U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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OSHA says Georgia-based construction contractor could have prevented employee’s death due to not following safety protocol
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has conducted an investigation that reveals a Georgia-based construction contractor breached safety regulations, leading to the death of a 31-year-old steel erector. The company in question had previously been cited by OSHA for identical workplace safety violations that resulted in the employee's death 10 months prior.
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DOL secures $1.2 million in fines to Virginia construction contractor that misclassified workers in order not to pay them overtime
A concrete contractor based in Virginia has been ordered to pay $1.2 million in fines pertaining to back pay. This comes after the U.S. Department of Labor discovered that the company had incorrectly classified 29 employees as independent contractors, thereby avoiding the obligation to pay them overtime wages.
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Four Arizona construction companies fined $3.2 million by DOL for violating overtime pay laws
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has imposed fines totaling $3.2 million on four Arizona contractors in a bid to protect 890 residential construction workers from illicit pay practices. The DOL's Wage and Hour Division concluded that the companies intentionally violated the overtime and minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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OSHA acts to enhance workplace safety in landscaping industry after rise in fatalities
Workers in the landscaping and horticultural industries across four western states and three Pacific territories are now required to comply with a labor program designed to enhance workplace safety.
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Pfizer Inc. agrees to $2 million settlement
U.S. Department of Labor to resolve allegations of pay discrimination against female employees at its New York City headquarters, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Litana Development Inc. hit with penalty in settlement for worker safety oversights
A punishment was levied against Litana Development Inc. as part of a settlement over workplace safety violations. As part of the settlement, OSHA's citations and the penalty have both been upheld in their entirety.
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Briggs: 'Complying with safety standards is not optional'
The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration discovered a manufacturer in the Houston area did not rectify hazards from 2022, resulting in 16 repeat and serious violations along with $298,000 in penalties.
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Minor: 'One worker suffered the deadly consequences of the company’s failures' in Texas
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined a Texas contractor subjected its employees to struck-by hazards that resulted in a crane collapse and the unfortunate death of an employee.
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Eastmond: Downrite Engineering's 'failures before, during and after this tragedy are inexcusable'
In a January incident, the U.S. Department of Labor discovered deficiencies in safety measures by Downrite Engineering Corporation were a contributing factor to a diver's drowning during dredging work in a canal.
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Forstner: 'OSHA will continue to hold this company accountable for their continued indifference to employee safety'
A building contractor in American Samoa faces more than $1 million in fines for continuing to violate workplace-safety laws. Paramount Builders of Pago Pago was issued 21 citations after a January inspection.
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Kaur: 'Trench collapses are one of the construction industry’s most deadly hazards'
A plumbing and sewer services company in Illinois has been cited for safety violations after a federal investigation found it responsible in the death of a worker in a trench collapse.
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Labor Department: Contractor failed to take proper steps to stop worker's fatal fall from airport skylight
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has determined that Porter Roofing Contractors failed to ensure the safety of a crew working on the roof at the Pensacola, Florida, airport Oct. 25, which led to the fatal fall of one crew member.
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Petermeyer: 'Exposing employees and others to these hazards can be dangerous' in Florida, Georgia
The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration found Dollar General and Dolgencorp LLC exposed workers to unsafe conditions in four locations in Florida and Georgia.
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Alvarado: Following safety protocols would have prevented 'terrible loss'
The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Texas-based oil and gas company Production Waste Solutions LLC for six serious safety and health violations after a worker was fatally exposed to hydrogen sulfide while working near a sump pit in September
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Stawowy: 'Bonded Logic put profits before safety'
The U.S. Department of Labor found that a Lafayette, GA, insulation manufacturer ignored safety standards following an investigation into a worker's head injury
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OSHA to provide in-person, online training event on workplace safety, health for federal agency employees, Aug. 8-10
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration will offer a three-day training event Aug. 8-10, 2023, in Arlington Heights, Illinois, for federal workers responsible for their agencies' workplace safety and health.
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US Department of Labor, McCarthy Building Companies sign alliance to target workplace hazards at St. Louis' BJC Campus renewal project
US Department of Labor, McCarthy Building Companies sign alliance to target workplace hazards at St. Louis' BJC Campus renewal project
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US Department of Labor finds El Paso metal-plating company continues to willfully expose employees working with corrosive acids to eye injuries
A federal workplace safety investigation of an El Paso jewelry metal-plating finisher found the company again exposing workers to serious hazards, including willfully failing to protect people working with dangerous acids and other chemicals from potentially permanent eye injuries.
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New Hampshire roofing contractor faces $234K in penalties for exposing workers to fall hazards again, this time at two Granite State worksites
Federal workplace safety inspectors have again cited a Derry contractor for not protecting their employees against potentially lethal falls, this time at worksites in Merrimack and Salem.
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Federal panel upholds $10K US Department of Labor citation litigated by Walmart for years over hazardous shelving
A federal panel has affirmed that Walmart Inc. violated federal workplace safety standards at its warehouse in Johnstown, New York, when it failed to prevent stored merchandise from falling onto – and seriously injuring – an employee in 2017. The Feb. 9, 2023, decision by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission found the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the global discount retailer correctly for failing to meet the agency's safety standard for storage of material that requires that items stored in tiers must be stable and secure against sliding and collapse. The commission also ordered Walmart to correct the cited hazards within six months, given the physical changes the company must make at the warehouse to come into compliance with the standard. In affirming the citation, the commission rejected Walmart's defense that the storage racks were "standard in the industry," finding that even if true – which Walmart did not prove – its managers knew the racks posed a hazard to employees. In response to a report of a worker's injury on Feb. 25, 2017, OSHA investigators determined that the Walmart warehouse worker suffered long-term injury when their head and neck were struck by a package that fell from storage racks above. Inspectors learned another employee operating a forklift in an adjacent aisle inadvertently struck the pallet on which the merchandise was stacked. OSHA then issued Walmart Inc. a citation for violating the agency's standard for secure storage and proposed a $10,684 penalty. The commission's decision comes after Walmart challenged OSHA's findings, claiming the standard did not apply to the pallets Walmart used in its racking system. After several years of litigation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit found the cited standard applied to Walmart and directed the commission to again review the matter. The retail giant now has 60 days to appeal the decision. Walmart operates about 10,500 stores and clubs under 46 banners in 24 countries and e-commerce websites. The company employs about 2.3 million people around the world, including nearly 1.6 million in the U.S.