By DOL Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce will hold hearings this week on the five year anniversary of President Obama’s health care law and various child nutrition programs in preparation for reauthorization of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - Hundreds of thousands of workers suffer finger, hand or foot amputations and other serious injuries each year in the United States because dangerous machines with moving parts lack proper safety mechanisms. Despite these dangers, one Chicago-based manufacturer ignored safety requirements and put workers at risk for debilitating injuries.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - A manufacturer of custom-sized resin balls used in the petroleum industry failed to protect its employees from the risk of death or serious injury from potential fires, explosions and other hazards by not providing and using mandatory safeguards, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors have found.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: DES PLAINES, Ill. - Each day, somewhere in this country, construction workers fall. One wrong step can send them tumbling down a steeply pitched roof, sliding or dropping off an unstable ladder, or left hanging fearfully from a scaffold. In these cases, one thing stands between them and tragedy: fall protection.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 10, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Rock Hard Homes, Inc., residential home builder, Southbury, CT
By DOL Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. - An inspection of a wood crate manufacturer found that permanent and temporary employees faced excessive noise, improper hand protection and respiratory irritation due to wood dust exposure at the North American Container Corp. in Adairsville. The company makes crates and corrugated...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is accepting 2015 applications for targeted-topic training grants and capacity-building training grants under the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program. A total of $3.5 million is available for nonprofit organizations, ...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: BOS 2015-072. Employer name: Beacon Industries Inc., an aircraft engine and parts manufacturer, headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Inspection site: 549 Cedar St., Newington, Connecticut 06111. Date inspection initiated: The inspection began Oct. 21, 2014, in response to a complaint. Investigation...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: April 8, 2015BOS 2015-071. BOSTON, Mass. - It began when Massachusetts dentist Dr. N. Terry Fayad changed his practice's procedure for disposing of contaminated needles. He told those in his Beverly-based office to first remove the protective caps before dropping them into sharps disposal containers, ...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today renewed its alliance with the Airline Ground Safety Panel to continue providing information and training resources to members, ground crew unions and contract firms, and workers.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: WILLISTON, N.D. - Dustin Payne traveled to North Dakota looking for a good job, the opportunity to use his skills and the chance to secure a future for him and his fiancée back in Alabama. Instead, the 28-year-old Marine veteran with combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan to his credit is dead, the victim of a massive explosion that his Williston employer could have prevented.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Global Construction & Engineering Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Employer name: American Spincast Inc. Inspection site: Belton, Texas. Date inspection initiated and what prompted the inspection: This inspection, which includes both safety and health, began October 2014 as part of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Site Specific Targeting program, ...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2015
News Release: Who: The Associated General Contractors of Georgia
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2015
News Release: WARRENTON, Mo. - Twice in just 18 months, workers at Metso Minerals Industries Inc. were found in danger of suffering cuts, lacerations and amputation from dangerous machine hazards at the Warrenton metal-mesh manufacturer because their employer ignored important safety rules. Acting on a complaint, ...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Enbridge G&P (North Texas) L.P.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2015
News Release: April 6, 2015BOS 2015-069. ANDOVER, Mass. - Three roofing workers employed by Provencher Home Improvement of Beverly, Massachusetts were hospitalized after a two-story fall from a scaffold platform that broke beneath them, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2015
News Release: DES PLAINES, Ill. - A construction crew installing roofing and heating and air-conditioning units on a seven-story Des Plaines condominium could have fallen because their employer did not provide protection required by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. This...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: MURRAY: “Systemic challenges leave 1 in 10 older women living in poverty-we must make sure women are better able to have a secure retirement."
By DOL Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: Employer name: A.M. Castle & Co.
