OSHA News Releases – July 2009

September 2023

  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor investigation of 29-year-old worker’s drowning finds Key Largo marine construction company failed to follow federal safety requirements
  • - OSHA Trade Release - Department of Labor will seek public input, ideas to improve OSHA whistleblower program outreach, training at October meeting
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor cites Irvington contractor who exposed roofing workers to fall dangers, other hazards at Hasbrouck Heights work site
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Augusta battery manufacturer exposing employees to unsafe lead levels, other hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Contractor enters into deferred prosecution agreement, agrees to pay $370K for willful safety failures in employee’s 2019 fatal fall in St. Joseph
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA partners with Noble Texas Builders to keep workers safe at collegiate academy construction project in Texas
  • - OSHA National News Release - El Departamento del Trabajo anuncia una iniciativa de aplicación y cumplimiento para proteger a los trabajadores de la exposición al sílice en la fabricación e instalación de piedra artificial
  • - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor announces enforcement, compliance initiative to protect workers from silica exposure in engineered stone fabrication, installation
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor cites Pennsylvania dumpster manufacturer for exposing workers to widespread safety, health hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Federal investigation of project manager’s death in trench collapse finds Oklahoma contractor exposed employees to workplace hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor investigation of 28-year-old worker’s fatal fall finds Miami Gardens roofing contractor failed to follow safety requirements
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor begins outreach in Florida for technical support, worker safety in areas hardest hit by Hurricane Idalia
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor finds Georgia company’s safety failures led 19-year-old worker to suffer fatal injuries inside concrete mixer at Cantonment worksite
  • - OSHA National News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. anuncia subvenciones de $12.7 millones para promover la seguridad en el lugar de trabajo, capacitación en salud, educación
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces $12.7M in grants awarded to promote workplace safety, health training, education
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Lamar Advertising Co. form alliance to promote workplace safety, prevent exposure to hazards
  • - 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

  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor urges workers, public in Carolinas, Georgia, Florida to be aware of hazards in recovery efforts after Hurricane Idalia
  • - 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
  • - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor announces proposed changes to clarify regulations on authorized employee representation during workplace inspections
  • - OSHA National News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo anuncia cambios propuestos para aclarar las regulaciones sobre la representación autorizada de los empleados durante las inspecciones en el lugar de trabajo.
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor orders Vermont agricultural equipment company to reinstate employee fired for raising environmental concerns
  • - 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 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor orders North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality to remove reprimand from employee’s personnel file
  • - 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 - US Department of Labor certifies Molson Coors’ Monte Vista Barley Elevator in Colorado as Voluntary Protections Program ‘Star’ site
  • - OSHA News Brief - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. certifica la planta elevadora de cebada Monte Vista de Molson Coors en Colorado como planta "estrella" del Programa de Protección Voluntaria.
  • - 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
  • - 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 Trade Release - La OSHA anuncia los ganadores del concurso "Supera el Calor"
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA announces ‘Beat the Heat’ contest winners
  • - 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 News Brief - City of Monahans proclaims August 10 National Safe Digging Day
  • - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor, Norfolk Southern Corp., Teamsters’ railway union enter agreement to enhance safety at East Palestine, Ohio, derailment site
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Alabama’s builders, contractors form alliance to make construction workplaces safer
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Federal court requires Peoria dentist to pay $20K in back wages to employee terminated after alleging unsafe working conditions
  • - 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
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor to offer whistleblower program webinar to educate Southeast stakeholders, workers on federal protections
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Inspection finds Houston steel construction company’s history of ignoring employee safety requirements continues
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA set to kick off Safe + Sound Week

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 Trade Release - Department of Labor seeks nominations for membership to National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
  • - 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
  • - OSHA News Brief - Texas glass manufacturer earns ‘Star’ designation for excellence in workplace safety, health management at Waxahachie facility
  • - 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
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor finds Maersk Line Limited retaliated against seaman who reported safety concerns to US Coast Guard
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Federal investigators responding to report of employee’s severe burns find multiple safety hazards at Green Bay Sanimax facility
  • - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor announces proposed rule to clarify personal protective equipment standard, ensure safety of construction industry workers
  • - OSHA News Brief - Department of Labor, Aims Community College alliance seeks to promote safety, health for agriculture workforce
  • - 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 Trade Release - Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health will meet Aug. 9-10 in Washington
  • - OSHA National News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo anuncia una norma que amplía la sumisión de datos sobre lesiones y enfermedades en sectores de alto riesgo
  • - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor announces rule expanding submission requirements for injury, illness data provided by employers in high-hazard industries
  • - 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
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor recognizes Idaho agricultural chemical company continuous workplace safety record, renews ‘Star’ designation
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA announces meeting of Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health on July 13
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Investigators find Cheney contractor exposed employees to potentially fatal hazards as two workers avoid tragedy in Salina trench collapse
  • - OSHA News Brief - Texas equipment, tool supplier earns ‘Star’ designation for excellence in workplace safety, health management at Alvarado facility
  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor recognizes US Army Supply Division at Washington’s Joint Base Lewis-McChord as a workplace safety ‘Star’
  • - 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
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor recognizes Colorado structural steel erector's 25 years of safety, health excellence, renews 'Star' designation
  • - 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
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores of New Bedford sign alliance to foster safety, health practices
  • - OSHA National News Release - Fireworks, pyrotechnics industry employers strongly urged to make worker safety a priority on July 4
  • - 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 3 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor settles whistleblower case against Delaware salvage yard that wrongly terminated employee for reporting safety concerns
  • - 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
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Georgia road contractors to promote workplace safety during I-285, I-20 East interchange project
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor invites small business owners, local governments to share input on potential heat standard to protect indoor, outdoor workers
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor, trade groups, unions partnering to protect workers from hazards in trenching, excavation
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA announces upcoming fee changes for student course completion cards for Outreach Training Program
  • - 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
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Dallas sign alliance to protect safety, health of Spanish-speaking workers
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, North Florida non-profit initiative align to safeguard agriculture, construction industries’ workers
  • - 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
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor renews ‘Star Level’ designation of Raytheon Co. site in Tewksbury for workplace safety, health achievements
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor urges landscaping industry employers to stay focused on protecting employees from hazards as demands increase
  • - 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 8 OSHA News Release - 16 Colorado employers recognized for recording zero worker injury and illnesses on the job in 2022
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Utah employers recognized for recording zero worker injury and illnesses on the job in 2022
  • - OSHA National News Release - UPDATED: US Department of Labor urges employers to have a plan to protect outdoor workers from hazards associated with poor air quality
  • - OSHA National News Release - ACTUALIZADO: El Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos insta a los empleadores a tener un plan para proteger a los trabajadores al aire libre de los peligros asociados con la mala calidad del aire
  • - OSHA News Brief - OSHA recognizes Phillips 66’s Casper, Wyoming worksite for 10 years of continuous participation in agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs
  • - OSHA News Brief - OSHA reconoce técnico de Black Hills Energy en Cheyenne, Wyoming, como líder de los Programas de Protección Voluntaria del año
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Albuquerque alliance seeks to protect safety, health of West Texas’ workers
  • - OSHA News Brief - OSHA recognizes Black Hills Energy technician in Cheyenne, Wyoming, as Voluntary Protection Programs leader of the year
  • - OSHA News Brief - OSHA reconoce el lugar de trabajo de Phillips 66 en Casper, Wyoming, por 10 años de participación continua en los Programas de Protección Voluntaria de la agencia
  • - 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 - Federal investigators find trench lacked required cave-in protection that could have prevented Burr Ridge contractor’s fatal injuries
  • - 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 - 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 - Worker’s complaint leads Department of Labor to again find Dollar Tree exposing employees to blocked aisles, trips, falls, slowing safe exit
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos elogia a 9 empleadores de Montana por registrar cero lesiones y enfermedades de trabajadores en 2022
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor lauds three Wyoming employers for recording zero worker injuries, illnesses in 2022
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor orders South Dakota helicopter ambulance service to reinstate mechanic who reported safety concerns, filed FAA complaint
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. elogia a dos empleadores de Dakota del Sur por registrar cero lesiones y enfermedades de trabajadores en 2022
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor lauds two South Dakota employers for recording zero worker injuries, illnesses in 2022
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor lauds three North Dakota employers for recording zero worker injuries, illnesses in 2022
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos ordena al servicio de ambulancia en helicóptero de Dakota del Sur que reincorpore al mecánico que informó preocupaciones de seguridad y presentó una queja ante la FAA
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. elogia a tres empleadores de Wyoming por registrar cero lesiones y enfermedades de trabajadores en 2022
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor lauds 9 Montana employers for recording zero worker injuries, illnesses in 2022
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor invites businesses, workers to share best workplace safety, health practices
  • - OSHA National News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos invita a empresas y trabajadores para compartir las mejores prácticas de seguridad y salud en el lugar de trabajo
  • - 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 - 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 - 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 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 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Dollar General in West Texas exposing employees to fire hazards, other concerns
  • - 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
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor announces 15 members of Advisory Committee on Construction Safety, Health
  • - OSHA Trade Release - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. anuncia 15 miembros del Comité asesor sobre seguridad y salud en la construcción
  • - 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 9 OSHA News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos proporcionará expertos en seguridad y salud de los trabajadores en las áreas más afectadas en Guam por el tifón Mawar para proteger a los trabajadores de recuperación
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor will provide worker safety, health experts in areas hardest hit in Guam by Typhoon Mawar to protect recovery workers
  • - 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 - Departament Pracy Stanów Zjednoczonych ogłasza ponad 12 milionów dolarów dotacji dostępnych na szkolenia w zakresie bezpieczeństwa i hygieny pracowników
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces more than $12M in grant funding available for worker safety, health training grants
  • - OSHA National News Release - Bộ Lao động Hoa Kỳ công bố khoản tài trợ hơn 12 triệu đô la dành cho phát triển môi trường làm việc an toàn và khoẻ mạnh cho người lao động
  • - OSHA National News Release - 美国劳工部宣布为工人安全和健康培训拨款超过1200万美元
  • - OSHA National News Release - Depatman Travay Ameriken an anonse plis pase $12M sibvansyon ki disponib pou fòmasyon nan sekirite ak sante travayè yo
  • - OSHA National News Release - O Departamento do Trabalho dos EUA anuncia mais de US$12 milhões em subsídios disponíveis para concessões de treinamento para a saúde e segurança dos trabalhadores
  • - 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
  • - OSHA News Brief - Lubbock Mayor Payne recognizes ‘Digging Deep in Lubbock Workshop 2023’
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor offers webinar for grantee, applicants for federal grants to increase workplace safety training programs
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor again finds resin manufacturer exposing employees to respiratory hazards, risk of explosion at Kenton facility
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA encourages stakeholders to share feedback on effectiveness of leading indicators to improve, develop resource tool
  • - 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 3 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, Shipbuilders Council of America renew alliance to promote safe, healthful workplaces in Mid-Atlantic shipyard industry
  • - 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 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 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites 2 employers after workers show elevated levels of inorganic arsenic at Georgia chemical manufacturing facility
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Federal court issues consent judgment requiring Luzerne County manufacturer to pay former employee $13K in whistleblower case
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to hold public meeting June 15 to discuss modernizing, improving, expanding its Voluntary Protection Programs
  • - 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 News Brief - US Department of Labor partners with Georgia agencies, employers to promote safety stand-downs to address workplace mental health awareness
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Holder Construction Group LLC partner to promote safety at data center project
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor partners with Holder Construction Group LLC to promote workplace safety during Trilith community project in South Atlanta
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces national emphasis program to reduce, prevent workplace falls, a leading cause of workplace fatalities
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules meeting of Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health on May 24

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
  • - OSHA Trade Release - National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health to meet May 31
  • - 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 News Brief - US Department of Labor, Brasfield & Gorrie Construction to promote safety at Alabama construction site
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Moss & Associates LLC to promote workplace safety, health during construction of Central Florida hotel
  • - OSHA National News Release - Dollar General again found exposing employees to fire, entrapment hazards, after federal workplace safety inspection at Orlando-area store
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor to honor workers whose jobs claimed their lives, recommit to protecting workers as nation marks Workers Memorial Day
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor partners with Moss & Associates LLC to promote workplace safety during Pasco County Jail project in Central Florida
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor announces new members of Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor finds City of Delray Beach retaliated against inspector for reporting cross-contamination between tap water, reclaimed sewage
  • - OSHA News Brief - Consulting firm earns renewed ‘Star’ designation, US Department of Labor recognition of its lengthy commitment to safe, healthy workplaces
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Ringland-Johnson Construction partnership will promote workplace safety during Rockford’s Hard Rock Casino project
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor announces launch of ‘Beat the Heat’ contest
  • - 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
  • - OSHA National News Release - ‘Danger Vu’: Federal inspection again finds Dollar General exits, walkways blocked, boxes stacked unsafely, workers at risk in Texas, Wisconsin
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, WeCount! align to educate vulnerable agricultural, construction, domestic workers in South Florida on workplace safety, health
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor, industry partners to promote road construction worker safety during 2023 National Work Zone Awareness Week
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Federal safety investigators find Alabama paper mill willfully bypassed safety regulations, leading to fatal electrocution of 36-year-old worker
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor renews ‘Star Level’ designation of Tiverton Power for workplace safety, health achievements
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor renews ‘Star Level’ designation of Dighton Power for workplace safety, health achievements
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor seeking public input, ideas to improve OSHA whistleblower program outreach, training at May meeting
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, state agencies, industry leaders launch campaign to educate, alert Midwest employers, workers of deadly excavation hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - Dangers discounted: US Department of Labor finds Dollar General willfully exposing workers to fire hazards at central Pennsylvania store
  • - OSHA News Brief - Denver construction contractor’s commitment to workplace safety, health earns ‘Star’ designation from US Department of Labor
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor renews L.L. Bean ‘Star Level’ designation for workplace safety, health achievements
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor investigation of 29-year-old sanitation worker’s leg amputation finds Ohio food processor again ignored safety standards
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor investigation finds wind turbine parts manufacturer continues to ignore machine safety procedures
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor urges caution to avoid fall, electrical, other hazards during tornado cleanup in Bollinger County, Missouri
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor renews Wheelabrator’s ‘Star Level’ designation for workplace safety, health achievements
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor investigation of Ohio hardwood flooring mill finds three injuries in five months as company consistently violates safety rules

March 2023

  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration releases 2022 injury and illness data
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds fall protection would have saved roof worker who fatally plunged through skylight at Milton airport in October 2022
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor establishes a Georgia-wide alliance to improve ergonomic safety in state’s warehouses
  • - Readout - Readout: US Department of Labor hosts discussion on safety and health agency’s new authority to provide visa certifications to better protect workers
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - For the 6th time in 13 months, Department of Labor finds Fort Walton Beach framing contractor endangering workers at Florida worksites
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, HC Beck LTD School of Construction sign alliance to educate employers, keep workers safe
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Deadly defiance: Ocala framing contractor’s refusal to comply with safety standards continues despite fatal 2020 incident, 35 violations since 2019
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Appleton roofing general contractor, Kaukauna subcontractor cited for repeatedly failing to protect employees from exposure to deadly fall hazards
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Deadly gamble: North Dakota contractor supervised workers in unprotected trenches, failed 3 inspections in 32 days, ignored warnings, faces $505K in fines
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor, industry leaders focus on small steps for big safety impact during 2023 Stand Up 4 Grain Safety Week, March 27-31
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Grain and Feed Association of Illinois renew alliance to address common hazards in the grain-handling industry
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Court requires Austin auto dealership to pay $15K in damages to employee fired in 2020 after raising COVID-19 safety concerns
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Trumbull Corp. partners to protect workers on Berkeley County, West Virginia, highway construction project
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds lawn service contractor ignored safety standards, allowed workers to operate riding mowers dangerously at Fort Campbell
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Colorado Health Care Association collaborate to help keep long-term care workers safe, healthy
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor certifies Maine’s completion of developmental steps of occupational safety, health plan for state, local government workers
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Power Generation Workgroup alliance promotes importance of safety for workers
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Federal investigation of teen worker’s fall from New Castle store roof finds Georgia contractor violated child labor, overtime, worker safety laws
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to hold online meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Heat Work Group on April 27
  • - OSHA News Brief - Investigations by Department of Labor, Vernon Police lead to first-degree manslaughter charges in Connecticut trench fatality
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Federal investigators find operating, training deficiencies contributed to fatal BP Products refinery explosion that claimed two workers’ lives
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Federal investigation orders church to pay back wages, reinstate employee fired for raising concerns about rodents, insects in childcare center
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, National Safety Council Nebraska Chapter sign alliance to train employers, workers on common hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds oil, gas waste company failed to protect workers from dangers of inhalation after employee suffers fatal injury
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Federal safety investigators find Mobile contractor ignored safety warnings that might have prevented 28-year-old employee’s death aboard Panama City vessel
  • - OSHA National News Release - Low-cost, higher risk: Dollar General inspections in Florida, Georgia find employees exposed to blocked emergency exits, other dangers
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor issues final rule on handling retaliation complaints under Taxpayer First Act
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Without adequate safety gear, Nebraska grain handler fatally suffocated after being engulfed in corn silo; company faces $531K in penalties
  • - OSHA National News Release - Secretary Marty Walsh addresses President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget
  • - OSHA National News Release - Administrative law judge affirms citations; Alabama automotive parts supplier to pay $1.3M in penalties after 20-year-old worker’s 2016 death
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Operating Engineers Local 150 renew alliance for workplace place safety, training in union’s apprenticeship program
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Fire department concerns lead federal inspectors to identify dangerously blocked exit routes, fire extinguishers at Cincinnati Dollar General store
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Next generation: US Department of Labor promotes safety to newest generation of construction workforce during Atlanta career expo in March
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Unaware of the danger, painter fatally falls 21 feet after stepping onto unsecured balcony at Cleveland residential construction project
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Mercury poisoning: Long Island thermometer maker’s workers sickened by unsafe exposures to toxic metal, faces nearly $200K in penalties
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor finds LaFayette insulation manufacturer ignored safety standards after investigation of worker’s serious head injury
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor investigation of Del Monte cannery worker’s amputation injury finds company violated federal safety standards
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, American Society of Safety Professionals in East Texas partner for better safety, health in the workplace
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to provide in-person, online training event on workplace safety, health for federal agency employees, Aug. 8-10

