By DOL Newswire | Feb 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold a meeting of the Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health Feb. 24-25, 2015, in Washington, D.C. Work groups will meet Feb. 24 and the full committee will meet Feb. 25.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
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By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: Feb. 17, 2015BOS 2015-029. Employer name: Covanta Energy Bristol Inc. Inspection site: 170 Enterprise Rd., Bristol, Conn. 06010. Date inspection initiated: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration began an inspection on Oct. 1, 2014, in response to a complaint. Investigation...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Seitz Technical Products Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: ALLIANCE, Ohio - Twice in a year, Alliance Tubular Products LLC has put workers at risk of amputation* and other serious injury by allowing dangerous machinery to operate unsafely. A July 2014 inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found three repeated...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement in response to the White House education report released earlier today...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
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By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Frick Service Inc., Portage, Indiana
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on the House passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization in Committee.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Employer name: PVI Industries LLC. Site: Fort Worth, Texas. Date initiated: The Site Specific Targeted inspections, which are planned inspections at high-hazard workplaces where the highest rates of injuries and illnesses occur, began Aug. 28, 2014. Investigation findings: OSHA cited the employer for...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Mercury Products Corp. Inspection site: Mercury Products Corp., 1201 S. Mercury Drive, Schaumburg, Illinois. On Aug. 13, 2014, a safety and health inspection was initiated at Mercury Products Corp., by the Chicago North Area Office of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Feb. 12, 2015 BOS 2015-027. BOSTON - Employees at Central Transport LLC's 170 freight shipping terminals nationwide use forklifts daily to move, handle, load and unload freight and other materials. These vehicles must be maintained according to recognized safety standards, so that workers are not crushed, ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN) today held a hearing to examine how emerging technology is impacting schools’ ability to safeguard student data. During the hearing, members and witnesses discussed what Congress can do to improve ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - A 42-year-old worker fell 16 feet to his death and a 25-year-old co-worker suffered serious injuries after their employer, Roeder Construction, failed to provide either man with fall protection as they worked on a roof, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has determined.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.)- Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today reintroduced the Healthy Families Act, legislation that would allow workers to earn paid sick leave to use when they are sick, to care for a sick family member, to obtain preventive care, or to address the impacts of domestic violence, stalking or sexual assault.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: STOCKTON, Ill. - A 49-year-old man plunged about nine stories to his death while painting a communication tower near Stockton, Illinois, because his employer, Sherwood Tower Service, did not provide an adequate fall protection system while he worked high above the ground. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigated the Aug. 10, 2014 fatality, and cited two willful and one serious safety violation.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: UNION, Mo. - Workers were exposed to amputation* and other serious hazards while operating presses at Gateway Extrusions' aluminum parts manufacturing facility, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found. OSHA cited one repeated and eight serious safety and health violations at the Union facility, with proposed penalties of $63,000.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: The House Education and the Workforce Committee, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today approved the Student Success Act (H.R. 5). Introduced by Chairman Kline and Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Todd Rokita (R-IN), this responsible legislation will repair ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Seaboard Foods LLC. Inspection site: Guymon, Oklahoma. Date Inspection Initiated and What Prompted the Inspection: The targeted inspection, which began October 2014, is part of OSHA's National Emphasis Program on chemicals, and focuses on OSHA's Process Safety Management standards containing...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 11, 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 on the National Labor Relations Board’s new representation rule to streamline and modernize election procedures. In her remarks, ...
