By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Proposed penalties: $49,700. Quote: "K&N's deliberate choice not to provide its workers with fall protection when it was readily available is inexcusable," said Prentice Cline,OSHA's area director in Charleston. "Employers in the construction industry are well aware that falls are the leading cause of...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 3594, the Higher Education Extension Act of 2015. Introduced by Reps. Mike Bishop (R-MI) and Mark Pocan (D-WI), members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, this legislation extends for one year the Perkins Loan Program that is set to expire ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: HOMERVILLE, Ga. - A 33-year-old woman had two fingers amputated as she used a mechanical power press for the first time without proper training or safety guards at the Homerville facility, federal inspectors have determined.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: WOOD RIVER, Ill. - A 55-year-old carman fell more than 12 feet to the ground after his aerial lift collapsed. The worker had been standing on an elevated platform to install a canopy on a railcar, but the platform could not support his weight.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Proposed penalties: $169,000. Madison store: $103,000. West Milford store: $66,000. Quote: "Dollar General's negligence in protecting employees from these hazards despite the number of times they have been brought to the company's attention is alarming," said Prentice Cline, OSHA's area director in Charleston.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Corn Island Shipyard Inc., Grandview, Indiana
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: On Wednesday, September 30 at 10:30 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will consider a reconciliation proposal introduced pursuant to S.Con.Res. 11, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2016. The markup will take place in room HVC 210 in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: FOND DU LAC, Wis. - A cubic foot of soil can weigh more than 100 pounds, and workers caught beneath a few feet of soil can be seriously - or fatally - injured. A 19-year-old pipe layer in a Van Dyne farm field was exposed to dangerous cave-in hazards while installing a drain tile in an unprotected trench more than 5 feet deep.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: OnTuesday, September 29 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), will hold a legislative hearing on H.R. 3459, the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act. The hearing will take place in room 2261 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
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 delivered remarks on the Senate floor ahead of a partisan, Senate Republican vote to defund Planned Parenthood and cut off access to critical health care...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Sterling Technologies Inc., 10047 Keystone Drive, Lake City, PA
By DOL Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: Reps. Mike Bishop (R-MI) and Mark Pocan (D-WI), members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, today introduced the Higher Education Extension Act of 2015 (H.R. 3594). The legislation extends for one year the Perkins Loan Program that is set to expire on Sept. 30, as well as other higher ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Aluminum Shapes LLC, 9000 River Road, Delair, New Jersey.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: Employers' names: Glennco Excavating Inc. and Labor Ready Northwest Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Small business owners and business groups are urging Congress to pass legislation introduced earlier this month by senior Republican lawmakers to roll back the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) “joint employer" decision, which the chairmen of the House and Senate labor committees say “threatens to steal the American dream from owners of the nation’s 780,000 franchise businesses and millions of contractors."
By DOL Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - After a judge issued a contempt order forcing a Kansas City foundry owner to allow an Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection, the agency has cited Martin Foundry Co. for exposing workers to lead hazards.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: MOOREFIELD, W.Va. - In less than 60 days, three employee injuries - including one worker who suffered the amputation of three fingers - brought federal inspectors to West Virginia poultry processing facilities operated by Pilgrim's Pride Corp., one of the world's largest chicken producers.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Sept. 22, 2015 BOS 2015-173. Employer name: Juniper Elbow Co. Inc., doing business as Juniper Industries Inc., a metal products manufacturer located at 72-15 Metropolitan Ave. in the Middle Village section of Queens, New York. Citations issued: On Sept. 9, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: SAULT SAINTE MARIE, Mich. - As crane operators at Michigan's historic Soo Locks operated a lattice boom crawler and a barge-mounted crane in disrepair, they faced dangers from multi-ton loads because their employer ignored a September 2014 report from a crane inspection contractor that demanded immediate equipment repairs.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: Employer's name: Pier 1 Imports Inc., Heritage Parkway in Mansfield, Texas, and Trinity Blvd. in Fort Worth
