OSHA News Releases – Enforcement
September 2023
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Federal investigators find Texas poultry processor endangered line workers by ignoring ergonomic, unguarded machinery hazards
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor investigation finds grain silo operator failed to provide required safety training, follow proper procedures in deadly engulfment
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Millersburg contractor faces more than $548K in fines for repeatedly failing to protect roofing employees from exposure to deadly fall hazards
- - Region 9 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor finds Tamuning contractor endangered employees installing a sewer line in a Mangilao trench, despite knowing the risks
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Federal investigation following complaint finds Houston-based recycled glass company repeatedly exposed employees to workplace hazards in Midlothian
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor seeks help of employees from Mar-Jac Poultry MS as investigation into young teen’s death at Hattiesburg plant continues
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Federal inspectors find Missouri roofing contractor allowed employees to work without fall protection, leading to young worker’s fatal injuries
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Nationwide auto services provider exposed workers to potentially deadly electrical hazards at Beachwood Take 5 Car Wash, federal inspectors find
August 2023
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor finds Houston-area manufacturer failed to correct 2022 hazards; yields 16 repeat, serious violations, $298K in penalties
- - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Colorado contractor awaits sentencing on manslaughter charge after failing to protect employees in 2021 trench collapse that killed 23-year-old worker
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor sues Waukegan contractor who refuses to pay more than $360K in penalties for repeatedly endangering roofing employees
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Risks Ignored: NOX US faces $545K in new penalties after 14th worker in 6 years suffers injuries at Fostoria vinyl manufacturing plant
- - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor announces corporate-wide settlement agreement with Dollar Tree, Family Dollar to address hazards at thousands of US stores
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Alabama manufacturing facility exposed employees to safety hazards by using unguarded saws, Department of Labor investigation finds
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Contractor’s safety failures continue as federal inspectors find employees exposed to deadly fall hazards twice within 2 months
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Rite Aid Corp. agrees to develop, implement bloodborne pathogen safety program for retail employees at all New Jersey, New York stores
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor seeks reinstatement, back wages from Tyler pipe manufacturer that allegedly fired employee who raised safety concerns
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Federal investigation into employee’s fatal fall finds San Antonio wire drawing company willfully exposed workers to unsafe forklift hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Federal inspectors find Dixon Ticonderoga again failed to protect employees from unguarded machines during investigation of amputation injury
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor finds cement manufacturer failed to protect employee who drowned in Mississippi River after falling from barge
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Federal inspectors again find Pennsylvania contractor exposing employees to potentially deadly fall hazards, propose $328K in penalties
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Los inspectores federales vuelven a descubrir que un contratista de Pensilvania exponía a sus empleados a riesgos de caídas potencialmente mortales y proponen 328.000 dólares en multas
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - La investigación del Departamento de Trabajo sobre el accidente mortal de un trabajador revela que un operador de aserradero en un maderero en Arkansas expuso a los trabajadores de Bearden a riesgos de seguridad.
