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News Release: The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), and the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN) today held a hearing to examine the effects of Executive Order 13673, which may deny employers federal contracts if they or their ...

A & D Wood Products workers face amputation and explosion risks at Elida, Ohio, wood pallet manufacturing facility

News Release: ELIDA, Ohio - An employee complaint led inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration to a wood pallet manufacturing facility in Elida operated by A & D Wood Products, where they found workers at risk of amputation, explosion and other life-threatening hazards.

Federal judge orders US Postal Service to pay employee $229K in damages for whistleblower retaliation

News Release: SEATTLE - He started working for the U.S. Postal Service as a mail carrier in 1995. Managers praised his work consistently and regularly promoted him, eventually to management positions. His career led him to become a Postal Service safety specialist, where he excelled as he provided safety advice at...

Duane Reade Manhattan 6th Avenue store exposes employees to fire and crushing hazards from blocked exits and carelessly piled stock

News Release: Feb. 26, 2015BOS 2015-035. NEW YORK - Employees of a Duane Reade store on 6th Avenue in Manhattan would have been unable to exit the store swiftly and safely in the event of a fire or other emergency, a September 2014 inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration...

Lack of protective equipment leaves employees of Madison, New Jersey, manufacturer exposed to amputation hazards, finds OSHA

News Release: Employer name and location: EP Heller Co., which manufactures and services carbide steel cutting tools, is located at 21-25 Samson Ave. in Madison, New Jersey.

VIDEO RELEASE: Kline Urges Support for the Student Success Act

News Release: The House of Representatives is currently debating the Student Success Act (H.R. 5), legislation to reduce the federal footprint in education, restore local control, and empower parents and local schools. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) highlighted the challenges ...

For the fourth time in 4 years, Massachusetts roofing contractor cited for exposing employees to potentially fatal falls

News Release: Employer name: William Trahant, Jr. Construction, Inc., roofing contractor, Lynn, Mass.

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** TOMORROW: Joint Hearing on President’s Blacklisting Executive Order

News Release: On Thursday, February 26 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), and the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), will hold a joint subcommittee hearing entitled, “The Blacklisting Executive Order: Rewriting Federal Labor Policies Through Executive Fiat." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Murray on Higher Ed: Expand Access, Reduce Crushing Student Loan Burden, and Ensure a Safe Learning Environment

By DOL Newswire | Feb 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 HELP Committee hearing: Recalibrating Regulation of Colleges and Universities: A Report from the Task Force on Government Regulation of Higher Education.

Bentley Laboratories exposed temporary workers to chemical, noise and machine hazards

By DOL Newswire | Feb 24, 2015

News Release: Employer name and location: Bentley Laboratories LLC, which manufactures products for the beauty and pharmaceutical industries, is located in the Raritan Center at 111 Fieldcrest Avenue in Edison, New Jersey. Joulé Clinical & Scientific Staffing Solutions, a division of System One, provides staffing services to Bentley Laboratories and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Workers exposed to cave-in hazards at excavation site

News Release: Employer Name: Angel Brothers Enterprises Ltd.

Inspection finds Basic Marine again exposes workers to dangerous hazards

News Release: ESCANABA, Mich. - Once again, workers were exposed to dangerous amputation hazards while operating press brakes, which cut large metal pieces weighing up to 450 tons, because safety mechanisms were not in place at Basic Marine Inc. In the past six years, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors have found similar hazards three times at the Escanaba-based shipyard and boat fabricating facility where a worker's arm was amputated in 2008.

Jacksonville, Florida-based roofing company continues to expose workers to dangerous falls; OSHA proposes nearly $80K in penalties

News Release: A copy of the citations are attached.

Alabama aluminum foil manufacturer endangers workers; OSHA cites company for 25 serious safety and health hazards