News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Today, the Justice Department reached an agreement with Columbus, Georgia, that will address the remaining goals of a long-standing consent decree calling for reforms of its mental health system. Muscogee County has made significant improvements at the Muscogee County Jail in the areas of security, environmental ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Thirteen commercial fishermen in North Carolina and Georgia have been charged in federal court in Raleigh, North Carolina, for their role in the illegal harvest and sale and false reporting of approximately 90,000 pounds of Atlantic striped bass from federal waters off the coast of North Carolina during 2009 and 2010, the Justice Department announced today. The average retail value of the illegally harvested striped bass is approximately $1.1 million.
![OSHA News Release: Worker caught in a grain bin at Grainco FS suffers injuries [01/21/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/48/d5/11410085/webp_adobestock_309942906.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Illustration of grain engulfment hazard NEWARK, Ill. — A 24-year-old newly hired worker suffered multiple fractures when his leg and foot became entangled in a running mechanical auger while in a grain storage bin at Grainco FS Inc. in Newark. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health ...
![OSHA News Release: Miami freezer manufacturer exposes employees to serious electrical, machine and chemical hazards [01/21/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/f3/cb/11410064/webp_adobestock_226444001.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Arctic's walk-in freezer MIAMI — Employees at Arctic Industries Inc. faced the dangers of electrocution, amputation and serious illness at work at the Miami-based freezer manufacturer. As part of its continued oversight of the company and its history of safety failures, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors returned in July 2014 and identified 16 safety and health violations, with penalties of $64,680.
![MSHA News Brief: MSHA announces results of December impact inspections [01/21/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/51/aa/11410098/webp_adobestock_308631683.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Participant: Mine Safety and Health Administration Description: The Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 117 citations and four orders during special impact inspections conducted at 10 coal mines and two metal and nonmetal mines in December.
![MSHA News Brief: MSHA announces results of December impact inspections [01/21/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/0d/ee/11410083/webp_adobestock_314277037.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Participant: Mine Safety and Health Administration Description: The Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 117 citations and four orders during special impact inspections conducted at 10 coal mines and two metal and nonmetal mines in December.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jan 21, 2015
The US State Department published a two page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jan 21, 2015
The US State Department published an eight page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jan 21, 2015
The US State Department published a one page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
