News from September 2014
![OSHA News Release: Workers exposed to amputation hazards at Peoria, Illinois, tower manufacturer [09/10/2014]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/fc/b0/11410091/webp_adobestock_294508985.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. — After an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Rohn Products LLC has been cited for 11 serious safety and health violations at its steel tower manufacturing plant on Plank Road in Peoria. Many of the violations involve exposing workers to amputation and crushing hazards during the daily operation of dangerous machinery. Proposed penalties total $66,700.
![OSHA News Release: Worker crushed by machinery at Youngstown, Ohio, steel mill [09/10/2014]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/90/75/11410092/webp_adobestock_299978300.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — After receiving information that a worker had suffered severe injuries after being crushed between two machines, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Vallourec Star for 22 serious safety violations. The machine operator suffered multiple ...
![OSHA News Release: Enfield, Connecticut, roofing contractor exposed workers to falls at 2 New Britain sites, faces nearly $300,000 in OSHA fines [09/10/2014]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/6c/b2/11410075/webp_adobestock_296341019.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. — Gleason Roofing Co. deliberately and repeatedly failed to use legally required fall protection for its employees at two New Britain work sites and exposed workers to potentially fatal falls, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined. The Enfield roofing contractor faces four willful and two serious violations of safety standards and $294,000 in fines.
![OSHA News Release: Arctic Glacier USA Inc. cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for exposing employees to ammonia hazards at Brooklyn, New York, ice plant [09/10/2014]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/f3/cb/11410064/webp_adobestock_226444001.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: NEW YORK — Inadequate safeguards to protect workers against potential ammonia releases at its Brooklyn, N.Y., ice plant have resulted in $264,700 in U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration fines for Arctic Glacier U.S.A., Inc., a nationwide ice manufacturer and distributor. OSHA cited the company for 19 violations of workplace safety standards following a comprehensive inspection by OSHA's Manhattan Area Office that began in March.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: HAMILTON, Ohio — Exposing workers to cave-in hazards while installing water mains has resulted in Mt. Pleasant Blacktopping Inc. being cited for one willful and one serious safety violation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA opened the April 27 inspection after observing employees working in three separate unprotected trenches on Symmes Road in Hamilton. Proposed penalties total $77,000.
![OFCCP News Release: Data mining giant Westat to pay $1.5M to settle discrimination case with US Labor Department [09/10/2014]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/dc/b3/11410094/webp_adobestock_302181503.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: More than 3,600 African American, Asian American, Hispanic and female applicants to benefit ROCKVILLE, Md. — Federal contractor Westat Inc. has agreed to settle allegations that it failed to provide equal employment opportunities to 3,651 African American, Asian American, Hispanic and female job applicants ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
The US Interior Department published a six page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
The US Interior Department published a seven page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