February 2023

  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, McCarthy Building Companies partner to target workplace hazards at St. Louis’ BJC Campus renewal project
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds El Paso metal-plating company continues to willfully expose employees working with corrosive acids to eye injuries
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - New Hampshire roofing contractor faces $234K in penalties for exposing workers to fall hazards again, this time at two Granite State worksites
  • - OSHA National News Release - Federal panel upholds $10K US Department of Labor citation litigated by Walmart for years over hazardous shelving
  • - OSHA National News Release - Business as usual: Mount Pleasant, Texas, Dollar Tree inspection finds storeroom exits blocked, boxes stacked dangerously
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor cites Amazon for again exposing workers to ergonomic hazards, this time at Colorado Springs delivery station
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Court requires North Texas dental practice, owners to pay $15K in back wages to workers fired for raising COVID-19 safety concerns
  • - OSHA National News Release - Unsafe at sea: Inspection finds Kodiak seafood processing vessel’s operator continues to expose crews to a bounty of safety, health violations
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor seeking public comments on modernizing program that recognizes employers committed to best safety, health practices
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Federal investigation finds Barberton toolmaker failed to properly protect drill press operators; three workers suffered preventable injuries
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Consulate of Mexico in Denver renew alliance to promote workers’ rights, protections
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces plan to withdraw proposal to reconsider, revoke Arizona State OSHA Plan’s final approval
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor announces publication of interim final rule for handling criminal antitrust anti-retaliation complaints
  • - Readout - READOUT: US Department of Labor expands OSHA’s ability to protect all workers by certifying special visa applications to ensure effective enforcement
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Lehigh Valley tree service company, owner for serious violations after 17-year-old worker suffers fatal injuries
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Federal investigators determine 27-year-old worker suffered partial leg amputation after entering Illinois grain bin while paddle conveyor ran
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Georgia contractors to promote safety, health during Hartsfield-Jackson airport concourse widening project
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA announces Advisory Committee on Construction Safety, Health to meet March 1; workgroups to meet Feb. 28
  • - OSHA News Brief - Department of Labor, Better Business Bureau North Central Texas sign alliance partnership to help keep workers safe
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Massachusetts serial violator The Roof Kings LLC faces $137K in new penalties for again exposing employees to life-threatening falls
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Missouri Association of Manufacturers renew alliance to target workplace hazards, keep workers safe
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor cites US Postal Service for failing to provide running water, usable bathroom at Chesapeake facility for more than a month
  • - OSHA Trade Release - As winter surges, OSHA reminds employers of carbon monoxide risks when using portable generators, other equipment indoors
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Bentonia contractor could have prevented deadly Flora explosion, death of 25-year-old welder, US Department of Labor investigation finds
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Everyday Danger: Dollar Tree again found blocking emergency exits as federal inspection in Alabama as history of unsafe operations continues
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor again cites Missouri cattle processor for exposing workers to potentially lethal carbon dioxide levels
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Sioux Falls contractor’s history of federal safety violations continues with workers endangered on 2 different sites in 2 days
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor bestows ambassador status on Lehigh Construction Group Inc. for long-time safety commitment
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Fatal profits: Despite two deadly falls since 2019, inspectors find Nanuet contractor still ignores fall protections, exposing workers to lethal hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds three employers’ safety failures contributed to 31-year-old laborer’s fatal fall at Tallahassee work site in August 2022
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor finds Amazon exposed workers to unsafe conditions, ergonomic hazards at three more warehouses in Colorado, Idaho, New York
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Danger in stock: Department of Labor finds Columbus, Ohio, Dollar Tree store endangering workers; as company’s history of violations continues

January 2023

  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Federal investigation into fatal 2022 electrocution in Kansas City finds Midwest engineering services company again failed to protect workers
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Connecticut contractor’s failure to address hazards turns deadly when trench collapse buried worker at Vernon job site
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor revises OSHA’s Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program
  • - OSHA National News Release - Contratista que ignoró ley federal de seguridad se entrega a la policía al enfrentar cargos de homicidio involuntario por muerte de trabajador en 2021
  • - OSHA National News Release - Facing manslaughter charges in worker’s 2021 trench collapse death, Colorado contractor who willfully ignored federal law surrenders to police
  • - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor announces enforcement guidance changes to save lives, target employers who put profit over safety
  • - OSHA National News Release - Penalties mount: Fined more than $15M since 2017, familiar Dollar General safety failures in 3 inspections in Florida, Alabama, add $387K more
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Gainesville psychiatric hospital implements safety measures after federal investigation into series of staff injuries after violent incidents with patients
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Federal investigators finds employee suffered fatal injuries while duct tape held machine safety guards open at Kingman plastics plant
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Drywall and Acoustical Tile Contractors Association renew alliance to promote workplace safety
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor cites US Postal Service with 16 violations for endangering workers at 3 Tennessee facilities, proposes $350K in penalties
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Deadly mix: Federal workplace safety investigations find severe injuries, fatality caused by steam explosions at 2 Ohio companies
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor resumes regular enforcement activities in 18 Florida counties affected by Hurricane Ian
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - In federal court, Alabama plastics manufacturer pleads guilty to willful safety regulation violation found in 2017 OSHA investigation into worker’s death
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Investigation into 41-year-old driver’s death finds two delivery services companies failed to protect workers transporting dry ice in Alabama
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Safety shelved: Federal safety inspectors again find Dollar General workers exposed to fire, other hazards – this time in West Lafayette, Ohio
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds lumber company failed to secure, service forklift that fatally struck 18-year-old worker at Arkansas yard
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor seeks nominations for membership to National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
  • - OSHA National News Release - Federal safety inspections at three Amazon warehouse facilities find company exposed workers to ergonomic, struck-by hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor announces annual adjustments to OSHA civil penalties for 2023
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Eversource Energy Service Co. for willful, serious violations after fatal Beacon Hill arc flash, blast in Boston
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds contractor continues to expose workers to potentially deadly falls, this time at Upper Saddle River worksite
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor again finds barley supplier exposing workers to workplace safety hazards at Wisconsin malthouse
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor reminds certain employers to submit required 2022 injury and illness data by March 2, 2023
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor renews ‘Star’ designation of Millstone Power Station for workplace safety, health achievements
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor investigation of fatal equipment rollover incident finds Texas fencing contractor exposed workers to deadly safety hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Investigation finds American Airlines retaliated against flight attendants who reported worker illnesses caused by fumes in aircraft cabins

December 2022

  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor urges employers to enhance workplace safety measures, protect workers from crane hazards following fatality in Guam
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Administrative law judge upholds OSHA citations and penalties to Vermont-based telecommunications contractor in employee’s death
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Frisco utility contractor for willful exposure to deadly safety hazards after fatal trench collapse
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Texas construction company willfully exposed workers to deadly hazards after trench collapse kills two workers
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor, Balfour Beatty Construction align to promote safety, health during construction of AC Marriott Savannah River District project
  • - OSHA National News Release - Federal safety inspections at six Amazon warehouse facilities find company failed to record, report worker injuries, illnesses
  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety, Health on 2021 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Federal workplace safety investigation finds Kyle vehicle parts maker ignored workers’ concerns; yields more than a dozen serious citations
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor again cites Ohio roofing contractor for exposing unprotected workers to deadly fall hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Risky Business: Dollar General continues to expose employees to workplace dangers with fire, electrical hazards found, this time in Thomasville, Georgia
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor recognizes Molson Coors Beverage Company USA LLC as exemplary for workplace safety, health excellence
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds manufacturer exposed workers to machine, other hazards at Kewaunee, Wisconsin, facility
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, El Paso Consulate General of Mexico renew 2-year commitment to promote worker safety, health throughout West Texas
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Investigation into two workers’ deaths in Edmund finds Arkansas contractor failed to test oxygen level in confined space, provide rescue equipment
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor investigation finds Denver IT services provider retaliated against executive who raised concerns about IRS violations
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor 'Star' designation recognizes Bellingham and Blackstone Power Generation LLC for workplace safety, health excellence
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds safety, training failures during investigation of June 2022 double fatality at Pueblo industrial loading facility
  • - OSHA News Brief - OSHA, Hispanic Contractors Association de Tejas renew safety alliance
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Family Dollar Stores again exposing workers to fire, entrapment, struck-by hazards, this time at Richmond Hill location
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to hold online meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health on Jan. 10, 2023
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Department of Labor cites Dollar Tree again for endangering workers, continuing company’s lengthy history of workplace safety violations

November 2022

  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor seeks nominations for membership to Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Middlefield contractor faces more than $414K in fines for repeatedly failing to protect roofing employees from exposure to deadly fall hazards
  • - OSHA News Brief - OSHA grants first Ambassador Alliance Program status in region to El Paso Community College for continued commitment to safety, health
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor inspection finds employees at TJ Maxx store in Pooler exposed to fire, entrapment, struck-by hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Roofing contractor continues to expose workers to potentially deadly fall hazards, US Department of Labor inspections in Appleton area find
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor seeks nominations for membership on Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Inspection at Dollar General store in Columbus finds familiar hazards, dangers as company continues to expose workers, violate federal law
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Schaumburg, Illinois, contractor again found exposing workers to deadly trench cave-in hazards, this time at Broadview worksite
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, state and national brewers align to educate New York employers, protect industry workers
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor urges vigilance by first responders, recovery crews, public to protect themselves from hazards in tropical storm recovery
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites two contractors for demolition, asbestos hazards after mezzanine collapse at former South Boston power plant
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Chicago-area contractor faces $277K in fines for repeated failures to protect roofing employees from exposure to deadly fall hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor initiative seeks to protect food processing workers in Illinois, Ohio amid significantly higher injury rates
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Federal workplace safety investigation of Mapleton foundry worker’s fatal fall into molten iron finds Caterpillar failed to install required fall protection
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Swank Enterprises align to promote workplace safety, health at University of Montana construction project
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor recognizes Chatham Village Foods for workplace safety, health excellence with 'Star' designation
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Profit Over People: Alarming trend continues at Dollar General stores where seven Southeast inspections again find willful violations

October 2022

  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Federal court denies health provider’s bid to limit US Department of Labor’s OSH Act enforcement authority
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Philadelphia contractor’s history of exposing workers to deadly fall hazards continues, US Department of Labor proposes $269K in penalties
  • - OSHA National News Release - Federal appeals court finds Pennsylvania poultry processing facility in contempt for failing to pay $162K in penalties, address safety violations
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Ohio manufacturer faces $1.2M in penalties after 7th worker in 5 years suffers severe injuries when caught in machine employer failed to lock out
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Lamar Advertising Co. alliance to help keep outdoor signage workers safe, healthy in Colorado, Montana
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA announces Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health will meet Nov. 17
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites developer, subcontractors for exposing workers to dangerously energized power lines
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Inspections find Dollar General continues to discount safety as violations, penalties pile up for blocked exits, unsafe storage areas, other hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor initiates technical support; worker safety, health outreach in areas hardest hit by Hurricane Ian
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites framing contractor who ignored OSHA's safety hazard notification, directed workers onto roof without fall protection
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Florida company for numerous safety failures after investigation into how 22-year-old diver working in canal drowned
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Chicago's Power Construction receives 'Star' level designation for exemplary workplace safety, health programs
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Savannah space remediation company after 32-year-old lead repair technician suffers fatal electrocution
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor orders ExxonMobil to reinstate terminated employees suspected of leaking information to Wall Street Journal
  • - OSHA National News Release - Ohio contractor continues to defy federal fall protection safety rules, cited for egregious willful violations, faces $1M in fines after workplace inspection
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Pennsylvania manufacturer prioritized safety, health at one facility, while hazards at New Jersey site led to 21 violations
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Missouri Contractor in fatal Dudley trench collapse
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor announces selection of OSHA Training Institute Education Centers

September 2022

  • - Readout - READOUT: At US Department of Labor, Workers’ Voice Summit stresses collaboration in addressing workers’ rights concerns
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Trenton contractor again exposing workers to falls, this time at Mahwah, Upper Saddle River, River Vale work sites
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor renews ‘Star Level’ designation of Huber Engineered Woods LLC for workplace safety, health achievements
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor urges first responders, recovery crews, public to be vigilant, protect themselves from hazards in Hurricane Ian recovery
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor urges Midwest employers to emphasize lawn worker safety after lawn mower roll-over deaths in Nebraska, Missouri
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor to hold virtual meeting to solicit public input on OSHA whistleblower program improvements
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Chicago-area candymaker again exposes workers to amputation from machine hazards at Bellwood facility
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Demolition company in fatal Government Center garage collapse in Boston faces nearly $1.2M in fines for willfully exposing workers to hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Ashland cabinet manufacturer after 33-year-old technician suffers fatal electrocution
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor awards more than $11.7 M in grants to educate workers, employers on workplace safety, health
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules stakeholder meeting to provide overview of its Process Safety Management rulemaking project
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, stakeholders sign partnership to protect workers from construction hazards at La Crosse Mayo expansion project
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, excavation industry association to host trench safety summit to stem alarming national rise in worker fatalities caused by cave-ins
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Connecticut environmental lab faces $907K in fines for willfully exposing employees to workplace carcinogen
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces changes to OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program to strengthen enforcement, improve compliance
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor recognizes Owens Corning manufacturer site for workplace safety, health excellence with 'Star' designation
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, Ryan Companies US Inc. promote workplace safety, health at Lakewood Ranch multi-family project
  • - OSHA News Brief - OSHA, North Texas National Utility Contractors Assoc. to co-host event on trench, excavation safety amid alarming rise in workplace fatalities
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor allies with Lehigh Career and Technical Institute, Pennsylvania OSHA Consultation to protect warehousing, storage workers
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor proposes $303K in penalties for Middletown foundry for willfully exposing employees to workplace hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor awards $1.9M to 14 organizations nationwide to provide workplace safety, health training; recognize infectious diseases
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Illinois trucking repair company cited for exposing workers to confined space hazards after worker fatally injured inspecting trailer
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention form alliance to promote workplace mental health, suicide prevention awareness
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor, industry leaders, stakeholders call on employers, workers to combat surge in construction worker suicides
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Ohio auto parts manufacturer cited for 10 federal safety violations after workers battle 13 fires in 2 years in plastic molding plant
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor orders Wells Fargo to pay more than $22M for retaliating against executive that alleged financial misconduct

August 2022

  • - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor joins with Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras leaders to launch Labor Rights Week 2022 with kick-off event in Washington
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor alleges Killeen newspaper retaliated illegally against worker who complained of insect infestation, files suit against company
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Colorado Springs employer willfully exposed worker to serious injury when cement mixer turned on with worker inside
  • - OSHA Trade Release - Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health will meet Sept. 14
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, Balfour Beatty Construction to promote workplace safety, health at Atlanta’s West Peachtree project
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Wauchula labor contractor after 35-year-old farmworker suffers fatal heat illness
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor twice finds Suamico general contractor exposing workers to potentially deadly fall hazards; proposes $37K in fines
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Ohio contractor again found defying federal safety requirements, continues 11-year history of exposing roofers to deadly fall hazards
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - OSHA, SafetyWorks!, Construction Safety Alliance of Maine partner to promote workplace safety among industry workers
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Federal court orders Tampa Electric Co. to make significant workplace safety changes, pay $500K fine, face 36 months probation for fatal plant failures
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Illinois contractor racks up additional $303K in federal fines for repeatedly exposing construction workers to deadly fall hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Investigation finds 2 recycling companies failed to use fire safety plans to evacuate 9 workers as air rescue averts drilling platform tragedy
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor proposes $1.3M in penalties for metro-area roofing contractor after second employee suffers fatal fall in 3 years
  • - OSHA Trade Release - National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health will meet on Sept. 13
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, New Jersey agencies renew alliance to promote workplace safety, health among employers, workers
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Maryland contractor continues to expose workers to falls from elevation, construction’s deadliest hazard, this time at Pennsylvania worksite
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Labor Department’s initial approval gives Massachusetts’ State Plan responsibility for protecting safety, health of public workers
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor launches 5-year initiative in Mid-Atlantic states to reduce worker injuries, illnesses in warehousing, storage, distribution yards
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Phoenix-area event facility operator for safety failures after investigation of worker’s fatal injuries
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Profits over people: Federal safety inspectors find 3 more Dollar General stores habitually disregarding workplace safety, risking employees’ lives
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites New Jersey-based packaging manufacturer for 25 violations after investigation of Ohio worker’s 2nd-degree burns
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Despite 13 citations since 2015, investigations into two meat cutters' amputation injuries find Fiesta Mart again failed to protect employees
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA updates investigations manual for handling retaliation complaints under whistleblower statutes
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Baton Rouge car wash, oil change, convenience store operator cited after federal workplace safety investigation into stabbing of assistant manager
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor reopens comment period on OSHA’s proposal to reconsider, revoke final approval of Arizona State Plan for Occupational Safety and Health
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor, American Staffing Association sign Ambassador Alliance to continue protecting temporary workers’ safety, health
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor orders Louisiana helicopter ambulance service to reinstate Utah pilot who refused to fly in hazardous conditions
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor partners with Ryan Companies, Colorado State University to ensure worker safety at Loveland construction project
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Federal judge affirms US Department of Labor finding that Colorado acute psychiatric treatment facility exposed employees to workplace violence
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Investigation finds Jacksonville wood crate, pallet company’s history of violations continues, employees exposed to machine, other hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Grand Island recycling company after inspection prompted by 20-year-old worker’s fatal injuries
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, DPR Construction partner to protect workers’ safety, health at Atlanta’s Peachtree Corners Campus Development project
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, AGC of Chicagoland renew alliance to educate workers, employers on construction’s deadly hazards
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor recognizes Denver electrical power generation team for workplace safety, health excellence with ‘Star’ designation
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor seeks nominations for four vacancies on National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. after ammonia leak hospitalized workers, led to evacuation of Canton poultry processing plant
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor proposes $480K in additional fines to Ohio vehicle parts manufacturer for continuing to expose workers to multiple hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Discounting safety: Dollar Tree’s history of ignoring workplace safety, hazards continues with $1.2M in penalties at two Family Dollar stores in Ohio
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Baton Rouge roofing contractor’s failure to heed February warning turns deadly as unprotected worker plunges through skylight in April

July 2022

  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Appleton roofing contractor again exposing workers to potentially deadly fall hazards; proposes $94K in fines
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor renews ‘Star Level’ designation of Veolia ES Technical LLC for workplace safety, health achievements Solutions
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Pompano Beach contractor’s failure to heed prior violation left roofing workers unprotected, investigation into employee’s 25-foot fatal fall finds
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor proposes more than $330K in penalties to Family Dollar Stores Inc. for workplace safety failures
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor recognizes Billings’ refinery testing team for workplace safety, health excellence with ‘Star’ designation
  • - OSHA News Brief - Spring Grove glass companies earn ‘Star’ level designation for exemplary workplace safety, health programs
  • - OSHA National News Release - Alarming rise in trench-related fatalities spurs US Department of Labor to announce enhanced nationwide enforcement, additional oversight
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Florida company for 12 serious violations after 26-year-old diver drowns in pond on Ponte Vedra Beach golf course
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Fort Pierce carpentry contractor after 19-year-old worker suffers fatal injuries in 25-foot fall
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor implements ‘Weekend Work’ initiative to conduct random safety inspections to protect construction workers from fall hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor reminds Southeast employers to protect workers against heat illness’ serious dangers
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor investigation into Temple worker’s partial arm amputation finds employer again ignored machine safety procedures
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds contractors ignored safety requirement which led to worker’s 65-foot fall from an elevated scaffold
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Federal inspection finds Dollar General store in Greencastle again exposes workers to safety hazards despite 2021 citations, penalties
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds worker suffered serious internal injuries because employer ignored machine safety procedures

