News from January 2023
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
A Gainesville psychiatric and substance abuse hospital has implemented a series of changes to their safety protocols after the U.S. Department of Labor cited the facility for failing to protect employees from workplace violence after a series of incidents left employees with serious injuries.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
A Kingman plastics manufacturer's failure to make sure required safety procedures were followed contributed to the death of a worker who suffered fatal injuries when he became entangled in a rotating part inside a bagging machine while trying to clear a jam, a federal workplace safety investigation found.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
OSHA's Dallas and Fort Worth Area offices and the Drywall and Acoustical Tile Contractors Association have renewed a 2-year alliance to educate employers and employees on construction hazards
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has found the U.S. Postal Service exposed workers to struck-by, electrical, crushing, fire and other health hazards at facilities in Columbia, Knoxville and Nashville.
By State Newswire | Jan 29, 2023
The Congressional Record published “STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” in the Senate section on Jan. 24.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
With proper training, people working in metal casting facilities know that mixing water and molten material can be a serious, if not deadly mistake, as tragic incidents at two Ohio companies in 2022 showed.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
During the enforcement pause, OSHA offered technical assistance to protect the safety and health of thousands of crews and individual workers.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
An Alabama plastics manufacturing company has pleaded guilty to a willful violation of workplace safety requirements as part of an agreement filed in federal court spurred initially by a U.S. Department of Labor investigation into a 45-year-old worker's death in Helena in August 2017.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
In the summer of 2022, onlookers noticed a delivery truck stopped at about 8:15 a.m. one Wednesday morning on the University of Birmingham campus near what would have been the driver's first drop-off.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
Following yet another inspection – this time at a West Lafayette, Ohio, Dollar General location – federal investigators found one of the nation's largest discount retailers continues to shelve serious safety concerns that expose workers and others to the dangers of blocked emergency exits and electrical panels, and boxes of merchandise stacked at unsafe heights.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 29, 2023
The Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record published “CELEBRATING THE RETIREMENT OF MARZETTE ``MARZY'' BEDFORD-BILLINGHURST, LONGTIME FEDERAL EMPLOYEE AND CIVIL SERVANT” on Jan. 24.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has determined a Carrollton, Texas, lumber supplier and retailer could have prevented the death of an 18-year-old worker who was struck by a forklift at a Rison, Arkansas, worksite in July 2022 by following federal safety requirements.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS – SECOND QUARTER 2022
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- DECEMBER 2022
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
Job openings rates decreased in 8 states and increased in 7 states on the last business day of November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
Median weekly earnings of the nation's 118.8 million full-time wage and salary workers were $1,085 in the fourth quarter of 2022 (not seasonally adjusted), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
The union membership rate--the percent of wage and salary workers who were members ofunions--was 10.1 percent in 2022, down from 10.3 percent in 2021, the U.S. Bureau ofLabor Statistics reported today.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 29, 2023
The House section of the Congressional Record published “AMENDMENTS” on Jan. 24.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $10 million cooperative agreement to The Ergo Group to provide assistance to state labor courts in Mexico in protecting worker rights as part of the country’s 2019 labor law reform.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
The governments of the U.S. and Mexico signed a memorandum of understanding on Jan. 17, 2023, to strengthen protections for workers participating in temporary foreign worker programs.
