverside, Missouri
By DOL Newswire | Oct 15, 2015
News Release: Employer name: The Bellevue Manufacturing Company, Bellevue, Ohio
By DOL Newswire | Oct 15, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Koch Foods Inc., doing business at Aspen Foods Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 14, 2015
News Release: OMAHA, Neb. - Moments before a blast ripped through a railcar on April 14, 2015, a check of the air quality inside indicated a serious risk of an explosion. Despite the warning, Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services sent two employees, aged 41 and 45, into the railcar to work without monitoring the air continuously for explosive hazards as required, nor providing the employees with emergency retrieval equipment or properly fitted respirators.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 14, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Linden Lumber LLC. Inspection site: 23741 U.S. Highway 43, Linden, Alabama 36748. Citations issued: Citations were issued on Oct. 13, 2015. Investigation findings: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Linden Lumber for two repeated and seven serious safety and health...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 14, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) have asked the Department of Labor (DOL) to provide information on the proposed enforcement of a new “multiemployer citation standard" at the Occupational Safety and ...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: NEW YORK - Carlos Moncayo, a 22-year-old laborer from Queens, was trying to make a living as he worked on the construction of a Restoration Hardware store at 19 Ninth Ave. in Manhattan on April 6, 2015. Instead, his life ended that day when the 14-foot-deep trench in which he was working collapsed and buried him beneath tons of soil and debris.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: The Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing to discuss the juvenile justice system and federal, state, and local efforts to better serve at-risk youth and juvenile offenders. Members learned from policy experts and those who have been directly involved in the juvenile justice system about effective strategies to prevent crime and set vulnerable children on the pathway to success.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: NEW YORK - Carlos Moncayo, a 22-year-old laborer from Queens, was trying to make a living as he worked on the construction of a Restoration Hardware store at 19 Ninth Ave. in Manhattan on April 6, 2015. Instead, his life ended that day when the 14-foot-deep trench in which he was working collapsed and buried him beneath tons of soil and debris.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Bancroft Bags Inc. in West Monroe, Louisiana
By DOL Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: NEW YORK - Carlos Moncayo, un trabajador de Queens de 22 años, intentaba ganarse la vida como obrero construyendo una tienda de Restoration Hardware en 19 Ninth Ave. en Manhattan el 6 de abril de 2015. Sin embargo, su vida terminó ese día cuando la zanja de 14 pies de profundidad en la que trabajaba se colapsó y lo enterró debajo de toneladas de tierra y escombros.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, OREGON - After spending days fighting fires, clearing brush and performing arduous physical tasks, U.S. Forest Service employees should return to a safe home base after work. Yet repeated inspections of national forests throughout Oregon during the last 10 years have found the opposite, with the Forest Service cited by federal inspectors for widespread safety violations nine out of every 10 visits.