June 2022

  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA extends National Emphasis Program to protect high-risk workers from coronavirus
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor proposes $315K more in fines for Ohio vehicle parts manufacturer that continues to expose workers to dangerous machine hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor proposes approval of Massachusetts’ occupational health, safety plan for local government workers
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Orange Park contractor after collapsed roof claims life of 43-year-old laborer
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor investigation of 21-year-old worker’s fatal fall finds Burleson roofing contractor again ignored fall safety requirement
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor begins rulemaking process to revise standards for occupational exposure to lead
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA reminds fireworks/pyrotechnics industry to put worker safety first in advance of July 4 celebrations
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department, Wisconsin Agri-Business Association renew alliance to promote workplace safety in grain industry
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites 2 contractors after electrician preparing job bid suffers fatal fall at Caterpillar’s Mapleton foundry
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor signs partnership to promote construction safety during renovation of St. Louis’ historic Butler Brothers Building
  • - OSHA National News Release - Jury awards $650K in damages for Massachusetts contractor’s unlawful retaliation against injured immigrant worker
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Jurado decreta $650,000 en compensación por daños contra contratista de Massachusetts por represalia ilegal contra trabajador inmigrante lesionado
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor reaches settlement agreement with Ohio insulation contractor to resolve citations after fatal fall, workers’ injuries in 2020
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Atlanta recycling company for continually exposing workers to chemical hazards, proposes $311K in penalties
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Canton steel mill after worker is fatally caught in machine
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Federal investigation finds framing contractor willfully exposed workers to fall hazards at Luzerne, Pennsylvania, state salt storage stockpile
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces $11.7M funding availability of Susan Harwood Training grants for workplace safety, health hazards training
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Robbinsville frozen food manufacturer after investigation into worker’s fatal fall from scissor lift
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, West Texas Safety Training Center renew alliance, commit to keeping Permian Basin workers safe
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor reminds Great Lakes region’s employers that workers need protection from dangers of heat illness: indoors, outdoors
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department announces alliance with Kansas City Electrical Apprenticeship and Training Committee to promote workplace safety
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor reminds Dakota employers that workers need protection from the dangers of heat illness: indoors, outdoors
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites metal buildings’ manufacturer for willfully exposing employees to amputation hazards following worker’s serious injury
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Swainsboro pillow manufacturer for 7 repeat, 4 serious violations; proposes $190K in penalties
  • - OSHA Trade Release - National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health will meet on June 30
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites New York agricultural products manufacturer after worker’s partial grain silo engulfment
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, McCarthy Building Companies to promote workplace safety, health at University of Georgia Poultry Science Complex
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, Associated General Contractors of Missouri renew 25-year partnership to train, protect construction workers on job sites
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor schedules meeting of the Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, June 9
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Padlocked, blocked emergency exit doors endangered workers at Wisconsin, Ohio Dollar General stores
  • - OSHA News Brief - Central New Jersey facility to pay $273K, take corrective actions to resolve COVID-related respirator violations
  • - OSHA Trade Release - Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health will meet on June 15 in Washington
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Orlando contractor after 67-year-old worker fatally struck by collapsing roof trusses at Orange City building site
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor renews ‘Star Level’ designation of Wieland Metal Services LLC in Warwick for workplace safety, health achievements

May 2022

  • - OSHA National News Release - JBS Foods USA reaches settlement with OSHA to develop, implement infectious disease preparedness plan at seven meat processing plants
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Athens lumber manufacturer for ignoring required safety precautions after forklift fatally strikes worker
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Illinois construction contractor continues to ignore deadly fall hazards, faces $263K in fines after Park Ridge inspection finds roofers exposed to risks
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor urges caution to avoid fall, electrical, other hazards during spring storm cleanup throughout South Dakota
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - CORRECTED: US Department of Labor finds Breckenridge contractor willfully exposed workers to trench hazards after fatal cave-in
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Grand jury indicts Didion Milling Inc., six managers on nine counts related to five deaths, numerous serious injuries in 2017 Cambria corn mill explosion
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Continental Tire plant for multiple safety violations after 3 workers suffer severe injuries on consecutive days
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor reminds Northeast employers that workers need protection from dangers of heat illness
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor reminds Southwest employers that workers need protection from the dangers of heat illness
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Serial violator: South Dakota contractor faces serious and willful citations following 2 separate inspections for workers in unprotected trenches
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor emphasis program to prevent hearing loss moves to enforcement phase begins May 17
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites oil company after 3 workers suffer severe injuries in North Dakota well explosion
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, stakeholders sign partnership to train, protect workers from construction hazards at Wisconsin Center Expansion project
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to offer on-site, online training event from Aug. 2-4 to enhance safety, health of federal workers
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites 2 Georgia construction contractors after Yellow River bridge collapse takes worker’s life
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor renews ‘Star Level’ designation of Acushnet Company, Custom Operations for workplace safety, health achievements
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor issues willful citations to Edmond asphalt, concrete paving contractor after investigation into 18-year-old worker’s fatal injury
  • - OSHA News Brief - OSHA proposes $793K in fines for Philadelphia roofing contractor who exposed workers to fall hazards at 5 southern New Jersey locations
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Worker suffers arm amputation from brick crushing machine with previously identified defect, employer failed to repair deficiency

April 2022

  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor to hold public meeting to provide overview of OSHA initiatives to protect workers from heat hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - St. Louis steel manufacturer lowers injury rates by investing in safety training, equipment to protect workers on the job
  • - OSHA National News Release - Secretary Marty Walsh issues statement remembering fallen workers, reaffirming commitment to worker safety on Workers Memorial Day
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds St. Louis recycling facility exposed workers to fall, machine hazards, places company in Severe Violator Program
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor calls on Amazon to improve severe weather emergency procedures following warehouse collapse
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Hearthside Food Solutions violates federal safety procedures for 20th time in 5 years
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor to mark Workers Memorial Day, remembering lives lost; stress the high cost of ignoring workplace safety, health standards
  • - OSHA National News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. marca el Día de Conmemoración de los Trabajadores, recordando las vidas perdidas; enfatiza el alto costo de ignorar las normas de seguridad y salud en el lugar de trabajo
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, United Support & Memorial for Workplace Fatalities to sign alliance to raise awareness of workplace safety
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor initiative seeks to protect Wisconsin workers from machine hazards in food processing plants
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor workplace fatality investigation finds contractor sent 2 workers back into Austin trench after partial collapse
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces proposal to reconsider, revoke final approval of Arizona’s State OSHA Plan after pattern of failures
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor renews ‘Star Level’ designation of Raytheon Global Headquarters for workplace safety, health achievements
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor emphasis program seeks to identify, reduce silica dust hazards in Denver’s cut stone, stone products industry
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Illinois contractor exposed roofing workers to deadly fall hazards twice in 10 days at separate job sites
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Clearwater construction contractor after fatal incident on the Pinellas Gateway Express project
  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association renew alliance to promote worker safety
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor places El Paso metal fabricator in Severe Violator Program after 10th incident in 5 years
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, AGC of South Dakota sign alliance to educate workers, employers on construction’s deadly hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - Readout: Secretary Walsh tours Alabama’s Spanish Fort Water System, discusses department’s efforts to protect workers from heat-related hazards
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites roofing and siding contractor for willfully exposing employees to fall hazards at Hampden, Maine worksite
  • - OSHA National News Release - Secretary Walsh joins Vice President Kamala Harris to announce first ever national emphasis program to protect workers from indoor and outdoor heat hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - El Secretario Walsh y la Vicepresidenta Kamala Harris anuncian el primer programa nacional de énfasis que protege a los trabajadores de los peligros de calor en interiores y exteriores
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Wisconsin manufacturer after machine seriously injures worker
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor to hold virtual meeting to solicit public input on OSHA whistleblower program improvements
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor renews ‘Star Level’ designation of Pfizer Andover for workplace safety, health achievements
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor’s OSHA, industry partners to promote workplace safety during national work zone awareness week in Georgia
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor proposes $796K in fines for Missouri contractor who continued to expose workers to cave-in hazards in unprotected trench
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA initiates enforcement program to identify employers failing to submit injury, illness data
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor orders San Jose trucking company to pay damages, back wages after investigation finds retaliation for reporting safety concerns
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor, industry leaders focus on weather safety, struck-by hazards during 2022 Stand Up 4 Grain Safety Week, April 4-8

March 2022

  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor recognizes Seattle construction management company for excellence as a workplace safety ‘Star’
  • - OSHA National News Release - Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh addresses President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces proposed rule to amend federal occupational injury, illness recordkeeping regulation
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor proposes $198K in penalties to Grand Junction foundation repair company for willful, serious trenching safety violations
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor issues $139K in penalties to address workplace safety deficiencies after six workers injured in flash fire
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Pensacola custom cabinetmaker again after inspectors find workers exposed to fire risks
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor urges workers, employers, public to recognize hazards, ensure safety after recent storms in Texas, Louisiana
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor reopens rulemaking record, schedules public hearing on proposed final rule to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 exposure
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor issues $167K in penalties to address workplace safety deficiencies after 29-year-old worker’s electrocution at Clinton TVA
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Massachusetts manufacturer for safety violations after hot liquid plastic burns worker
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor sues New York ophthalmologist, practice for firing employee who reported COVID-19 hazards
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Rhode Island concrete supplier for serious safety, health violations following worker fatality
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor cites Pennsylvania hot tub manufacturer for continuing to expose workers to dangerous chemicals
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor orders ammo manufacturer to reinstate employee who voiced concerns about stock transactions, pay $597K in damages, back wages, costs
  • - OSHA News Brief - Pennsylvania plastic recycler faces $88K in fines for exposing workers to combustible dust hazards following US Department of Labor inspection
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor investigation of amputation injury finds serious, repeat violations at Greensboro US Postal Service facility
  • - OSHA National News Release - Federal judge orders Juan Quevedo-Garcia, one of New Jersey’s most flagrant OSHA violators, to pay $2M in penalties
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Appleton contractor – twice in 6 months – for exposing roofing workers to deadly fall hazards, as penalties mount
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - Preventable tragedy: US Department of Labor investigation of zip-line worker’s fatal fall finds workplace safety failures
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor fines New Jersey auto parts seller $1.2M for 33 workplace safety, health violations following worker’s serious hand injury
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites North Carolina electrical construction company after two 19-year-old apprentices fatally electrocuted in Adger
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA publishes interim final rule for handling retaliation complaints under the Taxpayer First Act
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor announces enforcement, effort for focused inspections in hospitals, nursing care facilities treating COVID-19 patients
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces $3.2M in Susan Harwood grants for workplace safety, health training on infectious diseases, including COVID-19
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor initiative seeks to protect Midwest workers from dangers of hazardous noise levels, including permanent loss
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds pipelayer exposed to potential trench collapse on residential construction site in Batavia, Ohio
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, Brasfield & Gorrie Construction to promote workplace safety, health at Alabama construction site
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department orders Calabasas private aviation provider to pay $958K to former worker who suffered retaliation for reporting safety concerns
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Federal inspection finds West Virginia brick manufacturer exposed workers to respirable crystalline silica hazards at Martinsburg plant

February 2022

  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Long Island contractor for 9 willful safety violations following employee’s fatal fall
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Ohio contractor for exposing roofers to deadly fall hazards for 6th time since 2018
  • - OSHA National News Release - Discounting Safety: Alabama, Georgia inspections show Dollar General continues to ignore workplace safety, putting employees’ safety at risk
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor announces Pacific Coast Safety Fest, March 14-17
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor recognizes Montana hydroelectric plant for excellence in workplace safety, health
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor urges healthcare facilities, providers to implement effective safety, health programs amid soaring injury rates
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces proposed rule to update powered industrial trucks standard for general industry, construction
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites employer – involved in 2021 double fatality in downtown Boston – for new trench violations at East Boston worksite
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor sues Florida security contractor who terminated worker who raised coronavirus, firearm storage safety concerns
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - As workers’ injury and illness rates soar, US Department of Labor urges healthcare facilities, providers to employ effective safety, health programs
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor schedules meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, Feb. 22
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Investigation into worker’s fatal fall finds Henderson sawmill, pallet manufacturer exposed workers to willful, serious hazards
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor investigation finds methylene chloride, other workplace hazards at Bergen County manufacturing facility

January 2022

  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA alliance provides important workplace safety updates for technical guide assessing robot systems
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor seeks nominations for employee representative on Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Pomp’s Tire Service after Abbotsford worker suffers fatal trauma while attempting to mount tire on rim
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor proposes $145K in fines after worker suffers fatal injury at Chicago-area pizza manufacturer
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Florida company after worker clearing brush dies as temperatures neared 100 degrees in national forest
  • - OSHA National News Release - Departments of Labor and Education, Federal Communications Commission, National Telecommunications and Information Administration announce members of Telecommunications Workforce Working Group
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Watertown, Connecticut, manufacturer for 48 safety, health violations following employee’s death
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Montefiore Medical Center for inadequate workplace violence safeguards for employees
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Ohio auto-parts supplier after employee dies, several hospitalized following coronavirus exposure at Sanoh America
  • - OSHA National News Release - Statement from Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh on Supreme Court ruling on OSHA emergency temporary standard on vaccination, testing
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA, ‘Elevator Industry Safety Partners’ renew alliance to address safety hazards with elevators, similar industry devices
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor announces annual adjustments to OSHA civil penalties
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds federal helium enrichment unit failed to follow safe chemical handling procedures in Amarillo, Texas
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, Choate Construction to promote workplace safety, health at Savannah historic district project
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Idaho utility contractor put workers at risk by failing to provide lifesaving training on excavation hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate renew alliance to protect, educate Mexican, Hispanic workers, employers in Kansas, Missouri on safety
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor reminds specific employers to submit required 2021 injury, illness data by March 2, 2022
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites chemical company after two workers die, one sickened following exposure to respiratory hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor secures $1M settlement with New Jersey aluminum foundry to resolve long-standing worker safety, health violations

December 2021

  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration releases video highlighting 50 years of protecting America’s workers, ensuring safer workplaces
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites two contractors after 25-foot fall fatally injures one carpenter, seriously injures another at Bradenton Beach project
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Contractor faces possible incarceration for failing to abide by court’s orders after willfully, repeatedly subjecting roofing workers to serious safety hazards
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Federal court orders care facility employers to pay attorneys’ fee to US Department of Labor after failing to comply with OSHA subpoena
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor schedules meeting of the Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, Feb. 15, 2022
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Leawood contractor continues to expose workers to asbestos, other hazards at historic Kansas City site
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor proposes $204K in fines after worker suffers amputation at Arkansas wood flooring plant
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites global spice importer after worker suffers partial finger amputation at Jackson facility, levies $146K in penalties
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, Langlas & Associates align to promote worker safety during construction of Rocky Vista University medical school
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - History of violations: Dollar General continues to put workers at risk; company faces $321K in penalties after recent Alabama inspection
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor extends deadline for nominations to serve on Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Queens contractor failed to provide lifesaving fall protection, training to employees at Brooklyn worksite, US Department of Labor finds
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor extends comment period for rulemaking to protect indoor and outdoor workers from heat hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites St. Croix refinery for failing to protect workers from hazardous chemicals following flaring incidents
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites one of the nation’s largest pork processors for exposing workers to repetitive motion injuries, placing essential workers at risk
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor again cites New York roofing contractor for exposing workers to falls – industry’s leading cause of death

November 2021

  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor extends comment period for COVID-19 vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Milledgeville grocer exposed workers to risk of coronavirus, amputation hazards, US Department of Labor inspection finds
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites two Rhode Island contractors for exposing workers to cave-in hazards at Warwick sewer line excavation
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds North Georgia contractor bypassed safety requirements in investigation of 24-year-old worker’s death in Dawsonville
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor reminds employers to avoid compliance issues by ensuring worker safety, proper pay practices this holiday season
  • - OSHA Trade Release - New online portal simplifies application process for OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor orders Houston crane company to pay nearly $24K to worker who refused to violate federal law
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor alleges global truck manufacturer fired worker concerned about coronavirus safety at Texas facility
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, stakeholders sign partnership agreement to train, protect workers on Obama Presidential Center from construction hazards
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Largest US pork processor agrees to develop, implement infectious disease preparedness plan, health training for workers
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Sunpro Solar’s owner cited again for exposing workers to fall hazards after investigation at Naples work site; faces $160K in penalties
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Connecticut aircraft parts manufacturer for failing to protect employees from toxic substance exposures
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Amid national increase, US Department of Labor urges Midwest employers to emphasize electrical safety after 4 workplace deaths in Missouri, Kansas
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor proposes $200K in fines after 2 workers suffer injuries in separate incidents at northern Wisconsin foundry
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Texas hotel operator agrees to pay back wages, damages to worker fired after reporting unsafe work conditions, seeking medical help
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor issues emergency temporary standard to protect workers from coronavirus
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, stakeholders sign partnership agreement to train, protect workers from construction hazards on Haribo candy factory project
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor schedules meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, Nov. 16
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, Manhattan Construction Florida collaborate to promote workplace safety at Southwest Florida International Airport Terminal Expansion Project
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, El Paso staffing solutions company to continue alliance to protect workers’ safety, health

October 2021

  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor recognizes Lamar Advertising Co. for its continued commitment to workplace safety, health
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor initiates rulemaking to protect workers, outdoors and indoors, from heat hazards amid rising temperatures
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Mississippi concrete products manufacturer, distributor ignored safety measures in Drummonds
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor seeking nominations for newly reestablished Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Midwest trailer sales company failed to ensure workers followed measures to prevent COVID-19 spread
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Investigation of deadly trench collapse finds Colorado company exposed workers to excavation hazards in Johnstown
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor proposes $38K in fines for Illinois healthcare facility where workers were not fully protected from coronavirus hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Federal investigation of employee injury finds Temple, Texas furniture manufacturer repeatedly exposed workers to amputation hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA launches initiative to protect Midwest workers from occupational exposure to hazardous substances, other health hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Syracuse iron foundry agrees to correct serious hazards, implement enhanced safeguards following US Department of Labor inspection, litigation
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. y Consulado de México en Boston firman alianza para promover seguridad y salud entre trabajadores de New England
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Ohio paint manufacturer for workplace safety failures following explosion that killed one, injured 8 workers
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites insurance agency for exposing workers to coronavirus at Denver location where employee died with COVID-19
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor proposes $300K in fines after inspection finds workers endangered at Missouri nutrition production plant
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor proposes $136K in fines after worker at Tootsie Roll manufacturing plant suffers amputation injury
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Valmont Coatings for exposing workers to crushing, other safety hazards after investigation into employee’s death

