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An employee of a Watertown metal fabrication company was electrocuted on July 14, 2021, while repairing a portable water heater. An inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that his employer, PM Engineered Solutions Inc., lacked safeguards to protect employees against electrocution, as well as mechanical, chemical, fall and other electrical hazards.
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Registered nurses, certified nursing assistants, patient care technicians and security officers provide essential services in healthcare settings. Their work also exposes them to various on-the-job hazards, including assault and other forms of workplace violence.
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and a group of elevator industry stakeholders known as the “Elevator Industry Safety Partners” collectively have signed a five-year alliance agreement to renew their commitment to protect nearly 75,000 workers who construct, install, repair and maintain elevator industry conveyances. OSHA’s 10 regions nationwide will participate in the alliance.
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The U.S. Department of Labor announced adjustments to Occupational Safety and Health Administration civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2022.
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News Release: FINDLAY, OH - Responding to a complaint that a Findlay auto-parts supplier was ignoring guidelines to limit employee exposure to the coronavirus and that several employees were sick, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found the company did not enforce its own policy or federal guidelines on social distancing and mask wearing.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the Biden administration told Arizona officials that it would take back pandemic aid unless Governor Doug Ducey bows to the Biden administration’s diktats on masks in schools...
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News Release: NEW YORK - Registered nurses, certified nursing assistants, patient care technicians and security officers provide essential services in healthcare settings. Their work also exposes them to various on-the-job hazards, including assault and other forms of workplace violence. When such hazards exist, employers must develop and maintain an effective workplace violence prevention program.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Labor, Department of Education, Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration today announced the members of a cross-agency working group that will collaborate to identify the current and future needs of the telecommunications industry workforce, including the safety of that workforce.
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News Release: HARTFORD, CT - An employee of a Watertown metal fabrication company was electrocuted on July 14, 2021, while repairing a portable water heater. An inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that his employer, PM Engineered Solutions Inc., lacked safeguards to protect employees against electrocution, as well as mechanical, chemical, fall and other electrical hazards.
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The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court reinstated the stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 vaccination-and-testing mandate...
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced that it is currently conducting outreach and enforcement operations in Arkansas following cleanup operations that were launched in response to tornados that tore through the state on Dec. 10, 2021.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced adjustments to Occupational Safety and Health Administration civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2022.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and a group of elevator industry stakeholders known as the “Elevator Industry Safety Partners" collectively have signed a five-year alliance agreement to renew their commitment to protect nearly 75,000 workers who construct, install, repair and maintain elevator industry conveyances. OSHA’s 10 regions nationwide will participate in the alliance.
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News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a mark-up to consider qualified, experienced nominees for our health, education and labor agencies.
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The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division agency has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which will serve to further cement their relationship.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the Supreme Court ruling on the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s emergency temporary standard on vaccination and testing...
