OSHA News Releases – Enforcement
January 2025
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor finds storm pipe cleaning, maintenance employer could have prevented 24-year-old worker’s fatality at Port St. Lucie worksite
- - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor announces adjusted OSHA civil penalty amounts for 2025
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Department of Labor cites Pennsylvania soap, detergent maker for failing to protect workers before, during, after July 2024 hazardous chemical release
December 2024
- - OSHA News Brief - Owner of Medford construction company sentenced to 18 months for tax crimes, making false statements to federal government
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Zion contractor again found ignoring protections to prevent workers from suffering disabling, deadly falls from elevation; faces $266K in new fines
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor finds Louisiana contractor could have prevented 27-year-old worker’s drowning at North Carolina worksite
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Department of Labor finds Glenburn contractor ignored repeated warnings, site-specific safety plan in fatal trench collapse at Brownville worksite
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor investigation finds Frisco contractor again exposing workers to potentially deadly trench collapse
- - OSHA News Release - Birmingham Region - US Department of Labor finds worker electrocution tied to Alabama contractor’s expired tools, training failures
- - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces settlement with Amazon requiring corporate-wide ergonomic measures at facilities across the country
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor fines Des Plaines solar contractor $288K in penalties for exposing workers to deadly fall hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor finds contractor’s safety failures led to diver’s preventable fatality at underwater worksite at Manns Harbor bridge
- - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces release of detailed 2023 case data on more than 890K injuries, illnesses at over 91K workplaces
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor finds safety failures by Marietta tree trimming contractor led to arborist’s electrocution
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Newark roofing contractor faces $328K in fines after investigators find workers exposed repeatedly to fall hazards at 3 worksites in a month
- - OSHA News Release - Birmingham Region - Department of Labor finds Alabama sausage manufacturer continues exposing workers to safety hazards, proposes $103K in penalties
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Bakeware company faces $182K in fines following 2 worker amputations because of unguarded machines
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Department of Labor cites North Florida contractors for willfully endangering employees in excavations without required safety protections
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor finds lack of training, other failures led forklift operator to suffer fatal injuries at Elm Mott tire distribution facility
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Lake Zurich roofing contractor continues to ignore safety regulations, exposing workers to deadly fall hazards in 8 inspections since 2020
November 2024
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Ohio hardwood flooring manufacturer faces $255K in fines after worker suffers partial arm amputation when caught in machine at Portsmouth mill
- - OSHA News Release - Birmingham Region - Department of Labor reaches settlement with Mississippi pipe manufacturer to correct safety failures that led to 25-year-old worker’s fatal injuries
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Signature Health takes multiple actions to improve safety after US Department of Labor investigation of Maple Heights stabbing
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Department of Labor fines New Jersey bakery $385K after inspectors find workers still exposed to safety hazards at Paterson facility
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Crystal Lake contractor faces $287K in fines after exposing framing workers in Elburn to potentially deadly fall risks 3 times in less than a month
- - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor encouraged by decline in worker death investigations
October 2024
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Department of Labor finds construction contractors failed to protect rigger from fatal 30-story fall at Fort Lauderdale high-rise
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - Department of Labor investigation into worker’s fatal grain engulfment finds Missouri farm cooperative lacked adequate rescue equipment
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Judge affirms serious violations against Rochester roofing contractor that exposed workers to 4-story falls from Village of Newark municipal building
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor investigation of worker’s serious injuries finds Texas furniture manufacturer failed to install required machine guards
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Department of Labor finds Massachusetts waterproofing contractor’s safety failures led to employee’s crushing death in Hanson collapse
- - OSHA News Release - Birmingham Region - Department of Labor investigation of 33-year-old worker’s fatal injuries finds Huntsville countertop company failed to protect employees from stone slabs
- - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor releases new inspection guidance to protect workers in animal slaughtering, processing industries
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Department of Labor cites Kumho Tire Georgia $271K in penalties, finds 15 safety violations in wake of 57-year-old worker’s fatal injury
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Federal workplace safety investigation finds Janesville recycling company continues to expose workers to dangerous levels of lead, cadmium
