By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - If they had been in place, safety mechanisms might have saved a 62-year-old parts assembler who died after he was struck by a 4-pound metal spacer that flew off a 4-ton hydraulic press, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors determined.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Gaspar Fuentes. Sites: Both sites were in Fort Worth, Texas. Date Inspection Initiated and What Prompted the Inspection: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration began investigating two Gaspar Fuentes work sites in March 2015 following a referral about unsafe conditions at the...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - An East Greenwich company that conducts wellness clinics throughout the U.S. inadequately protected its employees against exposure from contaminated needlesticks and bloodborne pathogen hazards*, an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Cycle Tex Inc. Inspection site: 906 East Hermitage Road, Rome, Georgia 30161. Date inspection initiated: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated the Jan. 20, 2015, inspection after the agency received a complaint. Inspection findings: OSHA issued the employer two...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: The House Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a number of hearings during the week of June 15, 2015, to discuss important issues facing classrooms and workplaces. Hearings will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Canton Drop Forge. Investigation site: 4575 Southway SW, Canton, Ohio. Date investigation initiated and what prompted inspection: On April 23, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Cleveland office initiated an inspection at Canton Drop Forge. The...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Republic Steel. Canton, Ohio. Investigation site: 1807 E. 28th Street. Lorain, Ohio. Date investigation initiated and what prompted inspection: On Dec. 12, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Toledo Area Office initiated an inspection at Republic...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: CLAYCOMO, Mo. - The death of a 52-year-old contractor, crushed by a conveyor carriage weighing nearly 4 tons at an automotive assembly plant, could have been averted if his employer followed federal safety standards, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigators determined.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently renewed its alliance with the American Society of Safety Engineers. During the new five year agreement, OSHA and ASSE will address construction safety, temporary workers and hazards within general industry.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Robert D. Kulick, acting OSHA regional administrator in Philadelphia, issued the following statement about roofing company owner James J. McCullagh being charged by indictment today in connection with the fatal fall of an employee.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: HONOLULU - Stronger safety measures may have saved the lives of two workers who died at a Pearl Harbor naval maintenance facility in December 2014 after being struck by a 7-ton buoy, which has led the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration to order safety upgrades.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing to explore concerns with regulations implementing federal wage and hour standards. Members discussed how the complex, burdensome, and outdated regulatory structure of the Fair Labor Standards Act is impacting workplaces and creating uncertainty for both employees and employers.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: Employer Name: Venture Chemicals Inc. Location: Seagraves, Texas. Date Inspection Initiated and What Prompted the Inspection: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration opened the inspection in December 2014 after an employee was fatally caught in a mixer/auger bin. Investigation Findings: OSHA...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 10 - Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) announced today’s hearing would mark the start of a series of bipartisan hearings on possible solutions to achieve the promise of health IT. The senators announced that Sen.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Contender Boats Inc. Inspection site: 1820 SE 38th Avenue, Homestead, Florida 33035. Date inspection initiated: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated the Dec. 16, 2014, inspection as part of the agency's Site Specific Targeting Program. Inspection findings: OSHA...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks at a HELP Committee hearing on Health Information Exchange: A Path Towards Improving the Quality and Value of Health Care for Patients. In her opening statement, ...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: On Wednesday, June 10 at 10:30 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled, “Reviewing the Rules and Regulations Implementing Federal Wage and Hour Standards." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 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 announced the Affordability is Access Act, a new bill that would build on contraception coverage access in the Affordable Care Act by ensuring that when the...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: Dear Mr. Watanabe: As questions continue to arise regarding your company’s actions to adequately protect patients treated with your duodenoscopes, I write to seek more information and express my serious and growing concern. As you are aware, between late 2012 and January 2014, Virginia Mason hospital...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) issued the following joint statement in response to today’s announcement from the Department of Education regarding Corinthian Colleges...