September 2021

  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Tampa smelter willfully exposed workers to unsafe levels of airborne lead, despite experts’ warning
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Colorado dairy farm operator for violations after vacuum truck driver suffers fatal injuries in unguarded manure pit
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor awards more than $11.6M in grants to educate workers, employers on workplace safety, health
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites JBS Foods Inc. for repeated safety failures after worker’s death at Swift Beef’s Colorado facility
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor proposes $1.67M in fines for Ohio vehicle parts manufacturer after worker dies when crushed by machine
  • - OSHA Trade Release - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. celebrará una reunión virtual para solicitar la opinión del público sobre el programa de protección de denunciantes de OSHA
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor to hold virtual meeting to solicit public input on OSHA whistleblower program
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds Ohio contractor continues to defy federal safety requirements to ensure workers use fall protection, placing himself, employees at risk
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor again cites Fort Worth masonry company for exposing workers to falls, proposes $216K in penalties
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces enhanced, expanded measures to protect workers from hazards of extreme heat, indoors and out
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Houston transmission line contractor for safety violations following worker’s death and severe injuries to another
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, the Builders’ Association renew 20-year partnership to train, protect Missouri, Kansas construction workers on job sites
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor urges workers, employers, public to recognize hazards, ensure safety after Hurricane Nicholas
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor cites Foundation Food Group Inc. for exposing workers to safety hazards, proposes $154K in penalties
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor initiative seeks to reduce deaths, injuries, protect workers in New England’s tree, landscaping operations
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Ohio stone manufacturer for repeatedly exposing workers to machine hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor awards more than $6.7M in worker safety, health training grants to 37 recipients
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor awards more than $6.7M in worker safety, health training grants to 37 recipients
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor awards more than $6.7M in worker safety, health training grants to 37 recipients
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor awards more than $6.7M in worker safety, health training grants to 37 recipients
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor publishes final interpretive rule amending one of the rules interpreting the OSH Act’s anti-retaliation provision
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Ohio automotive steel manufacturer continues to expose workers to amputations, other hazards at Canton mill

August 2021

  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor orders railway to pay more than $667K, reinstate two employees after investigation finds whistleblower retaliatory actions
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor urges workers, employers, public to be aware of hazards after Hurricane Ida
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor urges workers, employers, public to recognize hazards, ensure safety after Hurricane Ida
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Las Vegas enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health in the construction industry
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Judge upholds US Department of Labor citations, $145K in penalties for Denver contractor that ignored safety requirements repeatedly
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Tinton Falls transitional housing facility exposed workers to coronavirus hazards; 11 workers test positive
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Marietta manufacturer for exposing workers willfully to preventable fall hazards that led to employee’s death
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, industry leaders, stakeholders call on employers, workers to combat surge in construction worker suicides
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor urges workers, employers and public to be aware of hazards after Tropical Storm Henri
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, City of Lubbock mark National Safe Digging Day
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor proposes $1.3M in penalties for contractor with extensive history of violations after two workers die at Boston dig site
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Colorado home manufacturing company for continuing to expose workers to falls at Pueblo facility
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor issues updated guidance on protecting unvaccinated and other at-risk workers from the coronavirus
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor partners with Dimeo Construction, Connecticut OSHA, New Haven Building Trades to promote workplace safety
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Amid recent trench collapses, US Department of Labor reminds South Dakota employers, workers of excavation hazards
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Safeway Inc. after employee suffers amputations at milk packaging plant
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Central Illinois grain cooperative for safety failures following worker engulfment in soybean silo
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor kicks off national Safe + Sound Week, Aug. 9
  • - OSHA Trade Release - Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health meeting will be held virtually on Wednesday, Aug. 11
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Central New Jersey medical facility, staffing agency for exposing nurses to coronavirus hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA partners with National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to revise handbook for small businesses
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Tavares contractor after finding employer willfully bypassed safety measures that led to worker’s fatal electrocution
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor initiative seeks to protect Midwest workers in tank cleaning industry from atmospheric, confined space hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor initiative seeks to protect Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana workers from confined space dangers

July 2021

  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Follow-up safety inspection at site of 2019 workplace fatality finds Greenville recycling center continues to put workers at risk
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds Ohio contractor exposing residential construction roofers to deadly fall hazards for 6th time in 3 years
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor seeks information on updating OSHA’s mechanical power presses standard
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, Shipbuilders Council of America alliance seeks to promote safe, healthful workplaces in Mid-Atlantic shipyard industry
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor investigation of severe injury finds Trenton metal manufacturer exposed workers to dangerous machine hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, Chippewa Valley Technical College reaffirm commitment to train Chippewa Valley workers on job hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. cita a Foundation Food Group Inc., otras tres compañías después de que una investigación del 28 de enero encuentra que seis muertes eran prevenibles
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor cites Foundation Food Group Inc., three other companies after Jan. 28 investigation finds six deaths were preventable
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Mobile dredging equipment manufacturer after investigation into 22-year-old worker’s death
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA reminds non-profit organizations of available grants for training on workplace hazards, infectious diseases
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Bergen County roofing contractor violates agreement to protect its workers, faces more than $600K in penalties
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Federal inspection finds El Paso metal stamping manufacturer willfully exposed workers to amputation dangers; worker suffers severe injury
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites three employers for exposing workers, residents to asbestos at Missouri residential care facility
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Federal court orders Chicago-area company to pay whistleblower $95K in back wages after US Department of Labor investigation
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health for August 11
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA, National Demolition Association enter alliance to protect safety, health of demolition contractors
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor files suit against North Texas dental practice, owners for retaliation against employees who reported coronavirus concerns
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Colorado court sentences Avon construction company owner to jail, orders restitution for family of worker killed in Granby trench collapse
  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recuerda a los empleadores del Pacífico Noroeste que protejan a los trabajadores contra los peligros del calor
  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor reminds Pacific Northwest employers to protect workers from the dangers of heat illness
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA issues updated enforcement guidance for inspections in the tree care industry
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Milwaukee metal fabricating facility cited for failing to implement hearing conservation, machine safety programs
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Recognizing anniversary of worker’s death, US Department of Labor urges western New Yorkers to safeguard against hot weather hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA signs alliance with Ohio Agribusiness Association to train, protect workers from grain handling hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA extends comment period for COVID-19 healthcare emergency temporary standard
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA revises its National Emphasis Program, updates Interim Enforcement Response Plan for COVID-19
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor urges workers, employers and public to be aware of hazards after Tropical Storm Elsa
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA urges fireworks/pyrotechnics industry employers to protect workers as the Fourth of July holiday approaches
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor orders CSX Transportation Inc. to pay worker who raised safety concerns nearly $222K in back wages, damages

June 2021

  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA issues compliance directive for enforcing emergency temporary standard to protect healthcare workers from coronavirus
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Oaks Integrated Care failed to protect workers from coronavirus exposure at two New Jersey facilities
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor orders Lansing chemical manufacturer to reinstate whistleblower who questioned accounting practices
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites grain facility for workplace safety failures following dust explosion that severely injured worker
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor sues Pennsylvania manufacturing company, owner for firing employee in retaliation for reporting safety concerns
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Toccoa plastic recycler for violating safety standards after worker sustains fatal injuries from a fall
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, stakeholders renew alliance to train, protect North Dakota workers from excavation, trenching hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces availability of more than $21M in grants for training on workplace hazards, infectious diseases
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Bronx contractor after 21-year-old laborer erecting scaffolding suffers deadly fall at Brooklyn building project
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Rhode Island medical practice, owner for exposing employees to coronavirus in North Providence, West Greenwich
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Inspección federal descubre que fabricante de tortillas de San Marcos expuso a sus trabajadores repetidamente a peligros de amputación
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Federal inspection finds San Marcos tortilla manufacturer repeatedly exposing workers to amputation dangers
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor reminds North Dakota construction contractors that protecting workers from falls is a matter of life, death
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA initiative seeks to protect manufacturing workers in Midwest facilities from hazardous noise levels
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor honors Montana safety professionals group for continued commitment to workplace safety, health
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor’s OSHA issues emergency temporary standard to protect health care workers from the coronavirus
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites pharma, biotech manufacturer for failing to protect workers from coronavirus at Monmouth County facility
  • - OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Cambria grain facility for workplace safety failures following engulfment death of manager in corn silo
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor implements initiative to conduct random, weekend safety inspections to protect construction workers from falls, trench collapses
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor schedules meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor partners with OHL North America construction company, University of South Florida to promote workplace safety
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Lack of hazardous energy control safeguards, unexpected steam release led to two workers’ deaths at Department of Veterans Affairs’ West Haven campus
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Fort Myers behavioral healthcare center agrees to revamp its workplace violence prevention program after OSHA investigation of five incidents

May 2021

  • - OSHA National News Release - Statement by US Labor Secretary Walsh on the President’s FY 2022 Budget
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to participate in Environmental Protection Agency listening sessions on chemical accident prevention regulations
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces new members of Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites two Michigan companies after demolition collapse at Killen Power Plant in Manchester, Ohio, kills two workers
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department announces OSHA rule proposal to clarify handrail, stair rail system requirements in general industry Walking-Working Surfaces standard
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA issues a notice of informal hearing to discuss updates to the agency’s Hazard Communication Standard
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA’s strategic partnership with Holder Construction, Georgia Tech results in improved workplace safety conditions and increased involvement from workers with their safety
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds three California contractors failed to conduct inspections, identify hazards in investigation of fatal incident at Agua Caliente Casino
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - OSHA, Maine Brewers’ Guild, Maine Department of Labor’s Workplace Safety and Health Division partner to promote worker safety
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites 6 contractors for exposing workers to falls, other safety hazards at Medford luxury home site; proposes nearly $250K in penalties
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor proposes $558K in fines for Texas bath, shower manufacturer for willful, repeat safety violations at Waco facility
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Federal judge finds Bradenton behavioral healthcare center exposed workers to more than 50 attacks by residents, allowed destruction of video evidence
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA reminds storm recovery workers, volunteers to take safety precautions as rain, danger of flash floods continue in Southwestern Missouri

April 2021

  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Beverly Hills’ Dollar Tree for exposing workers to safety hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor observes 2021 Workers Memorial Day as agencies look ahead to stronger worker safety, health protections
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Milwaukee area water technology facility after worker injured falling into water test pit
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Midwest Warehouse and Distribution System Inc. after one employee dies, 22 sickened by coronavirus
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety and health
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety and health
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety and health
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers Nebraska lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety and health
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Global spice importer exposed workers to amputation, struck-by, crushed-by hazards at Jackson facility, federal safety inspection finds
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Excavation company agrees to increase employee training on dangerous trenching hazards prior to 2021 construction season
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor opens national dialogue to improve outreach to teens on workplace issues of safety, wages, job training, discrimination
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites North American Lighting after maintenance technician suffers facial burns in explosion at Paris, Illinois, facility
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor partners with Dellbrook/JKS to promote workplace safety at Massachusetts construction site
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor to hold meeting to solicit public input on OSHA whistleblower program
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA extends comment period for proposed rule to update hazard communication standard
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Massachusetts tax preparation business for refusing to provide, practice coronavirus safeguards for employees
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - OSHA partners with Pennsylvania companies to promote workplace safety during Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center construction
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, Texas Panhandle construction industry group to continue alliance to protect workers’ safety, health
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - North Florida contractor faces $61K in federal penalties for exposing employees to fall hazards at Jacksonville-area worksite
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites Waterville auto body manufacturing plant for numerous willful, serious violations
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA continues investigation into January fatal incident at Foundation Food Group Services in Gainesville
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - New York-based petroleum carrier pays $375K to seaman fired for cooperating with barge explosion investigation
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA, Austin Power Partners Construction, labor unions sign partnership to promote construction safety on O’Hare Airport Terminal 5 expansion project

March 2021

  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - New York contractor agrees to cease digging excavations, pay $135K in penalties, after 2020 fatal Long Island trench collapse
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Ohio production facility for exposing employees to dangerous confined space, machine, other hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Seneca Foods after worker suffers serious injuries after being struck by forklift at Wisconsin facility
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor files lawsuit alleging Texas hotel operator illegally fired worker who sought medical care for carbon monoxide exposure
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor files federal complaint seeking damages for whistleblower fired for reporting unsafe conditions at Missouri plant
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Worker’s injury at Fargo grain bin yields employer’s commitment to improve workplace safety, protect employees
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - OSHA alliance with West Virginia University Safety & Health Extension, West Virginia State Consultation Program promotes workplace safety, health
  • - OSHA National News Release - OSHA, grain industry leaders say small changes have big impacts
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor, El Paso Association of Contractors renew alliance to protect safety, health of construction workers
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites New Jersey frozen dessert manufacturer after second amputation injury on same machine
  • - OSHA National News Release - OSHA launches program to protect high-risk workers from coronavirus, focuses on employers that retaliate against workers with safety concerns
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Chicago container shipping company after employee suffers leg amputation, crushed pelvis when run over by powered industrial vehicle
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor orders one of the nation’s largest railway companies to pay more than $290K in damages, reinstate whistleblower
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor again cites Oklahoma construction contractor for exposing workers to serious trenching, excavation hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites BEF Foods Inc.’s Lima facility after production worker suffers partial arm amputation from cleaning auger
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor collaborates with Brasfield & Gorrie to promote workplace safety at Birmingham construction site
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor encourages industry employers, stakeholders to join OSHA’s National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor orders Oklahoma roofing, building products’ company to reinstate, pay damages to whistleblowers

February 2021

  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds workers on unprotected 3-story roof, cites Ohio contractor for exposing workers to fall hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites West Farmington contractor after 14-year-old installing roofing materials suffers critical injuries in fall
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor collaborates with Brasfield & Gorrie to promote workplace safety at Florida construction site
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - OSHA signs alliance with South Dakota One Call, SDSU Engineering Extension Program to train, protect workers from excavation hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA, Consulate General of Ecuador establish alliance to train Chicago-area Ecuadorian workers, protect them from job hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Missouri auto parts manufacturer for failing to implement, enforce coronavirus protections as exposure leads to press operator’s death
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA recognizes Buckeye oil, gas industry organization as Alliance Program Ambassador for its commitment to workplace safety, health
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces OSHA will investigate complaints of whistleblower retaliation under new antitrust, money laundering laws
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA alleges Missouri plumbing contractor exposed worker to unprotected trench despite agreement to implement trench safety program
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor proposes $264K in fines for Montana manufacturer, staffing agency for serious, willful violations following finger amputation
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor cites Trinity Rail and Maintenance Services for confined space violations in August 2020 fatality investigation
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor’s OSHA issues proposed rule to update hazard communication standard

January 2021

  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor issues stronger workplace guidance on coronavirus
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Announces Annual Adjustments to OSHA Civil Penalties
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Elevates Lehigh Valley Committee to Alliance Program Ambassador Status to Promote Workplace Safety and Health
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers And Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Announces $3,930,381 In Coronavirus Violations
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Specific Employers to Submit Required 2020 Injury and Illness Data by March 2, 2021

December 2020

  • - OSHA National News Release - CORRECTED: U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Announces $3,849,222 In Coronavirus Violations
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Announces $3,697,121 In Coronavirus Violations
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Announces New OSHA Debt Collection Initiative
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Seeks Members to Serve on Committee For Improving Construction Workers’ Safety and Health
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers And Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Announces $3,646,228 In Coronavirus Violations
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Enters Partnership to Improve Safety Among Workers Constructing and Maintaining Communications Towers
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Implements Inspection Program To Target Workplaces with Highest Injury and Illness Rates
  • - OSHA National News Release - OSHA Remains Focused on Keeping Workers Safe in 2020
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Announces $3,504,345 In Coronavirus Violations
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Ohio Craft Brewers Renew Alliance to Promote Workplace Safety in Ohio Breweries
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Chicago Establish Alliance to Protect and Educate Mexican Workers in Illinois on Safety
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Detroit Establish Alliance to Protect and Educate Mexican Workers in Michigan and Ohio on Safety
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor, Missouri Association of Manufacturers Establish Alliance to Address Machine and Other Manufacturing Hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Announces $3,403,139 In Coronavirus Violations

November 2020

  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers And Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - CORRECTED: U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Announces $3,301,932 In Coronavirus Violations
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Announces OSHA’s Return To Normal Enforcement Operations After Hurricane Zeta
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Emphasizes Protecting Worker Safety and Pay During Holiday Season
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Announces $3,148,452 In Coronavirus Violations
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Amends Status of Maritime Industry Advisory Committee
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Partners with McCarthy Building Companies To Promote Workplace Safety at Georgia Construction Site
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Updates Frequently Asked Questions To Address Cloth Face Coverings as Personal Protective Equipment
  • - OSHA National News Release - UPDATED: U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Announces $2,851,533 in Coronavirus Violations
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Auto Parts Manufacturer Agrees to Implement Aggressive Safety and Health Policies in Plea Agreement with U.S. Department of Justice
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Guidance Alerting Employers to Frequently Cited Standards Related to COVID-19 Inspections
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Announces $2,496,768 In Coronavirus Violations
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Returns to Normal Enforcement Operations Following Hurricane Sally
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic

October 2020

  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Respiratory Protection Guidance For Long-Term Care Facilities During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Announces $2,025,431 In Coronavirus Violations
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Urges Workers, Employers and Public To Be Aware of Hazards After Hurricane Zeta
  • - OSHA News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Announces $1,603,544 In Coronavirus Violations
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Frequently Asked Question and Answer Confirming N95 Respirators Protect Against the Coronavirus
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Target Corp. to Correct Exit and Storage Hazards, Enhance Safety At 200 Northeast U.S. Stores in U.S. Department of Labor Settlement
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Partners with Choate Construction Co. and Associated General Contractors of Georgia to Promote Workplace Safety
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Announces $1,222,156 In Coronavirus Violations
  • - OSHA News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers And Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Announces $913,133 In Coronavirus Violations
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Orders CSX Transportation Inc. to Reinstate, Pay Back Wages and Damages to Employee Who Reported Hazard, Injury
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Urges Workers, Employers and Public To Be Aware of Hazards After Hurricane Delta
  • - OSHA News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Announces $484,069 In Coronavirus Violations
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Guidance for Using Tight-Fitting Powered Air Purifying Respirators Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

September 2020

  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Frequently Asked Questions and Answers About Reporting Work-Related Cases of the Coronavirus
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor and American Chemistry Council Renew Alliance to Protect Workers Hazardous Chemicals Exposure
  • - OSHA News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor to Hold Teleconference To Solicit Public Input on OSHA Whistleblower Program
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Awards $11.2 Million In Worker Safety and Health Training Grants
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Massachusetts Dental Practice For Failing to Fully Implement Workplace Respiratory Protections
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Rule on Cranes and Derricks Used in Railroad Roadway Work
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA Webinar Launches 7th Annual National Stand-Down To Prevent Falls on Sept. 14, 2020
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Hackensack Meridian Health in North Bergen, New Jersey, For Failing to Protect Employees from Coronavirus
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Jersey Hospital For Failing to Protect Workers from the Coronavirus
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Partners with Brasfield & Gorrie LLC To Promote Workplace Safety at Construction Site
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites JBS Foods Inc. for Failing To Protect Employees from Exposure to the Coronavirus
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System For Failing to Protect Employees from the Coronavirus
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. For Failing to Protect Employees from Coronavirus
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers And Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Releases Work-Related Injury and Illness Data
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Urges Workers and Public To Be Aware of Hazards After Hurricane Laura