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Pinellas Park boat manufacturer faces $328K in penalties after Department of Labor follow-up inspection finds significant safety issues ignored
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - Department of Labor investigators find Nebraska grain cooperative exposed workers to combustible dust, multiple hazards at Hemingford elevator
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - AB Specialty Silicones must pay $1.3M federal penalty, implement comprehensive safety programs after 2019 Waukegan plant explosion
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - Department of Labor expands grain handling safety emphasis program to address continued deaths, injuries in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
September 2024
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor finds manufacturer ignored machine safety requirements during investigation of worker’s amputation
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Federal workplace safety inspectors find shipyard workers exposed to fire, asphyxiation hazards while making repairs to cargo ship in Ashtabula
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Department of Labor finds Wisconsin animal food plant exposed workers to explosion, fire, respiratory hazards from airborne dust, cites 24 violations
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Federal safety inspection finds Sun Prairie contractor again failed to protect workers from potentially deadly hazards at home sites
August 2024
- - OSHA National News Release - Chicago countertop maker faces dozens of violations, $1M in penalties for not protecting workers, including 2 with incurable lung disease, from silica dust
- - OSHA National News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo llega a un acuerdo con una planta avícola de Hattiesburg para mejorar las medidas de seguridad después de que un joven de 16 años sufriera lesiones mortales
- - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor reaches settlement with Hattiesburg poultry facility to enhance safety measures after 16-year-old suffers fatal injuries
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor cites leading convenience store chain for serious violation after gunmen shoot cashier in Orlando robbery
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Metro-Chicago contractor again found ignoring federal safety regulations, exposing employees to deadly fall hazards at Frankfort worksite
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Adidas America faces nearly $400K in penalties for uncorrected, recurring fall hazards found in 2021 at Orange County, New York, warehouse
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor finds East Texas pallet manufacturer continues to defy federal safety regulations, expose workers to amputation hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor finds southeast Oklahoma contractor’s history of safety violations contributed to fatal trench collapse near Shawnee
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor investigation of trench fatality finds El Paso contractor repeatedly, willfully failed to follow federal safety measures
July 2024
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Chicago-area framing contractor continues to expose employees to deadly fall hazards as violations multiply, federal fines reach new heights
- - OSHA News Release - Birmingham Region - Department of Labor finds appalling disregard of safety standards by building contractor in collapse of Boise airport hangar that killed 3 workers
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Framing contractor again found exposing workers to deadly fall hazards, twice in less than 2 weeks at Perrysburg worksites; faces $199K in fines
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Department of Labor cites South Jersey water tower painting contractor for 3 willful, 19 serious violations after investigation of worker’s 80-foot fall
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Investigators find continued safety failures by US subsidiary of global meat casing manufacturer contributed to 2 employees’ suffering severe injuries
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Department of Labor cites Winter Haven contractor for willfully exposing workers again to potentially deadly falls
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor finds global ink, coatings maker failed to properly protect employee from flash fire incident in Lisbon
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Federal investigators find Franksville waste management company’s inadequate safety measures led worker to suffer severe injuries
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor finds one of the largest makers of reclaimed rubber flooring exposed Austin-area employees to willful, serious safety violations
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Illinois contractor continues pattern of exposing construction workers to deadly fall hazards, employees observed in danger four times since January
- - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor announces settlement with Dollar General requiring corporate-wide safety investments in stores nationwide
- - OSHA National News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo anuncia un acuerdo con Dollar General que exige inversiones en seguridad en las tiendas de todo el país
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Department of Labor cites Connecticut contractor for workplace safety violations found in fatal New Canaan trench cave-in investigation
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor cites severe safety violator again after inspection finds workers at Vinton steel plant exposed to serious workplace hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Investigations find contractor repeatedly put employees in unguarded trenches that collapsed, trapped, injured workers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor finds Alabama concrete contractor failed to protect 65-year-old employee fatally struck by 4-ton container near Tuscaloosa
