By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Dehydration, dizziness, headaches and vomiting are just a few of the symptoms of nicotine poisoning, also known as "green tobacco sickness." Workers who plant, cultivate and harvest tobacco are particularly at risk. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez today announced the release of a recommended practices bulletin* with guidance on reducing the hazards for tobacco workers.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: March 26, 2015BOS 2015-062. Employer name: Daniels Electric Corp., an electrical contractor based in Gilford, New Hampshire. Inspection site: 8 Loudon Rd., Concord, New Hampshire 03301. Date inspection initiated: The inspection began Dec. 8, 2014. An OSHA inspector driving by the worksite observed a...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 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 released the following statement on the reintroduction of the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that would help close the wage gap between women and men...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks on the Senate floor in support the paycheck fairness amendment to the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget offered by Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD). Murray highlighted...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 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 committee hearing on Continuing America’s Leadership: Advancing Research and Development for Patients. In her remarks, Murray highlighted how advances in...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: March 24, 2015BOS 2015-060. NEW YORK - It began as a routine safety inspection in August 2012 at the New York City Transit Authority's Linden Shop maintenance facility in Brooklyn. It ended with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration finding that the transit authority...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is accepting nominations for members to serve on the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: FAIRFIELD, Ala. - Like most of us, Leo Bridges and Edward Bryant left for work one day in September 2014, probably thinking about some rest and relaxation when the shift ended. Like many, they figured their managers and employer would ensure they were safe at work. Bridges and Bryant were wrong; they...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: BOWDON, Ga. - Dollar General Corp. has been cited again by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, this time for four repeated safety violations found in a December 2014 inspection of the Bowdon store at 203 Wedowee St. OSHA initiated the inspection after receiving a complaint and has proposed penalties of $83,050.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: On Tuesday, March 24 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a legislative hearing on the Certainty in Enforcement Act of 2015 (H.R. 548), the Litigation Oversight Act of 2015 (H.R. 549), the EEOC Transparency and Accountability Act (H.R. 550), and the Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (H.R. 1189).The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - Left unguarded, dangerous machines with moving parts cause hundreds of thousands of workers to suffer finger, hand or foot amputations and other serious injuries each year in the United States. Despite these dangers, one Chicago-based manufacturer has repeatedly ignored the risks and has been found in violation of safety and health standards four times in the last five years.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: Dear Colleague: We write to express strong support for Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education. At a time when our health care system is grappling with a national shortage in primary care physicians, teaching health center residency programs are a proven means of increasing access to primary...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), sent a second letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), this time calling for a full review of FDA practices surrounding duodenoscopes, the special medical device linked to outbreaks of an antibiotic-resistant infection at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington and in health care facilities around the country.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: Dear Mr. Roe: I write to express my serious concern regarding the cyberattack on Premera Blue Cross and the failure of the company to make this information public and begin notifying current and former policy holders for over six weeks. These failures are particularly troubling given the scope of the...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: March 19, 2015 BOS 2015-058. Employer name: Pregis Corp., a manufacturer of foam, paper and plastic packaging materials. Inspection site: 300 Lower Warren St., Queensbury, New York 12804. Date inspection initiated: The inspection, which began Sept. 19, 2014, was conducted under OSHA's National Emphasis...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Representatives Jared Polis (D-CO) and Joaquin Castro (D-TX) introduced legislation to expand access to higher education for low-income students, regardless of their immigration status. The Investing in States to Achieve...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: DU QUOIN, Ill. - A truck driver, who was fired the morning after he filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration alleging unsafe working conditions, will receive $33,000 under terms of a settlement agreement. The agreement resolves a lawsuit brought...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pension Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) issued the following statements after the House passed S. J. Res. 8, a resolution that will block an ambush election rule finalized by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: Employer name: SER Construction Partners Ltd.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), along with Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI), reintroduced legislation aimed at reducing dangerous bullying and harassment that affects one in five students at colleges and universities across the country. The Tyler Clementi...