August 2020

  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Urges Workers and Public To Be Aware of Hazards After Hurricane Laura
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Revised Final Beryllium Standards For Construction and Shipyards
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Announces Actions To Assist Americans Impacted By Hurricane Laura
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and FDA Develop Checklist to Protect Food Industry Employees Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Orders Florida-Based Motor Carrier To Reinstate Employee Terminated For Reporting Safety Concerns
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and North American Meat Institute Establish Alliance to Protect Meatpacking Workers
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Encourages Employers To Mark National Safe + Sound Week, Aug. 10-16, 2020
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA Trade Release - 7th Annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls Rescheduled for September 14-18, 2020

July 2020

  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Administrative Law Judge Upholds U.S. Department of Labor Citations And Penalties to Manufacturer That Falsely Claimed Violations’ Abatement
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Revised Rule Concerning OSHA Access to Employee Medical Records
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Nursing Facilities for Failing to Fully Implement Respiratory Programs to Protect Employees from Coronavirus
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Telecommunications Contractor For Exposing Employees to Excavation Hazards After Fatal Incident
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Orders Southern California Trucking Company To Reinstate Employee Terminated for Refusing to Drive Overweight Vehicle
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Roofing Contractor For Exposing Employees to Falls
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues the Final Beryllium Standard For General Industry
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - New York Company to Correct Hazards, Enhance Safety and Pay Penalties After U.S. Department of Labor Investigation, Litigation
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Saw Mill for Exposing Employees To Electrical and Mechanical Hazards After Fatal Incident
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Secretary of Labor Scalia Addresses Economic Re-Opening and Workplace Safety during Visit to Florida
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Lumber and Flooring Manufacturer After Employee Fatality at Selma Facility
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Poster to Keep Meat Packing, Poultry And Pork Workers Safe During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Contractor Three Times For Exposing Roofing Workers to Falls
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Using Public Service Announcements and Billboards to Promote Worker Safety and Health Amid Coronavirus
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Guidance to Employers to Help Protect Oil and Gas Workers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Texas Company for Confined Space Hazards After Investigation into Two Employee Fatalities
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Publishes Frequently Asked Questions and Answers To Help Keep Workers Safe During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Concludes Successful Strategic Partnership With Langlas & Associates Inc. at Billings High School Project

June 2020

  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers of Important Protections for Working Safely in Summer Heat
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Federal Court Orders Sanctions, Appoints Special Master in Contempt Ruling Against Contractors, Owner for Not Complying With Safety Standards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Missouri Contractor After Employee Suffers Severe Injuries in Trench Collapse
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Guidance to Ensure Uniform Enforcement of Silica Standards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Roofing Contractor for Repeatedly Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards at Boca Raton Worksite
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA and CDC Issue Interim Guidance To Protect Seafood Processing Industry Workers
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites North Carolina-Based Electric Distributor For Exposing Employees to Excavation Hazards at Florida Worksite
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues OSHA Guidance As Non-Essential Businesses Reopen and Employees Return to Work
  • - OSHA Trade Release - Statement by OSHA on the Death of the Honorable Eula Bingham
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Fines New Jersey Manufacturer For Failing to Correct Machine Hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Publishes 14 Additional Translations Of OSHA Poster on Proper Workplace Use of Respirators
  • - OSHA National News Release - As More Businesses Reopen, Worker Safety and Health Remains U.S. Department of Labor Priority
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites South Carolina Shipyard After Employee Suffers Fatal Injuries at Worksite
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers And Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Orders Railway to Reinstate Employee After Being Terminated For Reporting Injury
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Statement on D.C. Circuit Court Ruling
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Roofing Contractor After Employee Suffers Fatal Fall at Alabama Worksite
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Frequently Asked Questions and Answers About Face Coverings, Surgical Masks and Respirators in the Workplace
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Proposes $1.9 Million Fine to New Jersey Framing Contractor for Exposing Workers to Safety Hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Schedules Advisory Committee On Construction Safety and Health Meeting
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Roofing Contractor For Failing to Protect Employees from Falls and Other Hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Keep Stockroom And Loading Dock Workers Safe During Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA and CDC Issue Guidance to Help Agriculture Workers during the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Two Construction Contractors After Employee Falls at Florida Worksite

May 2020

  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration Actions to Protect America’s Workers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert on Social Distancing To Keep Employees Safe at Work During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Jersey Construction Companies For Exposing Employees to Fall, Other Safety Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Contractor For Exposing Employees to Excavation Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Contractor for Exposing Employees To Cave-In Hazards at Excavation Site in Jacksonville
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Issues Guidance to Help Construction Workers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Tower Company After Fatal Fall at Worksite in Mississippi
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Texas Chemical Manufacturer For Safety Hazards after Massive Explosion and Fire
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Construction Contractors After Employee Suffers Fatal Fall from Aerial Lift
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Glass Fabrication and Distribution Company for Unguarded Machinery and Other Safety Hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Releases Quotes from Written Testimony from Postponed OSHA Hearing
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites South Dakota Bull Stud Facility After Employee Asphyxiated While Handling Liquid Nitrogen
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Announces Availability of $11.5 Million In Worker Safety and Health Training Grants
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Adopts Revised Enforcement Policies For Coronavirus
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers And Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Help Keep Retail Pharmacy Workers Safe During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Keep Nursing Home and Long-Term Care Facility Workers Safe During Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert for Rideshare, Taxi And Car Service Safety During Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Steel Storage Tank Company For Exposing Employees to Repeat Safety and Health Hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Help Keep Dental Industry Practitioners Safe During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Roofing Contractor For Repeatedly Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Offers New Video and Poster on Proper Workplace Use of Respirators
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Publishes 11 New Translations of OSHA Poster To Help Prevent Workplace Coronavirus Exposure
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - New Jersey Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Perjury After Lying During U.S. Department of Labor Investigation of Roof Workers’ Injuries
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers And Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Safety Alert for Restaurant, Food and Beverage Businesses Providing Curbside Pickup and Takeout Service

April 2020

  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Statement Commemorating Workers’ Memorial Day
  • - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers And Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA and CDC Issue Interim Guidance To Protect Workers in Meatpacking and Processing Industries
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Additional Respirator Guidance for Healthcare during the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Contractor Following Worker Fatality Due to Chemical Inhalation
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Construction Contractor For Exposing Employees to Cave-in and Other Hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Help Keep Construction Workers Safe during the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor to Hold Meeting to Solicit Public Input On OSHA Whistleblower Program
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Considers Employer’s Good Faith Efforts When Enforcing Compliance During Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Help Keep Manufacturing Workers Safe During Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Keep Package Delivery Workers Safe During COVID-19 Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Announces OSHA Interim Enforcement Response Plan to Protect Workers during the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Enforcement Guidance For Recording Cases of COVID-19
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Atlanta Contractor for Safety Hazards After Employee Fatality on I-285 Highway Project
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Keep Retail Workers Safe During Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers That They Cannot Retaliate Against Workers Reporting Unsafe Conditions During Coronavirus Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Expands Temporary Guidance for Respirator Fit-Testing to All Industries during COVID-19 Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Publishes New OSHA Poster Aimed At Reducing Workplace Exposure to the Coronavirus
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor, Grain and Feed Association of Illinois Establish Alliance to Address Grain Handling Hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Skinner Tank Company After Employee’s Fatal Fall at St. Joseph, Missouri, Worksite
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department Of Labor Issues Guidance for Respirators Certified under Other Countries’ Standards During COVID-19 Pandemic
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Guidance for Respiratory Protection During N95 Shortage Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Three Employers After Worker Injured at Northwestern University
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Engineering Firm, General Contractor, Steel Erector, Other Subcontractors After New Orleans Construction Collapse
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Appoints Amanda Edens OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Jersey Manufacturer For Safety Lapse Again After Employee Amputation
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Construction Contractors for Safety Violations After Worker Fatality and Injuries at I-4 Ultimate Project in Florida

March 2020

  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Manufacturer for Amputation, Noise and Other Safety and Health Hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - 7th Annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls Postponed Due to COVID-19
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites U.S. Virgin Islands Concrete Factory For Exposing Employees to Crushing Hazards Following Fatality
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Roofing Contractor for Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards at Port Saint Lucie Worksites
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Wisconsin Dollar Tree Store For Exposing Employees to Exit, Storage and Fire Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Dollar Tree Store For Trip and Fall Hazards at Alabama Location
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Requests Nominations to the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Jersey Food Manufacturer For Repeat Violation After Worker Injury
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Extends Emphasis Program in Pennsylvania To Reduce or Eliminate Worker
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Extends Emphasis Program in West Virginia To Reduce or Eliminate Worker Exposure to Silica
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Extends Emphasis Program in the District of Columbia To Reduce or Eliminate Worker Exposure to Silica
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Extends Emphasis Program in Delaware To Reduce or Eliminate Worker Exposure to Silica
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Enters Partnership to Promote Safety During Demolition of Two Missouri Coal-Fired Power Plants
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Illinois Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Machine Hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Temporary Enforcement Guidance for Respirator Fit-Testing in Healthcare during COVID-19 Outbreak
  • - OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Offers Guidance For Preparing Workplaces for Coronavirus
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Dollar Tree Stores Inc. for Exposing Employees to Exit, Storage and Fire Hazards at Massachusetts Store
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Dollar Tree for Exposing Employees To Exit and Storage Hazards at Pennsylvania Store

February 2020

  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers to Submit Injury and Illness Data to OSHA by March 2, 2020
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites R&R Contracting Services For Multiple Hazards Following Workplace Fatality
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Interstate Commodities After Employee Fatality in Grain Bin Engulfment
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Two Companies After Employee’s Fatal Fall in Media, Pennsylvania
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor to Hold Meeting of the Construction Advisory Committee Workgroups to Discuss Industry Hazards
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Orders Connecticut Commercial Motor Carrier To Compensate Driver Who Raised Safety Concerns
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Extends Emphasis Program to Reduce Risks Of Amputation in Delaware’s Manufacturing Industry
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Extends Emphasis Program to Reduce Risks Of Amputation in West Virginia’s Manufacturing Industry
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Extends Emphasis Program to Reduce Risks Of Amputation in Pennsylvania’s Manufacturing Industry
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Charcoal Manufacturer For Multiple Hazards at Two Missouri Locations
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and PJ Dick Inc. Partner to Promote Worker Safety During Construction at West Virginia University Project
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Damage Prevention Council of Texas Sign Alliance to Address Trenching and Excavation Hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Fines Delaware Rail Car Tank Cleaning And Repair Facility $371,276 for Safety and Health Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Residential Roofing Contractor For Exposing Employees to Safety Hazards At Two Alabama Worksites
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Mulch Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Amputation and Struck-by Hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Publishes Amendments and Technical Corrections to OSHA Standards
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New York Cookie Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Falls and Other Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Farm for Exposing Employees to Safety Hazards Following Fatality
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Launches New Webpage to Observe 50th Anniversary of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Revises National Emphasis Program to Reduce or Eliminate Worker Exposure to Silica
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Federal Court Orders Railway to Pay $696,173 for Lost Wages After U.S. Department of Labor Finds Railway Retaliated Against Whistleblower
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Fines Pennsylvania Company $280,874 For Overexposing Employees to Toxic Hexavalent Chromium Fumes
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Former Owner of Florida-Based SB Framing Services Sentenced For Willfully Violating Federal Fall Protection Standards

January 2020

  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Hampshire Stone Products Manufacturer for Hazards Following Employee Fatality
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor, Maine Department of Labor and Maine School of Masonry Partner to Promote Worker Safety
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Two Alabama Contractors For Exposing Employees to Hazards After Fatal Trench Collapse
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Orders Michigan School District to Reinstate, Pay $102,905 to Second Employee Terminated for Warning of Unsafe Conditions
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Fines Roofing Contractor $605,371 For Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards at 3 Pennsylvania Worksites
  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Forms Alliance with Boise School District To Promote Workplace Safety and Health
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Again Cites New Jersey Aluminum Manufacturer for Safety Failures after Employee Hospitalized
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Pennsylvania Excavation Contractor For Exposing Employees to Trenching Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Florida Shooting Range Agrees to Pay Terminated Employee $30,000 To Settle U.S. Department of Labor Whistleblower Allegations
  • - OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Commemorates 50 Years of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with “Protecting the American Workforce” Campaign Yearlong Efforts will Highlight OSHA Past Achievements, Current Efforts, and Future Goals
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Philadelphia Refinery For Process Safety Management Hazards after Fire and Explosions
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Target Corp. For Blocked Emergency Exit Access at Two Massachusetts Stores
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Plumbing Contractor for Exposing Employees to Hazards After Fatal Trench Collapse in Mississippi
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Proposes $1,007,717 in Fines Against North Florida Roofing Contractor for Egregious Fall Hazards
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Avalon Bay Communities Partner To Promote Worker Safety on Massachusetts Construction Project
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Florida Roofing Contractor Found in Contempt after Failing to Pay $2,202,049 in Penalties for Safety and Health Violations
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Valve Manufacturer for Exposing Employees to Lead, Copper and Other Hazards at Wisconsin Facility
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Contractors After Teen Worker Suffers Fatal Fall
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Mississippi Construction Contractor For Exposing Employees to Cave-in Hazards

December 2019

  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Tire Distribution Center For Fall, Struck-By and Other Workplace Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Fines Florida Roofing Contractor For Repeatedly Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Selects New Philadelphia Regional Administrator for Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Safety Hazards at Georgia Worksite
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Orders New York Carrier to Compensate Former Seaman Fired After Cooperation with Federal Investigation of Explosion
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Finds Florida Contractor Exposed Employees To Fall Hazards at Palm Beach Gardens, Port Saint Lucie Worksites
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Updates National Emphasis Program On Amputations in Manufacturing Industries
  • - OSHA Trade Release - Statement from OSHA Regarding Occupational Fatalities in 2018
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Dollar Tree Stores For Exposing Alabama Employees to Safety Hazards
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Massachusetts Court Sentences Contractor Convicted for Manslaughter And Witness Intimidation in Deadly 2016 Trench Collapse
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Reaches Settlement with Global Meat Supplier Following Safety and Health Citations at New Jersey Facility
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites UPS Inc. for Exposing Employees To Fire, Other Hazards at Massachusetts Facility
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Chemical Manufacturer for Exposing Employees to Amputation, Fire and Other Workplace Hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Forms Alliance with Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturer and Employers Association to Promote Workplace Safety
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Dollar Tree Stores For Workplace Hazards at Andalusia, Alabama Location
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Dollar Tree Stores Inc. for Exposing Employees to Exit and Storage Hazards at Connecticut Store
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Roofing Contractor For Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards and Eye Injuries
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Railcar Service Company After Investigation of Employee Fatality at Pennsylvania Worksite
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Roofing Contractor For Continually Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards at Multiple Jobsites
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA Enforcement and Compliance Increases in 2019 To Keep America’s Workforce Safe
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Missouri Roofing Contractor For Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards at Three Job Sites
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Utilities Contractor For Cave-in Hazards After Employee Injury

November 2019

  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Promotes Worker Safety And Pay During the Holiday Season
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites and Fines Maine Roofing Contractor For Willfully and Repeatedly Endangering Employees
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Temporary Enforcement Policy for Certifications from Crane Institute Certification
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - New Jersey Construction Company and its President Pay $442,000 In OSHA Penalties, Interest After Court Finds Contempt
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Central New York Foundry For Exposing Employees to Health and Safety Hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Proposes Penalties of $210,037 To Missouri Contractor for Exposing Workers to Trenching Hazards
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Orders Compensation For Employee Who Refused to Drive Without Safety Measure
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Enters Partnership to Promote Safety During Construction Project at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor to Hold Meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health

October 2019

  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Framing Contractor For Exposing Employees to Falls
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Utility Pole Company in Heat-Related Fatality at Nebraska Worksite
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues $1,591,176 in Penalties To AB Specialty Silicones After 4 Fatalities in Illinois Plant Explosion
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Newspaper Publisher For Exposing Employees to Amputations after Injury
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Managers Sentenced to Probation and Ordered to Pay Fines for Conspiracy To Obstruct Justice in U.S. Department of Labor Fatality Investigation
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites South Jersey Manufacturer For Repeat Violations of Workplace Safety and Health Laws
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites South Florida Contractor For Cave-in and Engulfment Hazards After Fatality
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Auto Parts Manufacturer For Amputation Hazards After Employee Injury
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Roofing Contractor For Repeatedly Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Administrative Law Judge Upholds U.S. Department of Labor Citations In Schenectady, New York, Wood Chipper Fatality Case
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Dollar Tree Store For Exposing Athens, Georgia, Employees to Safety Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Two Florida Roofing Companies For Exposing Employees to Fall and Other Hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites West Virginia Contractor For Exposing Employees to Falls, Other Workplace Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Mississippi Contractor for Exposing Employees to Cave-In and Other Excavation Hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Texas Company After Fatality
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Dollar Tree Stores For Storage and Exit Hazards at New York Location
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Forms National Alliance With Waste and Recycling Industry Associations
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Concrete Facility for Exposing Employees to Multiple Health and Safety Hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Requests Information On OSHA Online Outreach Training
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor to Hold Public Meeting On Leading Indicators for Safety and Health Programs
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Proposes Revisions to OSHA’s Beryllium Standards to Protect Construction and Shipyard Workers
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Foundry for Exposing Employees To Crystalline Silica, Falls and Amputation Hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Missouri Food Flavoring Manufacturer For Workplace Safety Violations After Fatality
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Petroleum Refiner and Contractor After Fatality at Alabama Facility

September 2019

  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Mississippi Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Safety Hazards After Fatal Incident
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Proposes Revisions to OSHA’s Beryllium Standards for Construction and Shipyards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Implements New Weighting System For Workplace Safety and Health Inspections
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Transmissions Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Safety Hazards After Fatality
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Approves New Respirator Fit Testing Protocols to Protect Workers from Airborne Contaminants
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Retailer for Inadequate Vermin And Respirator Protections at New Hampshire Store
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Upstate New York Contractor For Health and Safety Hazards During Asbestos Removal Work
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor, Contractors Association and Electrical Workers’ Union Establish Partnership to Promote Workplace Safety in Central Ohio
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Announces New Members Selected to the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Masonry Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Silica and Other Hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Awards Susan Harwood Workplace Safety and Health Training Grants to Assist in Educating Workers and Employers
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Multiple Safety and Health Hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - County Court Sentences Ohio Roofing Contractor to 3 Years in Prison For Ignoring Safety Hazards Leading to Employee’s Fatal Fall
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Colorado Utility Company For Exposing Employees to Trenching Hazards
  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Idaho Dollar Tree Stores After Finding Widespread Storage Violations
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Wisconsin Company For Exposing Employees to Machine Hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Selects New Director For OSHA’s Construction Directorate
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Illinois Masonry Contractor for Repeatedly Exposing Employees to Fall and Scaffolding Hazards at Chicago Job Site
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Fines Wisconsin Excavation Company For Exposing Employees to Trenching Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Roofing Contractor After Fatal Fall at Work Site
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Roofing Contractor For Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Colorado Homebuilder For Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Poultry Industry Sign Alliance To Protect Workers’ Safety and Health
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Handles Retaliation Complaints Under New Taxpayer First Act
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Forms Alliance to Promote Workplace Safety In the Elevator Industry
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Ohio Auto Parts Manufacturer Reach Settlement Agreement to Abate Hazards at Franklin, Ohio, Plant
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Forms Alliance to Promote Workplace Safety For Pennsylvania Employers and Employees
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Michigan Pipeline Company Agree To Resolve Citations Issued for Trenching Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Urges Workers and Public To Be Aware of Hazards After Hurricane Dorian