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Four years after double fatality, Houston-area tank cleaning contractor cited for same hazards that claimed another employee’s life
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Department of Labor finds Pennsylvania roofing contractor willfully exposed own children to potentially deadly falls at Mechanicsburg site
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor cites Georgia sawmill for willfully exposing workers to hazards after investigation of 24-year-old employee’s fatal injuries
- - OSHA News Release - San Francisco Region - US Department of Labor finds Northern Arizona VA Healthcare System again failed to protect employees from serious, potentially deadly patient violence
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor finds Houston metal powder coating company exposed workers to dozens of serious safety hazards
June 2024
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor investigation finds Hubbard castings company could have prevented molten metal leak from fatally burning employee
- - OSHA News Release - Region - Department of Labor cites Arcadia labor contractor after farmworker suffers fatal illness while harvesting oranges with heat index over 90
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Worker’s fatal fall in Chenango County preventable if Tennessee-based contractor had provided employees fall protection equipment, training
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor cites contractor for lacking required fall protection that contributed to 54-year-old employee’s fatal fall
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Department of Labor cites Boaz mobile home manufacturer after 62-year-old worker suffers fatal trauma after 10-foot fall
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor finds Woodbury resin maker’s safety failures contributed to 37-year-old technician’s fatal injuries
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - After Sandusky pork processing facility workers seek medical treatment for ammonia exposure, federal investigators identify 43 safety violations
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor finds global pet products maker’s safety failures contributed to employee’s severe facial burns from molten plastic
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Illinois contractor exposes employees to deadly fall hazards twice in 2 months at homes under construction in Hanover Park subdivision
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Department of Labor cites Long Branch contractor for 32 violations in 4-month span for willfully exposing employees to deadly fall hazards
May 2024
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Federal judge affirms 2022 citation, penalties against United Airlines for failing to protect employee seriously injured when 737 crushes footb
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Federal investigation into worker’s death finds Appleton pallet manufacturer failed to train employees, address machine safety hazards cited in 2019
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Department of Labor cites leading tool, equipment manufacturer after maintenance electrician suffers severe burns in electrical arc fire
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Department of Labor reaches settlement with Linden contractor after finding the company failed to prevent fatal 5-story fall at a Bayonne work site
- - OSHA News Release - Birmingham Region - Federal court finds USPS again wrongfully fired probationary mail carrier shortly after reporting workplace injury, this time in Oregon
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Waukegan roofing contractor finally pays $365K in penalties for endangering employees when Department of Labor moves to seize employer’s property
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Zwanenberg Food Group agrees to pay $1.7M in federal penalties, invest $1.9M in safety improvements at Cincinnati facility
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Department of Labor alleges subcontractor knowingly exposed employees to asbestos hazards during former Waukegan hospital demolition
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - US Department of Labor finds Watertown contractor did not provide required safeguards to prevent employee fatality in Brighton
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Department of Labor investigation into worker’s serious injuries finds healthcare facility’s operator again failed to protect employees from patient violence
- - OSHA National News Release - Depatman Travay la pran yon mezi ki enpòtan anpil pou tabli règ pou pwoteje moun k ap travay kote gen anpil chalè, li kontinye fè plis efò pou lwa yo kapab aplike tout kote, epi li travay pou pwoteje travayè agrikiltè yo kont danje
- - OSHA National News Release - 劳工部在高温安全规则制定方面迈出了关键的一步，继续加强执法力度，重点关注农业工人所面临的危险
- - OSHA National News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo da un paso fundamental en la elaboración de normas de seguridad ante el calor, continúa intensificando los esfuerzos para hacer cumplir la ley y se centra en los peligros para los trabajadores agrícolas
- - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor takes critical step in heat safety rulemaking, continues heightened enforcement efforts, focuses on dangers to agricultural workers
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Settlement affirms willful OSHA violations, $215K penalties, against contractors for fall hazards at multiple New Jersey work sites
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - Department of Labor cites goods transport provider after truck strikes grain yard manager, weeks after federal inspectors warn of hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - St. Louis contractor faces $258K in fines after exposing roofing workers to potentially deadly fall hazards 5 times in 7 weeks at Wentzville worksites