By DOL Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: PRESCOTT, Kan. - Workers risked exposure to dangerous chlorine gas while forging blocks of metal material at an aluminum foundry in Prescott because their employer did not train them on how to handle and store the gas, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found. Improperly used, chlorine gas can cause severe respiratory damage.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Jordan Construction Co. of Hilton Head Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: The Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act, introduced by Senate and House leaders last month to provide legal certainty for employers offering innovative employee wellness programs, is receiving broad support from business leaders and health care industry experts.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Millions of pounds of merchandise and materials are moved each year by forklift drivers, thousands of whom suffer severe injuries while navigating narrow aisles, fellow workers with heavy, sometimes shifting loads. The dangers facing those who drive or work around forklifts were on display at a Kroger Co. supermarket in Columbus, Ohio which now faces $130,900 in fines for several violations.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: Employer name: United States Postal Service
By DOL Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - In 2013, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported more than 23,000 significant injuries due to assault at work. More than 70 percent of these assaults were in healthcare and social service settings. Health care and social service workers are almost four times as likely to be injured as a...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: Employer name: United States Postal Service
By DOL Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: Employer name and location: Bednar Landscape Services Inc., located at 501 Division Street in Boonton, New Jersey. The company provides landscape, excavation and snow removal services throughout northern New Jersey.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: Proposed penalties: $43,200 for Imagine Screen Printing & Productions LLC, and $21,000 for Freeze.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Rep. John Kline (R-MN), Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), and Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) denounced President Obama’s veto today of their Congressional Review Act joint resolution to stop the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from implementing its “ambush election" rule.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: BARRON, Wis. - Once again, workers were exposed to dangerous amputation hazards* while fabricating metal products because safety mechanisms were not in place at Koser Iron Works Inc. Responding to a complaint, inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: NIAGARA, Wis. - For the fifth time in the past three years, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found workers at Wood Fibers Inc. at risk of amputation, fire and other life-threatening hazards in October 2014. Despite OSHA's effort, the company has failed to provide proof that hazards had been fixed or pay penalties from previous inspections.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: HONOLULU -After two years of litigation to correct dozens of hazards that might have had catastrophic effects on its workers and the surrounding community, Unicold Corp. has agreed to make health and safety improvements at its refrigerated food warehouse in Honolulu. The company will also end its fight against $197,000 in penalties assessed in 2013 by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Since 2013, 294 workers have been killed by falls, the leading cause of death in the construction trade. These incidents can often be prevented when employers use proper safety protections. Unfortunately for its employees, Great White Construction Inc. has repeatedly put the safety of its workers at risk, the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and 19 Senators wrote a letter to Department of Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, urging him to move to implement the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order announced by President...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Maxim Construction Group Corp. of Hallandale Beach, Florida.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled a meeting of the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee for April 20-21, 2015, in Washington, D.C.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: TARENTUM, Pa. - Andrew "CK" Sakala Jr. was fatally electrocuted on a roofing job at a Tarentum home in September 2014 when the aluminum ladder he was using contacted a 7,200-volt power line. Only three days later, his employer sent another worker to finish the job, exposing him to the same hazardous conditions that led to Sakala's death.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced an amendment to the Senate Republican Budget to expand access to high-quality preschool for low- and moderate-income three-and-four year olds. The proposal, which would be fully paid for by closing wasteful tax loopholes that benefit the biggest corporations, was blocked by Senate Republicans by a vote of 54-46.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced an amendment to the Senate FY16 Budget to expand access to paid sick days. The amendment, similar to the Healthy Families Act Murray introduced earlier this year, would allow workers to earn up to seven paid sick days yearly. The amendment passed the Senate with a strong bipartisan vote of 61-39.