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor investigation into worker’s fatal injury finds Arkansas timberland, sawmill operator exposed workers in Bearden to safety hazards
- - OSHA News Brief - Settlement upholds citations against former New York contractor who willfully exposed employees to dangers that led to fatal 2018 Brooklyn trench collapse
- - OSHA News Brief - Un acuerdo confirma las citaciones contra un antiguo contratista de Nueva York que expuso deliberadamente a sus empleados a peligros que provocaron el derrumbe mortal de una zanja en Brooklyn en 2018
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Federal investigators find Ohio foundry’s failure to follow required safety procedures led to fatal steam explosion
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Los investigadores federales descubren que el incumplimiento de los los procedimientos de seguridad exigidos provocó una explosión de vapor mortal
- - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor, Norfolk Southern Corp., Teamsters’ railway union enter agreement to enhance safety at East Palestine, Ohio, derailment site
- - Region 9 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor returns to normal workplace safety enforcement operations throughout Guam following Typhoon Mawar
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Federal inspectors again find ergonomic hazards, inadequate medical care exposing Amazon fulfillment center employees to safety, health risks
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Inspection finds Houston steel construction company’s history of ignoring employee safety requirements continues
July 2023
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor finds Miami company’s safety deficiencies contributed to diver’s drowning during dredging work in canal
- - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor announces hazard alert, steps up enforcement as extreme heat endangers workers across the nation
- - OSHA National News Release - Departamento de Trabajo anuncia alerta por peligro, intensifica acciones mientras ola de calor extremo atenta contra seguridad de los trabajadores
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Westfield grain bin operator again ignored federal safety standards despite warning during probe into near-tragic engulfment
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Federal workplace safety inspection at Dollar General store in Austin finds company again exposing employees to fire, other safety hazards
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor cites Boston dumpling manufacturer that continues to endanger employees, expose them to new, recurring hazards
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites North Andover Petco store for failing to protect workers from rodents, electrical, chemical hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Federal investigators responding to report of employee’s severe burns find multiple safety hazards at Green Bay Sanimax facility
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Pennsylvania contractor failed to follow safety requirements after investigation of lineman’s fatal electrocution in Miami
- - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor announces national emphasis program aimed at reducing, preventing workplace hazards in warehouses, distribution centers
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor finds Dollar General continues to endanger workers as inspectors cite 8 violations at Tampa stores, propose $342K in penalties
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Federal inspectors found sawmill exposed employee to same unguarded saw that claimed the life of 21-year-old worker weeks earlier
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor finds Newark contractor willfully exposed workers to fall hazards in 6 inspections in three months, proposes $333K in fines
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor proposes $393K in fines after follow-up inspection finds Verona, Missouri chemical plant continues to endanger workers
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Investigators find Cheney contractor exposed employees to potentially fatal hazards as two workers avoid tragedy in Salina trench collapse
- - Region 9 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor again cites Paramount Builders for endangering employees’ safety, health at work sites across American Samoa
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - CORRECTED: Federal investigation into 20-year-old worker’s death in Alabama finds sawmill operator again ignored machine safety requirements
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds The de Moya Group could have prevented fatal, serious injuries after concrete pile struck aerial lift over I-95 in 2022
June 2023
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds shipping company endangered warehouse employees working under suspended cars, motorcycles
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Judge finds Shawn D. Purvis, Purvis Home Improvement Co. Inc. individually liable for nearly $1.6M penalties in Maine roofer’s fatality case
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Okeechobee labor contractor after heat illness claims the life of 28-year-old farmworker in Parkland
- - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Utah solar power company after inspectors find workers atop snow-covered Johnstown roof without fall protection
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor again cites Dollar Tree Inc. for failing to safeguard Rhode Island workers, this time at Coventry store
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Federal investigators find Piedmont Airlines failed to follow required safety procedures to protect ground crew member from suffering fatal injuries
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Ohio manufacturer faces $171K in penalties after worker suffers amputation while operating machine that lacked adequate safety protections
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Federal investigators find JBS Foods failed to protect Green Bay plant worker from amputations by ignoring required safety standards
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Unsafe bargain: Dallas-area Family Dollar store endangered employees by allowing blocked storeroom exits, walkways, unsafely stacked boxes
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Federal investigators find Alabama tire shop did not follow procedures to protect workers from rim, tire failures after fatal explosion
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Hostess Brands faces $298K in penalties after federal investigators find company’s safety, training failures led to worker’s amputation injury
- - OSHA National News Release - Illinois pizza manufacturer faces $2.8M in penalties after investigation into 29-year-old sanitation worker’s death finds safety failures, lack of training