August 2019

  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Partnership Promotes Workplace Safety During Construction of Data Center in Georgia
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Tortilla Company for Exposing Employees to Amputations After Employee Injury
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites United Parcel Service After Employee Injury in West Palm Beach County, Florida
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Orders Kinder Morgan to Pay Back Pay, Damages And Fees for Retaliation Against Whistleblower
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Orders Tennessee Valley Authority to Pay Back Wages to Employee Terminated After Raising Nuclear Safety Concerns
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Federal Judge Orders Lloyd Industries and Company Owner to Pay $1.04 Million to Employees Terminated for Assisting Safety Investigation
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor to Hold Meeting to Solicit Public Input On Aviation Act Whistleblower Protection Provision
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Construction Contractor For Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Commercial Roofing Contractor For Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards at Illinois Job Site
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Missouri Contractor For Exposing Employees to Excavating and Trenching Hazards
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites South Dakota Contractor For Exposing Employees to Trenching Hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Proposes Penalties to Wisconsin Company For Continually Exposing Employees to Machine Hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New York Frozen Foods Packager For Exposing Employees to Multiple Hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Requests Information on Table 1 of the Silica Standard for Construction
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Armor Fabrication Company For Exposing Employees to Amputation and Other Safety Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites California Production Company After Two Employees Suffer Injuries While Filming in Georgia
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers About Submitting Injury and Illness Data to OSHA
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Jersey Landscaper After Two Employees Succumb to Carbon Monoxide Exposure
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Countertop Manufacturer For Amputation, Silica, and Other Safety and Health Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Roofing Company For Exposing Employees to Fall and Other Safety Hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Finds South Jersey Wholesale Produce Supplier Failed to Correct Prior Workplace Hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Fines Contractors for Employee Exposure To Fall, Other Hazards After Fatality at Port of Wilmington
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Manufacturer for Amputation, Combustible Dust, and Other Workplace Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Mississippi Poultry Processor After Employees Hospitalized for Ammonia Exposure
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Plumbing Contractor For Exposing Employees to Trenching Hazards Following Fatality
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Barrel Maker for $413,370 in Penalties After Finding Multiple Hazards at Missouri Cooperage
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Partners with Kansas Tomahawk Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant to Promote Safety During Facility Expansion Project
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Global Cold Chain Alliance Renew Agreement to Protect Workers from Hazardous Chemicals
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor and CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training Renew Alliance to Protect Construction Workers
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Launches Redesigned OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program Website

July 2019

  • - OSHA National News Release - New Jersey Company and Its President Found in Contempt of Court After Failing to Pay $412,000 in Penalties for OSHA Violations
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Partners With Construction Contractor To Promote Workplace Safety During Atlanta Project
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Fuyao Glass America Inc. Faces $724,380 in Federal Penalties After U.S. Department of Labor Finds Multiple Hazards at Ohio Plant
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New York Manufacturer For Violations after Employee Injury at Long Island Plant
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Wisconsin Lumber Mill for Exposing Employees to Machine and Other Hazards Following Fatality
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Finds New Jersey Contractor Exposed Employees to Lead and Other Hazards at Pennsylvania Worksite
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Kicks Off Safe + Sound Week on August 12
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Norcross, Georgia, Transit Service Provider for Exposing Employees to Safety and Health Hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers of the Dangers of Heat Illness
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Provides Compliance Assistance Resources to Find and Fix Workplace Hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers of the Dangers of Heat Illness
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers of the Dangers of Heat Illness
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers of the Dangers of Heat Illness
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Company for Exposing Employees To Amputations and Other Safety Hazards
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers of the Dangers of Heat Illness
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Global Packaging Manufacturer After Employee Suffers Severe Steam Burns in Queen City, Texas
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Missouri Contractor For Exposing Employees to Trench Engulfment Hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Finds Oklahoma Manufacturer Exposed Employees to Serious Workplace Hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Says Employer Vigilance Essential To Addressing Workplace Hazards That Peak in Summer
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Long Island, New York, Construction Company for Fall Hazards Following Fatal Structure Collapse

June 2019

  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Federal Judge Upholds Safety and Health Citations, Penalties Against Jersey City, New Jersey Medical Center
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Orders Kentucky Trucking Company To Reinstate Driver Who Refused To Operate Vehicle During Inclement Weather
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Illinois Metal Treating Facility
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Schedules Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health Meeting; Announces Committee Appointments
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers of the Dangers of Heat Illness
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Jacksonville Zoo After Rhinoceros Injures Zookeeper
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Distributor for Chemical and Other Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Forms Alliance with National Utility Contractors Association of South Florida to Prevent Excavation Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Two Florida Construction Contractors After Fatal Fall at Miami Work Site
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Manufacturer for Exposing Employees to Respiratory, Chemical, and Other Hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Enters Partnership to Promote Safety During Construction of Amazon Distribution Center in Wisconsin
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites West Palm Beach, Florida, Dollar Tree Store for Stacking, Storing Merchandise Unsafely
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Aluminum Can Manufacturer After Employee Suffers Broken Arm When Caught in Machine
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Auto Parts Manufacturer And Staffing Agencies for Exposing Employees to Safety Hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Southern Tire Mart After Fatality at Texas Retreading Facility
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites and Fines Maine Roofing Contractor After Employee’s Fatal Fall
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Jersey Framing Contractor For Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Fines Chemical Manufacturer For Exposing Workers to Toxic Gas
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Two Companies after Fatal Fire At Pennsylvania Natural Gas Processing Plant
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Water Services Company After Employee Suffers Heat-Related Injury at Key West, Florida, Worksite
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Cites Illinois Contractor For Continuing to Expose Roofers to Falls Hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Seeks to Increase Awareness Of Workplace Safety Hazards in the Electrical Industry
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Omaha Family Dollar Store For Blocked Exit Routes and Other Hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Urges Caution to Avoid Hazards During Tornado and Storm Cleanup
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Behavior Treatment Hospital for Exposing Employees to Workplace Violence Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Partnership Promotes Workplace Safety During Construction of Poultry Research Lab in Athens, Georgia
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Arizona Metal Extraction Facility After Workers Burned By Electrical Arc Flash
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites South Florida Farm After Employee Becomes Ill from Exposure to Ammonia Vapor

May 2019

  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Tire Manufacturer And Contractors for 22 Safety and Health Violations
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Four Florida Construction Contractors For Exposing Employees to Safety Hazards at Residential Worksite
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Signs Strategic Partnership to Promote Workplace Safety During Construction of Montana Hospital Expansion Project
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S Department of Labor Cites Texas Rubber Company for Safety Violations
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor, State of Iowa, Electrical Workers Union Renew Alliance to Improve Workplace Safety for Electrical Industry
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Fines Pennsylvania Manufacturer For Workplace Safety Hazards Following Employee Amputation
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Framing Contractor for Exposing Employees To Fall Hazards at Alabama Worksite
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - New Jersey Food Manufacturer Agrees to Safety and Health Improvements At Eight Facilities After U.S. Department of Labor Inspection
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA Requests Information on Possible Updates to the Lockout/Tagout Standard
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Online Pet Supply Retailer
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Enters Partnership to Promote Safety During Construction of Commercial Building Project in Hudson, Wisconsin
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Missouri Contractors for Exposing Workers To Asbestos While Restoring Kansas State University’s Library
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Nebraska Excavating Company After Two Employees Injured in Trench Collapse
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Nebraska Steel Erection Company After Employee Dies from Fall Injury
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Issues Rule to Revise Requirements in Safety and Health Standards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Iowa U.S. Postal Office For Blocked Exits and Failing to Train on Emergency Plan
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Jersey Roofing Contractor
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Joins Partnership to Promote Workplace Safety During Construction of Georgia Tech Student Center in Atlanta
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Partners with Skanska USA Building Inc. To Promote Workplace Safety at Delaware Hospital Expansion Project
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Kansas Aircraft Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Known Carcinogen
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Contractor for Safety Failures
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Texas Meat-Packing Plant For Exposing Workers to Highly Hazardous Chemicals
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Commercial Building Contractor For Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards at Missouri Job Site
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Announces $10.5 Million in Worker Safety and Health Training Grants
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Partners Aim To Keep Young Workers Safe This Summer
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Consigli Construction Partner to Promote Workplace Safety at Fall Prevention Stand-Down on May 6, 2019
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor, Stakeholders to Promote Workplace Safety At Fall Prevention Stand-Down Event in Hyde Park, Massachusetts

April 2019

  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Finds Texas Storage Tank Manufacturing Facility Exposed Employees to Serious Workplace Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Packaging Manufacturer For Safety Violations after Two Employees Suffer Injuries
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Expands Partnership with Florida SAFETY Alliance to Increase Awareness of Construction Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Preparatory College For Exposing Employees to Trenching Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Chemical Manufacturer for Exposing Workers To Fire and Burn Hazards at Georgia Worksite
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Partners with Southeast’s Industry Leaders, Landscaping Employers to Sponsor Safety Stand-Down, April 29-30, 2019
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Associated General Contractors Renew Alliance to Promote Safety and Health in the Rio Grande Valley
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Montana Highway Contractor After Hot Asphalt Burns Three Workers in Laurel
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor, Workplace Safety Organizations Announce 6th Annual National Fall Prevention Safety Stand-Down
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Partners with Alvin H. Butz Inc. to Promote Workplace Safety at Manufacturing Facility Expansion in Pennsylvania
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Finds Hospital Employees Exposed to Workplace Violence Hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor to Hold Meeting to Solicit Public Input On OSH Act Whistleblower Protection Provision
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Hampshire Furniture Manufacturer One Willful and 36 Serious Violations after Employee Injury
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Federal Jury Awards Whistleblower $40,000 in Damages Following U.S. Department of Labor Investigation of Pennsylvania Foundry
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Fines Pennsylvania Framing Contractor For Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Federal Jury Decides Pennsylvania Company Wrongfully Terminated Two Employees for Participating in U.S. Department of Labor Investigation
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Joins Partnership to Promote Workplace Safety During North Huntsville, Alabama, Construction Project
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Partners with Contractors to Promote Safety During Construction of Florida Development Project
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Partners with University of South Florida and Contractor to Promote Worker Safety During Florida Construction Project
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Enters Partnership to Promote Safety During Bridge Construction Project in Ohio
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Illinois Funeral Directors Association Sign Alliance to Improve Workplace Safety
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Southern New Jersey Contractor For Disregarding Fall Protection Requirements
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Plastics Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Amputations after Worker Injury
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Construction Company After Employee Suffers Injuries from Fall at Florida Worksite
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Remington Arms for 27 Safety and Health Violations after Amputation at New York Manufacturing Plant
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Finds Florida Roofing Contractor Continues to Expose Employees to Fall Hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Partners with Safety Professionals and Industry To Raise Awareness of Hazards during Trench Safety Day Event in Ohio
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Partners with Industry at Chicago Area Trench Safety Conferences to Raise Awareness of Hazards

March 2019

  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Again Cites Wisconsin Pallet Manufacturer After Three Employees Exposed to Wood Dust
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Seeks to Prevent Georgia Roadway Worksite Injuries through Safety Stand-Down Events
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Fines Georgia Contractor For Trenching Violations; Proposes $106,078 in Penalties
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor, Industry Leaders and Safety Professionals Join for Kickoff of 2019 National Safety Stand-Up for Grain Safety Week on March 25
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Proposes $1,326,367 Penalty after Ohio Company Willfully Exposes Employees to Dangerous Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ammunition Manufacturer After Explosion Kills Two Employees at North Florida Worksite
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Signs Alliance with North Dakota Oil and Gas Industry Group to Promote Workplace Safety in Oil Fields
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites South Florida Restaurant Operator For Safety Violations After Employee Suffers Burn Injuries
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Wisconsin Aluminum Castings Manufacturer After Three Employees Develop Occupational Lung Disease
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA Requests Information on the Powered Industrial Trucks Standard
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Contractors for Safety Violations Following Two Fatalities at Florida Hotel Worksite
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Battery Manufacturer For Lead and Other Safety Hazards; Proposes $115,594 in Penalties
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Fines Pennsylvania Construction Company $208,560 for Exposing Employees to Trenching Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Roofing Contractor After Fatal Fall at South Florida Worksite
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Sues Massachusetts Construction Company For Retaliation for Facilitating Arrest of Injured Employee
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Pet Food Manufacturer For Amputation, Fall and Other Safety Hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Renews Alliance with Toledo Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee to Improve Workplace Safety

February 2019

  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Landscaping Company After Employee Suffers Fatal Heat-Related Injury
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Canned Food Company in Texas After Employee Suffers Amputation
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Lee Lewis Construction Partner to Enhance Workplace Safety and Health at Lubbock Construction Project
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and West Texas Safety Training Center Renew Alliance to Prevent Injuries, Illnesses in Oil and Gas Industry
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Nebraska Asphalt Company Following Investigation of Employee Fatality
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Montana Construction Contractor Sign Partnership to Enhance Employee Safety and Health
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues $164,802 in Penalties to Wholesaler After Employee Injury at Georgia Distribution Center
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Renews Alliance to Improve Workplace Safety For Southwest Illinois Industrial and Utility Employees
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Mississippi Paper Manufacturer For Workplace Safety Violations, Proposes $303,657 in Penalties
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Results in Court Ordering a Pennsylvania Hair Salon to Pay $40,000 to Stylist Fired after Report of Health and Safety Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Imposes Fine on Motion Picture Company for Failing to Adequately Protect Stuntmen from On-Set Hazards
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Dimeo Construction Partner to Promote Workplace Safety During North Kingstown Construction Project
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Provides Interim Compliance Guidance for Evaluation of Crane Operators
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues $265,196 in Penalties to Florida Roofing Contractor for Repeatedly Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Musical Instrument Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Copper Dust and Machine Hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Seeks to Prevent Amputation Injuries to Nebraska Employees and Remind Employers of Reporting Requirement
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Urges Employers to Prevent Worker Exposure to Carbon Monoxide from Portable Generators and Other Equipment
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Orders Vermont Company to Compensate Employee Fired for Reporting Finance Industry Violations
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Guam Building Materials Distributor For Struck-By Hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Forms Alliance with Agribusiness Organizations to Protect Workers in Agricultural Industry
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Partners with Contractor to Promote Workplace Safety during Construction of Tire Plant in Mississippi
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Texas Indoor Gun Range For Exposing Employees to Unsafe Lead Levels

January 2019

  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Connecticut Manufacturer Settle Whistleblower Allegations Regarding Termination of Two Workers
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration Returns to Normal Enforcement Operations Following Hurricane Michael
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Rule to Protect Privacy of Workers
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Publishes New Frequently Asked Questions on Controlling Silica in General Industry
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Roofing Contractor For Exposing Employees to Dangerous Falls
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Joins Partnership to Promote Workplace Safety During Construction Project at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Cafeteria for Burn and Chemical Hazards; Faces $134,880 in Penalties
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Nebraska Beef Processing Plant After Employee Severely Burned by Ammonia
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Provides Compliance Assistance Resources to Protect Workers from Falls
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Dallas Utilities Contractor After Worker Suffers Fatal Gas Exposure
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Utility Contractors Following Fatal Explosion in Wisconsin
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites U.S. Postal Service After Heat-Related Worker Fatality in Southern California
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Solar Contractor After Employee Fatality at Kansas Jobsite
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Pennsylvania Excavation Company For Exposing Employees to Trenching Hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Turner Construction Partner To Promote Workplace Safety During Hospital Project in Erie, Pennsylvania
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Urges Employers and Employees To Remain Vigilant About Possible Winter Hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Roofing Contractor After Employee’s Fatal Fall at Missouri Jobsite
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Contractor Following Crane Collapse At New York City Construction Worksite
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio UPS Facility for Blocking Exits
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Montana Contractors Association Sign Alliance to Foster Safer Workplaces

December 2018

  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Two Roofing Companies After Colorado Employees Found Exposed to Fall Hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Kansas Drywall Contractor
  • - OSHA Trade Release - Statement from OSHA Regarding Decline in Workplace Fatalities in 2017
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Nebraska Dairy Company
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Roofing Contractor For Repeatedly Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Missouri Demolition Company
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Auto Parts Distributor For Fire, Electric Shock, and Struck-By Hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Proposes to Revise Beryllium Standard for General Industry
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites South Florida Commercial Printer For Exposing Employees to Amputation, Electrical, and Fall Hazards
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Lamar Outdoor Advertising Company Renew Alliance to Protect Workers
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Returns to Normal Enforcement In Northern Mariana Islands Following Typhoon Yutu

November 2018

  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Property Maintenance Company After Employee Suffers Burn Injuries
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Announces Initiative to Increase Awareness Of Trenching and Excavation Hazards and Solutions
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Two Florida Roofing Contractors For Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Notices of Safety Violations Following Fatality at Army Reserve Facility in California
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Roofing Contractor For Repeatedly Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Food Processor For Amputation and Other Hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Announces Assistance for California Wildfires Recovery
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Focuses on Worker Safety and Pay During Holiday Shopping Season
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Jersey Manufacturer
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Continues to Provide Support in Areas Hardest Hit by Hurricane Michael
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Window and Door Manufacturer After Employee Suffers Partial Finger Amputation
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Nebraska Staffing Agency Following Heat-Related Fatality
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Manufacturer for Exposing Employees to Amputation, Fall, and Other Hazards at Four Facilities
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Two Florida Contractors After Employee Suffers Injuries
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Associated General Contractors of Georgia Invite Employers to Join Winter Weather Safety Stand-Down
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Contractor after Employee Fatally Injured in Explosion at Alabama Worksite
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites U.S. Postal Service After Heat Exposure Hospitalizes Las Vegas Mail Carrier
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Rule on Crane Operator Certification Requirements
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Massachusetts Contractor For Exposing Workers to Fall Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Employers at Georgia Distribution Center
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Provides Interim Compliance Guidance for Crane Operators
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Roofing Contractor For Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards

