By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2015
News Release: Employer name: K.W. McAvoy & Son Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - The Federal Highway Administration, the state of Georgia and local government organizations are partnering with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration to sponsor a one-hour Safety Stand-Down at construction sites in Georgia in conjunction with National Highway Work Zone Awareness Week from March 23-27.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), today held a hearing to learn how Congress can strengthen America’s higher education system. Witnesses and members discussed reforms the will help ensure more students have the opportunity to complete an advanced, quality education without absorbing unmanageable debt.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: On Wednesday, March 18 at 10:00 a.m., the House Education and the Workforce Committee, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled, “Reviewing the President’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Proposal for the Department of Labor." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced that nominations are being accepted for members to serve on the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Mt. Vernon Barge Services, Jeffersonville, Indiana
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 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 America’s Health IT Transformation: Translating the Promise of Electronic Health Records Into Better Care. In her opening statement, ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is extending the comment period on a Request for Information on Chemical Management and Permissible Exposure Limits to Oct. 9, 2015.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: NORTH PLATTE, Neb. - For the third time since 2011, the Union Pacific Railroad has violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act* at its yard in North Platte by disciplining employees who reported workplace injuries and sought medical attention, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found. Since 2001, the company has faced more than 200 whistleblower complaints nationwide.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: Rockford, Illinois-based Behr Iron & Steel is a wholly owned subsidiary of Joseph Behr & Sons Inc., a recycling company founded in 1906. The company employs approximately 450 employees at 14 operating facilities in Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. In 2011, Behr Iron & Steel changed the advertised name of all of its operating locations to Behr Iron & Metal.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: Employer name: United States Postal Service
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today published a proposed revision to its Eye and Face Protection Standards that updates personal protective equipment requirements in the agency's general industry, shipyard employment, longshoring, marine terminals and construction standards.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: FAIRFIELD, Ohio - A 53-year-old bowling alley worker was asphyxiated when his hooded sweatshirt was caught in a pinsetter at Northwest Lanes in Fairfield because the machine's operating parts were improperly exposed, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: LA BELLE, Mo. - A 35-year-old worker doing maintenance on an overhead door's pulleys died after he fell off a 12-foot ladder onto a concrete floor at a dairy farm in La Belle, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has concluded. An OSHA investigation of the Sept. 1, 2014, incident identified eight serious safety violations, including failing to de-energize equipment, confined space and chemical hazards.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Nova Southeastern University. Inspection site: 3301 College Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314. Date inspection initiated: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated the investigation on Nov. 5, 2014, after receiving a complaint about faculty...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Health Care Products Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Bruegger's Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Bruegger's Bagels
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - World Kitchen LLC makes dinnerware for well-known brand names, such as Corelle and CorningWare. Less well-known is that workers at the company's Corning manufacturing plant have been exposed to a variety of hazards that put their health and safety at risk.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Hope Elephants. Inspection site: 49 Hatchet Rd., Hope, Maine 04847. Date of incident: James Laurita, co-founder, curator and elephant manager of the Hope Elephant Refuge was found dead in the refuge's compound on Sept. 9, 2014, with a crushed chest. Investigation findings: OSHA's inspection...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: On Tuesday, March 17 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a hearing to discuss ways to improve higher education policies for students, families, and taxpayers. The hearing, entitled “Strengthening America’s Higher Education System," will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
