OSHA News Releases - June 2010

   

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• June 30 [National News Release] - 2010 - 06/30/2010 - US Labor Department provides $27 million to help workers displaced by oil spill in Gulf of Mexico
• June 28 [Region 1 News Release] - 2010 - 06/28/2010 - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $430,000 in fines against US Postal Service for electrical hazards at Scarborough, Maine, mail processing facility
• June 24 [Region 6 News Release] - 2010 - 06/24/2010 - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites manufacturing company for 9 serious safety violations following fatality at El Paso, Texas, worksite
• June 23 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 06/23/2010 - Shipyard, longshoring worker hazards among topics to be discussed during maritime advisory committee meeting
• June 23 [Region 6 News Release] - 2010 - 06/23/2010 - US Labor Department's OSHA and Association of Energy Service Cos. renew alliance to promote safety and health in the oil and gas well industry
• June 22 [National News Release] - 2010 - 06/22/2010 - US Department of Labor's OSHA to hold additional stakeholder meetings on worker injury and illness prevention rule
• June 22 [Region 2 News Release] - 2010 - 06/22/2010 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Ford Motor Co. for not repairing damaged overhead cranes at Buffalo Stamping Plant in western New York
• June 22 [Region 6 News Release] - 2010 - 06/22/2010 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Sneed Shipbuilding in Channelview, Texas, for alleged safety and health hazards
• June 21 [Region 10 News Release] - 2010 - 06/21/2010 - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $77,500 in fines against US Postal Service for electrical hazards at Portland, Ore., mail processing facility
• June 18 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 06/18/2010 - OSHA's severe violator enforcement directive effective June 18
• June 18 [Region 2 News Release] - 2010 - 06/18/2010 - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $357,000 in fines against UCB Manufacturing for health hazards at Rochester, NY, pharmaceutical plant
• June 17 [Region 7 News Release] - 2010 - 06/17/2010 - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Creekstone Farms Premium Beef of Arkansas City, Kan., for violations of OSH Act
• June 16 [Region 7 News Release] - 2010 - 06/16/2010 - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Loup Valley Alfalfa of Burwell, Neb., for violations of OSH Act
• June 15 [Region 7 News Release] - 2010 - 06/15/2010 - Iowa-based railroad ordered by US Department of Labor to make amends to employee censured for reporting work-related injury
• June 11 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 06/11/2010 - New OSHA training emphasizes workers' rights
• June 10 [Region 4 News Release] - 2010 - 06/10/2010 - St. Petersburg, Fla., Scuba Clean Inc. cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for willful and serious violations carrying nearly $201,000 in penalties
• June 10 [National News Release] - 2010 - 06/10/2010 - US Department of Labor's OSHA, federal on scene coordinator sign memorandum to protect worker health, safety during oil spill cleanup
• June 08 [OSHA Media Advisory] - 2010 - 06/08/2010 - Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis to visit oil spill site in Louisiana for 2-day up close look at US Department of Labor activities at work
• June 08 [Region 3 News Release] - 2010 - 06/08/2010 - US Department of Labor's OSHA recognizes Lancaster Safety Consulting Inc. for workplace safety and health success
• June 08 [Region 3 News Release] - 2010 - 06/08/2010 - US Labor Department's OSHA fines US Postal Service nearly $300,000 for exposing workers to electrical hazards at Pittsburgh, Pa., facility
• June 08 [Region 3 News Release] - 2010 - 06/08/2010 - US Labor Department's OSHA fines US Postal Service nearly $500,000 for exposing workers to electrical hazards at 2 Philadelphia facilities
• June 07 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 06/07/2010 - OSHA virtual stakeholder meeting seeks input on combustible dust worker hazards
• June 03 [Region 2 News Release] - 2010 - 06/03/2010 - US Labor Department files suit against First Student Inc. on behalf of Syracuse, NY, school bus driver allegedly fired for raising safety issues
• June 02 [Region 2 News Release] - 2010 - 06/02/2010 - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $346,000 in fines against Bronx, NY, elevator cab manufacturer for uncorrected and recurring hazards
• June 01 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 06/01/2010 - Enhancing federal worker safety and health is focus of OSHA training event
• June 01 [Region 10 News Release] - 2010 - 06/01/2010 - US Bank in Seattle ordered to pay back wages, reinstate former manager terminated in violation of Sarbanes-Oxley Act whistleblower provisions
• June 01 [Region 2 News Release] - 2010 - 06/01/2010 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Linden, NJ, manufacturer for exposing employees to chemical hazards
• June 01 [Region 1 News Release] - 2010 - 06/01/2010 - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $214,500 in fines against Portsmouth, NH, fish and seafood plant for process safety hazards
• June 01 [Region 2 News Release] - 2010 - 06/01/2010 - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $125,000 in fines against Brooklyn, NY, contractor after partial building collapse