October 2018

  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Tank Cleaning Company For Confined Space, Fire, and Explosion Hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Managers at Ohio Manufacturing Company Indicted for Obstructing U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Following Workplace Death
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Texas Underground Tank Contractor for Excavation Hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Renews Partnership with Electrical Contractors and Associations to Protect Worker Safety and Health
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Framing Company For Exposing Employees to Falls
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Texas Metal Recycling Company After Employee Suffers Injury
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Missouri Plumbing Contractor Admits to Violating Trench Safety Requirements
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Company for Protective Equipment Violations
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Signs Alliance with Texas Contractors Association To Protect Safety and Health of Construction Workers
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites South Florida Farm For Exposing Employees to Lightning Strikes
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA and Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals Form Alliance to Protect Employee Safety and Health
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Orders Massachusetts Railway to Pay $85,000 to Employee Subjected to Retaliation after Reporting Injury
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S Department of Labor Cites Roofing Contractor After Accident at Florida Worksite
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Colorado Contractors Host Trench Safety Summit
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA Launches Program to Target High Injury and Illness Rates
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Pennsylvania Contractor After Employee’s Electrocution
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Urges Workers and the Public to be Vigilant And Mindful of Hazards Following Hurricane Michael
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Jordan Foster Construction Partner To Enhance Workplace Safety and Health at El Paso Construction Project
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Announces Actions to Assist Americans Impacted by Hurricane Michael
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Pennsylvania Youth Healthcare Operators for Exposing Employees to Workplace Violence Hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Jersey Pet Food Manufacturer for Failure to Correct Prior Workplace Safety, Health Hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Ohio Craft Brewers Establish Alliance to Promote Workplace Safety in Ohio Breweries
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Wisconsin Manufacturer Settles Whistleblower Allegations
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites U.S. Postal Service For Repeat Safety Violations at Austin Facility
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Jersey Lumber Company For Exposing Employees to Health Hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Updates National Emphasis Program on Trenching and Excavation Safety
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Wisconsin Refinery for Failing to Control Hazardous Chemicals
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Art Supply Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Amputation Hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Labor Department Awards Workplace Safety and Health Training Grants to Assist in Educating Workers, Job Creators
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Joins Partnership to Promote Workplace Safety During Construction of Georgia STEM School
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Manufacturer For Safety Violations After Employee Injury
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Plastics Manufacturer For Exposing Workers to Machine Hazards

September 2018

  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Provides Compliance Assistance Resources to Keep Workers Safe from Trenching-Related Hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Green Bay Meat Packer After Employee Injury
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Railcar Maintenance Company for Repeatedly Exposing Employees to Fire and Explosion Hazards
  • - OSHA News Release – Joint Regional - U.S. Department of Labor Launches Regional Emphasis Program Focused on Reducing Employee Exposure to Ammonium
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Metal Forging Company, Proposes $225,046 in Penalties
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Country Club for Safety Hazards
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Connecticut Employer For Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards at Construction Jobsite
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Urges Workers and the Public to be Vigilant And Mindful of Hazards Following Hurricane Florence
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Peanut Processing Facility, Places Company in OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Five Contractors for Safety Violations Following Florida Pedestrian Bridge Collapse
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Two Companies After Fatal Fall At Communication Tower Worksite in Mississippi
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Enters Partnership to Promote Safety During Illinois Courthouse Construction Project
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Wood Pallet Manufacturer After Employee Amputation
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Sawmill for Safety Violations
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Woodworking Company For Exposing Employees to Fire and Explosion Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Joins Partnership to Promote Workplace Safety During Construction Project in Georgia
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Urges Workers and the Public to be Vigilant And Mindful of Hazards During Tropical Storm Gordon Cleanup
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor to Hold Meeting to Solicit Public Input On Whistleblower Issues in the Finance Industry

August 2018

  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Florida Roofing Company Faces Penalties For Exposing Employees to Fall and Other Safety Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Thorpe Plant Services and Steel Dust Recycling After Employee Hospitalized For Fall
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Two Colorado Construction Companies For Safety and Health Hazards after Worker’s Fatal Fall
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Posts New Frequently Asked Questions and Videos on OSHA Standard for Controlling Silica in Construction
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Texas-Based Builder Partner to Promote Workplace Safety During Northwest D.C. Construction Project
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Joins Partnership to Promote Worker Safety During Construction of Georgia Development Project
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Tool Manufacturer After Employee Suffers Amputation
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Construction Company After Employee Suffers Serious Laceration
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Forms Safety Partnership with Builder and Unions on Potawatomi Hotel Expansion Project
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Extends Some Compliance Dates For General Industry Beryllium Standard
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Alabama Auto Dealership Settle Safety Citations and Penalties Following Fatal Fire
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Construction Company After Fatal Trenching Incident
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Tennessee Contractor After Two Employees Burned at Nuclear Power Plant
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites El Paso Construction Company For Trenching and Excavation Safety Hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Illinois Manufacturer For Health and Safety Violations
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Texas Dollar Tree Store For Exposing Employees to Safety Hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Announces $10.5 Million in Funding Opportunities for Susan Harwood Training Grants to Support Worker Safety and Health
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Excessive Noise and Other Hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Recycling Company for Safety Violations
  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Idaho Lumber Company For Exposing Employees to Safety Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Paving Company After Employee Sustains Fatal Injuries

July 2018

  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Oregon Shipbuilder For Serious and Willful Safety Violations
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Three Companies in Oklahoma After Five Employees Fatally Injured by Explosion and Fire
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Kansas Grain Bin Operator
  • - OSHA Trade Release - The Department of Labor Proposes Rule to Better Protect Personally Identifiable Information
  • - OSHA Trade Release - The Department of Labor Plans to Propose Rule to Better Protect Personally Identifiable Information
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Corrected: U.S. Department of Labor Cites East Texas Countertop Company for Safety and Health Violations
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Manhattan Construction Company Partner To Enhance Safety and Health at Texas Ballpark Project
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Court Orders Contractor to Pay $250,000 for Safety Violations Following Fatal Fall at Dallas Apartment Complex
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Finds Safety Violations Following Fatal Kentucky Shipyard Towboat Explosion
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Workplace Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Joins Partnership to Promote Workplace Safety During Georgia Construction Project
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Auto Parts Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Safety Hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Wisconsin Contractor For Repeatedly Exposing Workers to Falls
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Seeks Comments on Proposal Regarding Railroad Construction Equipment in Cranes and Derricks Construction Standard
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Missouri Excavating Company After Observing Employees Working in Unprotected Trench
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New York Flooring Manufacturer for Exposing Employees to Mechanical, Chemical, and Other Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Southeast Georgia Manufacturer After Employee Amputation
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites North Carolina Shipyard After Towboat Worker Drowned in Storm
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Kicks Off Safe + Sound Week on August 13th
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Alberici Healthcare Sign Safety Partnership During Construction of Saint Louis Hospital
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Seeks to Stop Increase in Worker Fatalities In Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Enters Partnership to Promote Safety During Omaha Construction Project
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Joins Partnership to Promote Workplace Safety During Alabama Construction Project
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites North Florida Shipyard for Safety Violations Following Employee Drowning
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Illinois Pallet Manufacturer After Employees Are Sickened from Unsafe Carbon Monoxide Levels
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Extends Enforcement Date of Certain Provisions of the Beryllium Standard to August 9
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites South Florida Manufacturer for Exposing Employees to Safety Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Bluewater Construction Solutions For Exposing Employees to Falls at Two Florida Worksites
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Miami Commercial Bakery For Exposing Employees to Electrical and Fall Hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Renews Alliance to Help Prevent Construction Injuries and Illnesses in West Texas
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Confirms Effective Date of the Direct Final Rule Revising Beryllium Standard for General Industry
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Finds West Virginia Roofing Contractor Exposed Employees to Fall, Electrocution, and Other Workplace Hazards

June 2018

  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA and CareerSafe Form Alliance to Protect Safety and Health of Young Workers
  • - OSHA Trade Release - Specific Employers Required to Submit 2017 Injury and Illness Data by July 1
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Roofing Company Faces Penalties After Exposing Employees to Numerous Fall and Other Safety Hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Excavating Company Following Fatal Trench Collapse
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Joins Safety Partnership in Wisconsin
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA and the International Safety Equipment Association Form Alliance to Protect Workers’ Safety and Health
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites South Florida Utility Contractor for Exposing Employees to Trenching Hazards
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Montana Contractor Compensation Fund Sign Alliance to Promote Workplace Safety
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA Extends Comment Period for Proposed Rule to Ensure Crane Operators Are Qualified to Safely Operate Equipment
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Finds Wisconsin Contractor Continues To Expose Roofers to Falls and Other Safety Hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Memorandum Outlining Enforcement of Silica Standard for General Industry and Maritime
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites a Colorado Chemical Manufacturer
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals Orders Maine Roofer to Correct Violations, Implement Safety Measures, and Address $389,685 in Fines
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Jersey Renewable Energy Company Following Fatality at New Hampshire Power Plant

May 2018

  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Publishes Proposed Extension of Some Beryllium Standard Compliance Dates
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor, Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors Sign Alliance to Protect Workers
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Wichita Contractor for Exposing Roofers to Safety Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Utility Construction Company For Exposing Employees to Cave-in Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites South Florida Utility After Employee Sustains Fatal Injuries
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Orders Florida Flight Training Company To Reinstate Instructor Terminated After Raising Flight Safety Concerns
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Enters Partnership to Promote Safety During Demolition of Federal Complex in Kansas City
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA Proposes Rule to Ensure Crane Operators Are Qualified To Safely Operate Equipment
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Wisconsin Battery Company For Exposing Employees to Lead, Other Hazards
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Industry Representatives Partner To Address Trenching Hazards in North Dakota
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New York Cosmetics Manufacturer For Safety and Health Hazards Following November 2017 Fire
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Contractor and Staffing Agency Following Fatal Trench Collapse at Alabama Work Site
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA Announces Delayed Enforcement of Certain Provisions of the Beryllium Standard
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Inspection Cites Pennsylvania Box Manufacturer For Failure to Correct Prior Safety Hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Recognizes Pennsylvania Brick Manufacturer For Excellence in Workplace Safety
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Philadelphia Contractor For Multiple Safety Violations; Proposes $222,152 in Penalties
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and PARIC Corp. Partner to Promote Workplace Safety and Health During Construction of St. Louis’ Ballpark Village Projects
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Two Colorado Companies For Workplace Safety Failures in Fatal Pipeline Fire
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Manufacturer For 36 Safety And Health Violations
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA Issues Direct Final Rule Revising Beryllium Standard For General Industry
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Framing Contractor For Exposing Employees to Dangerous Falls
  • - OSHA National News Release - 5th Annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls Begins May 7
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA Schedules Meeting to Request Comments on Whistleblower Issues in the Railroad and Trucking Industries
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Health Facility for Exposing Employees to Workplace Violence

April 2018

  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Fixes Error Dating to 2016 Implementation of “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses” Regulation
  • - OSHA Trade Release - Statement by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Loren Sweatt on Workers’ Memorial Day 2018
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Buffalo U-Haul Facility for Exposing Employees to Asbestos and Silica During Building Renovation
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Association of Energy Service Companies Renew Alliance to Keep Texas Oil and Gas Employees Safe
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Florida Roofing Contractor Settle Lawsuit on Whistleblower Allegations
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor, Georgia Tech, and Georgia Department Of Public Health Form Alliance to Reduce Lead Exposure
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Proposes Penalties for Farm Supply Company For Operating Damaged Forklift at its Ohio Facility
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Plastics Company, Proposes $261,454 in Penalties for Workplace Safety Hazards
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Orders California Company to Pay $110,000 To Manager Who Reported Concerns Regarding E-Cigarette Ingredients
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA Flier Offers Steps to Keep Tractor Trailer Drivers Safe at Destination
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Nebraska Company For Exposing Employees to Trenching Hazards
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Contractor for Exposing Workers to Trenching, Other Safety Hazards on North Dakota Municipal Project
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Finds Ohio Contractor Continues To Expose Roofers to Falls and Other Safety Hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Jersey Plastics Manufacturer For Workplace Safety Failures, Proposes Penalties of $435,679
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Partners with Landscape Industry Associations and Employers to Sponsor Southeast Safety Stand-Down Events Focusing on Preventing Heat-Related Illnesses and Landscaping Injuries
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Lynnway Auto Auction to Correct Hazards, Implement Safety Measures, And Pay Penalties in U.S. Department of Labor Settlement
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Seeks to Prevent Georgia Roadway Worksite Injuries Through Safety Stand-Down Events
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Grain-Handling Industry and Safety Professionals Announce ‘Stand-Up for Grain Engulfment Prevention Week,’ April 9-13
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Omaha Company for Exposing Workers To Trenching Hazards, Proposes $38,061 in Penalties

March 2018

  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Orders Reinstatement of Massachusetts Pilot Who Lost Job after Reporting a Safety Concern
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Massachusetts Contractor for Fall Hazards at New Hampshire Work Site
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Communication Tower Contractor Following Three Fatalities at Miami Work Site
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Roofing Contractor For Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards, Proposes Penalties
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Proposes Penalties for Waterloo, New York, Dairy Producer for Failing to Correct Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Roofing Company After Employee Suffers Fatal Heat-Related Injury
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Ohio Auto Parts Manufacturer Reach Settlement Agreement, Including $1 Million Penalty
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Kraft Heinz Food After Employee Injured by Machine, Proposes Penalties
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Nebraska Egg Processing Facility After Employee Fatally Injured
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Orders JetBlue to Reinstate and Pay Back Wages and Damages to Flight Attendant
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Recognizes BAE Systems For Excellence in Workplace Safety at Norfolk Repair Facility
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA Partners with McCarthy Building Companies To Protect Employees at Christus Spohn Hospital Project
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Proposes Penalties for Colorado Concrete Company After Employee Injured in Trench Collapse
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Ohio Manufacturer For Lacking Safety Procedures After Employee Suffers Amputation
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Pennsylvania Machine Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Chemical Hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Launches Regional Campaign in Greater Philadelphia To Raise Awareness of Construction Industry Hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Launches Regional Campaign In D.C. To Raise Awareness of Construction Industry Hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Launches Regional Campaign in Central Pennsylvania To Raise Awareness of Construction Industry Hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Launches Regional Campaign in Northwest Pennsylvania To Raise Awareness of Construction Industry Hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Launches Regional Campaign In West Virginia To Raise Awareness of Construction Industry Hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Launches Regional Campaign in Central Eastern Pennsylvania To Raise Awareness of Construction Industry Hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Launches Regional Campaign in Northeast Pennsylvania To Raise Awareness of Construction Industry Hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Launches Regional Campaign In Delaware To Raise Awareness of Construction Industry Hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Launches Regional Campaign in Western Pennsylvania To Raise Awareness of Construction Industry Hazards
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Billings Company For Failing to Provide Safe Workplace for Employees
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Jacksonville Utilities Contractor For Willful and Serious Safety Violations after Trench Cave-in
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor, Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety, and Associated Subcontractors of Massachusetts Partner to Promote Workplace Safety
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA Will Enforce Beryllium Standard Starting in May

February 2018

  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration And The Clarion University Small Business Development Center Join in Effort to Improve Workplace Safety and Health
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Patio and Pool Enclosure Installer Following Employee Fatality
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA Renews Alliance with Performing Arts Organizations to Protect Safety and Health of Workers in Entertainment Industry
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Illinois Roofing Contractor For Exposing Workers to Falls, Proposes $281,286 in Penalties
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Plastics Manufacturer Following Employee Fatality
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA Renews Alliance with the International Window Cleaning Association to Protect the Safety of Industry Workers
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Manufacturer for Safety Hazards, Proposes Penalties Totaling $74,833
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Buckeye STEPS Renew Alliance to Improve Workplace Safety in Ohio Oil and Gas Industry
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Ohio Environmental Services Company Resolve Lawsuit on Whistleblower Allegations
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Reaches Settlement Agreement Resulting in Paperboard Company Paying $175,000 in Penalties
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Manufacturer For Serious Safety Violations
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Manufacturer for Safety Violations, Proposes $256,088 in Penalties
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Southern Illinois Joint Apprenticeship Program Partner to Protect Construction Employees
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Colorado Nursing Home For Workplace Violence Hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals Form Alliance to Provide Safety and Health Information to Certification Holders

January 2018

  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Jersey Construction Company After Wall Collapse Leads to Workplace Fatality and Injuries
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Framing Company For Safety Hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Kansas Aircraft Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to a Known Carcinogen
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Auto Parts Manufacturer for Safety Violations, Proposes Maximum Penalties
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Gainesville Poultry Processing Company For Amputations and Other Serious Hazards
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Four Colorado Employers After Fatal Fire and Explosion at Oil and Gas Facility
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Citations and $69,058 in Penalties to Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. for Endangering Employees
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Pallet Manufacturer After Employee Injured by Machine
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Construction Company For Exposing Employees to Hazards and Proposes $59,864 in Penalties
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites South Jersey Manufacturer For Continued Safety Violations
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Urges Employees and Employers Engaged In Snow Removal and Cleanup to Be Aware of Potential Hazards
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - OSHA Cites Schnabel Foundation Company, Proposes $212,396 in Penalties
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Imposes Maximum Fines on Motion Picture Company for Failing to Adequately Protect From Fall Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Georgia Safety Stand-Down Focuses on Winter Weather Hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA, Miron Construction, and 23 Contractors Partner for Safety on University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Dorm Renovation Project
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Finds Ohio Contractor Continues To Expose Roofers to Falls and Other Safety Hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA and Ironworkers Partner to Provide Outreach and Protect Construction Employees on Jobsites

December 2017

  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Urges Employees and Employers Engaged In Snow Removal and Cleanup to Be Aware of Potential Hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Bowling Center Company Settles Whistleblower Allegations
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Labor Department Cites Tampa Electric and Gaffin Industrial Services After Molten Slag Release Fatally Injures 5 and Burns 1
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Saipan Construction Company After Three Fatal Exposures to Hydrogen Sulfide Gas
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Three Companies for Exposing Employees To Lead, Other Hazards, During Renovation of Chicago’s Old Post Office
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - New Haven Building Trades and Dimeo Construction Partner with U.S. Department of Labor to Promote Employee and Workplace Safety
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Vinyl Floor Manufacturer Faces $514,236 in Penalties for Safety Violations
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Labor Department and Bartlett Grain Reach Comprehensive Settlement Agreement to Improve Safety at 20 Facilities in 6 States
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Labor Department’s OSHA Accepting Electronically Submitted Injury, Illness Reports Through December 31
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA and the National Association of Women in Construction Renew Alliance to Protect Safety and Health of Female Construction Workers
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Company and Proposes $148,845 in Penalties for Exposing Employees to Trenching Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Contractor for Trenching Hazards and Proposes $130,552 in Penalties
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Auto Dealership after Fatal Fire
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Employee Receives Court-Ordered Restitution After Justified Whistleblowing Action
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites West Virginia Contractor After Employee Injured in Roof Fall, Proposes Penalties Totaling $86,916
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - OSHA Cites Connecticut Contractor for Mercury and Respirator Hazards at New Hampshire Demolition Site

November 2017

  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Fines US Environmental Inc. for Safety Violations and Proposes Penalties Totaling $333,756
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor and Pottery Manufacturer Reach Settlement Agreement Following Worker Fatality
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Extends Compliance Date for Electronically Submitting Injury, Illness Reports to December 15, 2017
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Tampa Electric Co. And Critical Intervention Services Following Hazardous Chemical Release
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Proposes Over $1.8 Million in Fines Against a Wisconsin Corn Milling Facility After Fatal Grain Dust Explosion
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA Issues Final Rule Setting Compliance Date for Crane Operator Certification Requirements
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Lynnway Auto Auction For Exposing Employees to Numerous Hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Again Cites Three Queens Supermarkets For Safety Violations
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Missouri Podiatry Clinic Cited for Improper Handling of Medical Waste
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Bimbo Bakeries USA For Multiple Workplace Hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Farmers Cooperative After Worker Entrapped in Grain Bin
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Contractors in Montana Following Severe Burns
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Resumes Regular Enforcement in Florida and Georgia
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Parts Manufacturer After Injuries Reveal Hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Signs Alliance with Robotic Industries Association and NIOSH to Improve Worker Protections in Emerging Tech Industry
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Mississippi Company for Exposing Workers To Hazardous Energy, Equipment, and Other Hazards
  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Boise Construction Company For Trenching Violations