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Federal investigation finds Jacksonville treatment facility failed to improve worker safety procedures despite nearly 200 violent incidents in 2022
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor cites entertainment company in Orlando fireworks warehouse blaze, explosion in which 4 workers perished
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Wisconsin food manufacturer’s history of violations continues, federal investigators find safety failures led to two workers amputation injuries
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Investigadores federales encuentran que la zanja carecía de la protección requerida para derrumbes que podría haber evitado las lesiones fatales del contratista de Burr Ridge
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Federal investigators find trench lacked required cave-in protection that could have prevented Burr Ridge contractor’s fatal injuries
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Inspectores federales de seguridad encuentran que un contratista de Illinois con un largo historial de violaciones expone nuevamente a los empleados a peligros mortales en el lugar de trabajo
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - La queja de un trabajador lleva al Departamento de Trabajo a encontrar nuevamente a Dollar Tree exponiendo a los empleados a pasillos bloqueados, tropiezos, caídas, salidas seguras
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Federal safety inspectors find Illinois contractor with long history of violations again exposing employees to dangerous workplace hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Worker’s complaint leads Department of Labor to again find Dollar Tree exposing employees to blocked aisles, trips, falls, slowing safe exit
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Federal workplace safety inspectors find Illinois contractor continues to expose roofing workers to deadly fall hazards, despite 2019, 2022 violations
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Inspectores federales de seguridad en el lugar de trabajo encuentran que un contratista de Illinois continúa exponiendo a los trabajadores de techos a peligros mortales de caídas, a pesar de las violaciones de 2019, 2022
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Illinois contractor ignored city’s safety warnings about deadly trench hazards, federal inspectors cite five willful, serious violations, propose $77K in penalties
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Contratista de Illinois ignoró las advertencias de seguridad de la ciudad sobre peligros mortales en zanjas, inspectores federales citan cinco violaciones graves y deliberadas, proponen $77,000 en multas
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. encuentra a Dollar General en el oeste de Texas Exponiendo a los empleados a riesgos de incendio, otros problemas
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Dollar General in West Texas exposing employees to fire hazards, other concerns
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor finds Dollar General continues to discount safety after inspections in Alabama, Florida yield 8 repeat violations, $1M penalties
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo determina que Dollar General continúa desconsiderando la seguridad luego de que las inspecciones en Alabama, Florida mostraran 8 violaciones repetidas y multas de hasta $ 1 millón
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. encontro que Dollar General bloqueó las salidas de emergencia, permitió otros riesgos de seguridad en 4 tiendas del sur de Pensilvania
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Dollar General blocked emergency exits, allowed other safety hazards at 4 southern Pennsylvania stores
May 2023
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds fire, electrical, other hazards in inspections at two southeast Oklahoma Dollar General stores putting workers at risk
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor investigation finds Columbus children’s hospital exposed nurses, other employees to workplace violence
- - OSHA National News Release - Nine inspections in four states find Dollar General exposed workers to obstructed exits, fire, electrical hazards; carry $3.4M in new penalties
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor again finds resin manufacturer exposing employees to respiratory hazards, risk of explosion at Kenton facility
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor places New Jersey manufacturer in Severe Violator Enforcement Program after worker suffers serious, preventable amputation
- - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds contractor exposed workers to trench hazards after investigation into 23-year-old worker’s fatality in Aurora
- - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Colorado contractor exposing workers to trench cave-ins, including one that caused teenager’s fatal injuries
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites 2 employers after workers show elevated levels of inorganic arsenic at Georgia chemical manufacturing facility
- - OSHA News Brief - Department of Labor finds Texas Children’s Hospital failed to protect employees after security guard suffers serious assault by patient
- - Region 10 OSHA News Release - Federal court finds US Postal Service wrongfully fired employee who reported workplace injury, violated federal worker protections
- - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces national emphasis program to reduce, prevent workplace falls, a leading cause of workplace fatalities
April 2023
- - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor finds Amazon failed to provide injured employees proper medical treatment at Castleton, New York, fulfillment facility
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Judge finds UHS of Delaware Inc., UHS of Fuller Inc. denied workplace violence protections to Fuller Hospital employees
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor investigation of fatal trench collapse in Brazoria County finds contractor failed to follow federal excavation safety measures
- - Region 9 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Guam Shipyards failed to follow federal safety standards after investigation into rigger’s November 2022 death
- - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor cites Dollar Tree Inc. for obstructing exits, unsafely storing materials at Rhode Island stores in Providence, Pawtucket
- - OSHA National News Release - Dollar General again found exposing employees to fire, entrapment hazards, after federal workplace safety inspection at Orlando-area store
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Mississippi farm willfully disregarded safety standards after South African guest worker suffocates in storage bin
- - Region 9 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Arizona veterans’ healthcare facility exposed employees to potentially deadly hazards on steam lines