October 2017

September 2017

  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Railcar Maintenance Company for Repeatedly Exposing Employees to Fire and Explosion Hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Awards $10.5 Million in Training Grants To 80 Nonprofit Organizations for Workplace Safety and Health
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA Cites Chicago Container Manufacturer After 4 Workers Suffer Injuries
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Federal Agencies in Montana and Dakotas Align on Safety Practices
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA, National Grain and Feed Association Form Alliance to Protect Workers in Grain Handling Industry
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA, American Chemistry Council Sign Alliance to Protect Workers from Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA Signs Alliance to Promote Worker Safety and Health
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA Renews Alliance to Provide Training to Young Workers
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA Finds Machine-Guarding, Noise Violations at Florida Bakery

August 2017

  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA Issues Proposed Rule to Extend Compliance Deadline for Crane Operator Certification Requirements
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Public, Private Partnership Promotes Safety During LaGuardia Airport Redevelopment Project
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA Cites Wisconsin Steel Pipe Manufacturer for Safety Hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA, Mason Contractors’ Association of St. Louis Renew Partnership for Worker Safety
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - OSHA Cites South Dakota Company After Worker Buried in Trench Collapse
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA Cites New York Paperboard Mill for 61 Safety, Health Hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to Hold Second Public Meeting to Solicit Suggestions for Growing, Strengthening Voluntary Protection Programs
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - OSHA Investigation Finds Psychiatric Hospital Workers Remain Exposed to Serious Workplace Hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - North Florida Roofing Company Cited Again for Workplace Safety Hazards

July 2017

  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA, DJ Basin Safety Council Renew Alliance to Protect Colorado Workers
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA revises its online whistleblower complaint form
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Aluminum manufacturing company’s history of safety violations continues, putting employees at Camden County facility at risk of serious injuries
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - OSHA orders Wells Fargo to reinstate SoCal whistleblower; pay $577K in back wages, damages, attorneys’ fees
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA investigation finds safety failures led to the death of 3 workers who entered a manhole containing lethal gases
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Labor Department announces $10.5M funding opportunity for Susan Harwood Training grants to support worker safety, health training
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA launches application to electronically submit injury and illness data on August 1
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA announces policy change on monorail hoists in construction

June 2017

  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds machine safety hazards, silica overexposure at Ohio steel plant
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Labor Department’s OSHA proposes to delay compliance date for electronically submitting injury, illness reports
  • - OSHA National News Release - Summer’s here – and the time is right for: ‘Water, Rest and Shade’
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Labor Department’s OSHA publishes proposed rule on beryllium exposure
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to hold public meeting to solicit suggestions for strengthening the Voluntary Protection Programs
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Consent judgment compensates three Hartford health center employees fired after concerns were raised about tuberculosis exposure
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Missouri citations highlight importance of vigilance in preventing trench cave-ins, protecting workers
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - State Farm at Park Center safety partnership announced
  • - OSHA National News Release - OSHA announces inaugural ‘Safe + Sound Week’ Agency, safety experts, industry leaders raise awareness of safety, health programs
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA, New Jersey medical center reach agreement on violence prevention

May 2017

April 2017

March 2017

February 2017

January 2017

  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor renews the Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - OSHA orders Amtrak to reinstate, pay $892K to employee discharged in violation of Federal Railroad Safety Act
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Ohio railroad parts manufacturer after follow-up inspection finds workers remain exposed to machine, fall hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Green Bay manufacturer faces more than $219K in proposed penalties after two workers suffer severe injuries within 10 days
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Employee's death at Bellingham auto parts business 'preventable'
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA proposes nearly $89K penalty after finding concrete manufacturer again exposed workers to airborne silica
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines Pennsylvania hospital $32K for exposing employees to workplace violence, other hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA issues recommended practices to promote workplace anti-retaliation programs
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Oklahoma truck bed manufacturer fined $535K for putting workers at risk, as OSHA inspectors identify 30 safety, health violations
  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - OSHA reminds workers, employers that fall protection can prevent tragedy when removing snow on rooftops, elevated surfaces
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Masonry contractor continues to expose workers to fall hazards
  • - Region 8 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Sioux Falls company after 40-year-old equipment operator suffers serious injuries in trench cave-in at Brandon work site
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor sues Jasper Roofing Contractors, CEO for retaliation after employee cooperates with OSHA investigation
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites New York contractor for exposing workers to excavation hazards at high school construction site
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds workers exposed to multiple fall hazards while roofing Winnetka home
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor issues final rule to lower beryllium levels, increase workplace protections to reduce health risks
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department sues food manufacturer, owner that terminated employee who tried to call 911 after co-worker suffered amputation
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Atlanta-based paper, plastic recycler exposes workers to fire, explosion, machine guarding hazards; OSHA proposes $133K in penalties
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds Illinois contractor, Robert Barringer III exposes roofers to potentially deadly fall hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA investigation of Jersey City Medical Center worker's fatal fall finds facility exposed employees to dangerous electrical hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Chicago metal container manufacturer faces more than $81K in OSHA penalties after 3rd worker suffers amputation injury
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds Wisconsin medical clinic exposed workers to asbestos hazards

December 2016

  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA names new administrator for Dallas region
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites plastics manufacturer after second worker suffers severe injury in less than 18 months at Ohio plant
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites lumber company for inadequate machine guards after worker suffers injury while setting up molding machine
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds global railroad company retaliated against worker who reported safety concerns about track defects
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Wisconsin metal fabrication company for safety failures after investigation of teenaged worker's fatal injuries, two weeks after starting job
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites roofing contractor for exposing workers to falls, other hazards at North Jersey work sites in East Rutherford, Wallington
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - John Deere agrees to settle whistleblower allegations, will pay former employee $275K in back wages, damages
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Plymouth Meeting contractor exposed workers to scaffolding, fall hazards at a Philadelphia work site
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites 4 Florida contractors as worker dies after falling through unprotected floor opening; proposes $91K in penalties
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites well operator, two servicing companies after one worker dies, 3 others severely injured while servicing North Dakota well
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA: Worker health and safety should be an integral part of sustainability efforts
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines Texas feed manufacturer nearly $92K in fines for serious and repeat health and safety violations
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA issues final rule clarifying the ongoing obligation to make and maintain accurate records of work-related injuries and illnesses
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites numerous hazards at Missouri sheet metal manufacturer after court orders employer to let inspectors investigate safety complaints
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites New Jersey commercial laundry for workplace safety hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines USPS $178K after inspectors find workers exposed to safety hazards at Merrifield distribution center
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - OSHA renews initiative to improve worker safety culture in Colorado by renewing Colorado Safety Association alliance
  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites contractor after another Idaho worker falls to his death
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA issues final rule establishing procedures for handling retaliation complaints from workers in the automotive industry
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Ned Stevens Gutter Cleaning cited for fall protection violation as worker falls in Lexington from roof as unprotected foreman stands on another
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Massachusetts packaging company for serious safety, health hazards following injury to temporary worker
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Alabama auto parts supplier to Kia and Hyundai, staffing agencies face $2.5M in fines after robot fatally crushes young bride-to-be
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA cancels meeting of National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health OSH Professionals Pipeline Work Group
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA inspects Selbyville poultry processor after worker suffers finger amputation
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites, fines Crystal Finishing Systems following fatality investigation
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites global food company after 2 workers suffer severe injuries at Melrose Park, Illinois, processing facility
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites global commercial laundry equipment manufacturer after second worker suffers amputation injury in less than two months
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA emphasis program finds 22 violations at Texas feed manufacturer
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Central Transport agrees to enhanced safety measures at over 100 freight terminals in US Labor Department settlement
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA requests comments, schedules meeting on standard to prevent workplace violence in healthcare, social assistance
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Stucco contractor fails to properly protect employees from fall, silica hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds workers exposed to machine, electrical hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Roofing company did not provide adequate fall protection for roofers working at commercial site in O'Fallon, Illinois
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds flooring subcontractor workers exposed to dangerous falls at construction site; Dallas-area employer faces $87K in fines
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA extends deadline for comments on proposed rule to improve provisions in its standards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA issues recommended practices to promote workplace safety and health programs in construction
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Pennsylvania hospital workers exposed to violence, bloodborne hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines USPS $342K after inspectors find workers exposed to bloodborne pathogen hazards at Brooklyn, Maryland, annex
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Texas reel manufacturer exposed workers to amputation, chemical hazards; company faces $107K in fines

November 2016

  • - OSHA Trade Release - Secretary of Labor renews charter of Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules meeting of National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA renews alliance with National STEPS Network and NIOSH to protect workers in oil and gas extraction industry
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Occupational Safety and Review Commission approves settlement between US Labor Department, event company after circus tent collapse
  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Washington marine cargo handling company for willful safety violations after worker's fatal fall
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - J.C. Stucco and Stone ordered to pay nearly $345K in fines after OSHA finds company continued to expose workers to scaffolding hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - OSHA launches emphasis program to protect Wilkes Barre area retail store workers as holiday season beckons
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines Philadelphia contractor $72K for fall, trenching safety violations
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines window manufacturer nearly $75K for exposing workers to safety hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA, Safety Council of Northwest Ohio renew alliance to provide education, resources to area employers
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA issues more than $150K in fines to Louisiana contractor for confined space violations after fumes sicken two workers
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA investigates trench collapse after 28-year-old worker becomes 13th worker injured while working underground in 2016
  • - OSHA National News Release - OSHA issues final rule updating walking-working surfaces standards and establishing personal fall protection systems requirements
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Ohio worker's death highlights grim 2016 national stat: trench collapse fatalities have more than doubled
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Contractor exposes workers repeatedly to potential deadly or disabling fall hazards at Middletown roofing job
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites South Florida painting company after worker injured
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA again finds Dollar General jeopardizing worker safety
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds Boulder sporting goods manufacturer retaliated against worker who reported concerns about free-fall equipment safety
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Training could have prevented tree service worker's death
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Ohio-based roofing company exposed employees to falls again, this time at a Pittsburgh work site
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to hold a meeting of National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health OSH Professionals Pipeline Work Group
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Fuyao America Glass racks up $227K in OSHA penalties following six complaint inspections at Ohio auto glass plant in 2016
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites wholesale baking company after worker suffers amputation
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds multiple workers suffer ergonomic injuries at Excelsior Springs Seating System
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Roofing company cited after 47-year-old laborer dies after suffering heat stroke on third day on the job
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Prinz Grain and Feed in worker's death after wall of corn debris collapses in grain bin
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds New Jersey cleaning products manufacturer exposed workers to chemical, other safety and health hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - Inventors selected in first-ever noise safety challenge
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Arkansas steel wire company failed repeatedly to protect workers from amputation hazards
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites both South Dakota refinery, construction companies after worker suffers fatal burns when ethanol ignites during expansion project
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Eight times since 2011, federal safety inspectors find Central Florida contractor exposing workers to dangerous, potentially deadly falls
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds Ohio rail track repair kit manufacturer exposes workers to machine, silica, falls, noise and other hazards; proposes $159K in fines
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA focuses on reducing amputations suffered by Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas workers

October 2016

  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA inspection finds Dollar General in Jonestown blocked emergency exit again, proposes $215K penalty
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Ohio trailer lining manufacturer faces nearly $215K in fines after OSHA finds company disabled safety devices, exposed workers to hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA investigation of two serious employee injuries finds global filtration manufacturer failed to protect workers from safety and health hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Coilplus Illinois following fatality investigation at Plainfield facility
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Illinois manufacturer after electrician's first day ends tragically when mobile trailer falls, fatally crushes him
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA's investigation of machine operator's injuries finds safety guards bypassed at Wisconsin retail bag manufacturer
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites animal feed company for exposing workers to grain handling, electrical hazards at Nebraska facility
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA and the American Staffing Association renew alliance to protect temporary workers
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites national logistics company's Wisconsin facility for exposing workers to powered industrial vehicle, electrical hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds J.M. Smucker's facility lacks energy control procedures in federal investigation of employee's amputation injury
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA investigation results in more than a dozen serious violations for Houston commercial furniture manufacturer after machine crushes worker
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules meeting of Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health; requests nominations for membership
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Ohio vehicle parts manufacturer for failing to protect its workers from machine hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds Mississippi sawmill's safety failures led to worker's death
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites paper product manufacturer for lacking safety procedures after worker suffers amputation; proposes $68K in penalties
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA delays enforcement of anti-retaliation provisions of injury and illness tracking rule until December 1
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA inspectors responding to report of workers sickened by carbon monoxide, finds dangerous asbestos exposure, other hazards at nursing home renovation
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Temporary workers rigging steel at Columbus building site at risk of 6-story falls as employers failed to provide fall protection, training
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA releases updated recommended practices to encourage workplace safety and health programs
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites South Florida tree trimming service in worker's fatal electrocution
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Framing contractor continues to expose workers to fall and other safety hazards; OSHA proposes nearly $360K in penalties
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - Philadelphia contractor exposes workers to fall hazards again, this time at a South Jersey construction worksite
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Pennsylvania masonry company agrees to pay $135K in back wages, damages to terminated plant manager following OSHA whistleblower investigation
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines Louisiana chemical manufacturer more than $92K after inspection finds 9 serious violations at Westlake facility
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA issues final rule establishing procedures for handling retaliation complaints under the Affordable Care Act
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA investigation at Bucks County housing development marks 6th time Georgia-based roofing contractor cited for exposing workers to fall hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Omega Demolition Corp. after worker fatally crushed by 40-ton beam on I-90 bridge construction project in Des Plaines
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - As fall's harvest arrives, OSHA urges grain-handling industry to be vigilant to stem a tide of recent tragedies, and near disasters
  • - OSHA Trade Release - Secretary of Labor renews charter of National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA urges storm recovery workers, public to be vigilant, aware of hazards in aftermath of Hurricane Matthew
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA's whistleblower complaint against automotive supplier resolved
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Illinois plumbing contractor ignores OSHA, returns to job site next day and continues exposing workers to dangers of trench collapse
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA proposes to amend respiratory protection standard to add two additional fit-testing protocols
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Syracuse roofing contractor again exposes workers to fall hazards: OSHA
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - New Jersey steel can manufacturer exposes workers to noise hazards, potentially permanent hearing loss at Parsippany facility
  • - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - Iowa postal facility exposes workers to mold, electrical hazards from unrepaired water leak
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - New Jersey aluminum company continues to expose employees to machine hazards - resulting in worker injuries, amputations
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Greater employer, worker vigilance needed as OSHA opens 36 fatality investigations statewide since Jan. 1, 2016
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites US Postal Service after two Des Moines workers suffer heat illness while delivering the mail
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA proposes rule to improve provisions in its standards
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds workers exposed to hazardous chemicals, compressed gas and falls at discount tire retailer
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - Bergen County framing contractor faces $222K in fines after failing to provide proper protection, exposing employees to 20-foot falls at work site
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Georgia textile, plastic recycler continues to expose workers to serious OSHA workplace hazards; faces nearly $318K in fines for repeated, serious violations
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Wisconsin contractor for ignoring dangers of trench collapse
  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - Excavation contractor's failure to protect workers led to trench collapse that killed two workers, badly hurt a third in Boise
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA investigations find New Jersey contractor failing to provide fall protection for employees at 4 Lehigh Valley worksites

September 2016

  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Stavis Seafoods Inc. for 20 serious violations following March ammonia leak in which employee died
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines Houston machinery rebuilder more than $155K for continuing to expose workers to amputation, other hazards
  • - Region 1 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA: Tire explosion which severely injured employee at Woburn truck sales and repair facility 'preventable'
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Worker's first day on the job leads to severe injury, prompts OSHA investigation at construction site in Bay Harbor Island, Florida
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Florida roofing contractor exposes workers to dangerous fall, other hazards at Jacksonville work site; OSHA proposes more than $212K in penalties
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Wisconsin military explosives manufacturer faces nearly $143K in OSHA penalties for exposing workers to lead and other hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA, Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Trust renew alliance to train Chicago area electricians, protect them from job hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA, Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association alliance aims to reduce employee exposure to hazards associated with animal handling
  • - Region 8 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines roofer, home service contractor more than $61K for ignoring fall risk to workers at Colorado Springs work site
  • - Region 1 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA: Methuen cave-in "could have been prevented"
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Global meat-casing manufacturer continues to expose workers to unsafe conditions at Illinois plant, OSHA says
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Landscaping company cited after 23-year-old worker succumbs to fatal heat stroke in 110-degree weather
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA, Turner Construction forge partnership to train, protect construction workers on CH2 Data Center in Northlake, Illinois
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Koch Foods of Mississippi after severe worker injuries
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA again finds Dollar General jeopardizing worker, customer safety
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Investigating grease fire at maintenance facility, OSHA finds US Postal facility failed to maintain working fire extinguishers
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Despite 40 prior violations at West Virginia sawmill, OSHA finds 27 more hazards in recent inspection; $214K in fines proposed
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA issues final rule establishing procedures for handling retaliation complaints under the Seaman's Protection Act
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to hold two meetings of National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health OSH Professionals Pipeline Work Group
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA issues new guidance on settlement approval in whistleblower cases
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA, Permian Basin STEPS Network renew alliance to support improved safety culture for Texas' oil and gas workers
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA investigation reveals Paterson construction company exposed employees to electrical, fall, safety hazards during rehab work at Belleville site
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - OSHA fines Pennsylvania chicken processing company $317K for exposing workers to health and safety hazards following employee amputation
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Reading home for youth in crisis for failing to protect workers from assaults
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Roofing contractor willfully exposes workers to dangerous fall hazards at two Northern Florida work sites; OSHA proposes nearly $200K in fines
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds cargo-handling company continues to expose O'Hare workers to forklift, electrical hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Labor Department awards $10.5M in workplace safety and health training grants to 77 organizations to help high-risk workers, employers
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Auto parts manufacturer, staffing agency continue to expose workers to fall, amputation, electrocution hazards at Georgia facility
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - A-Brite Plating allows workers to continue to climb atop acid tanks despite employee's third-degree burns after fall
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Ohio contractor exposes roofing workers at residential job site in Strasburg to dangerous fall hazards, faces $94K in federal fines
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Cooperative Producer's Hayland facility after investigation of elevator superintendent's death in soybean bin
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA requests information on its safety standards addressing falls in shipyards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA's investigation of life-altering injury at General Aluminum Mfg. finds Ohio foundry continues to expose workers to machine hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites TimkenSteel's Canton, Ohio, plant after worker dies from nitrogen exposure
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA again finds Dollar General jeopardizing worker, customer safety
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites food supplier after worker suffers amputation from unguarded machinery; proposes $76K in penalties
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA's investigation of lathe operator's fatal injuries finds machine guards were bypassed at Wisconsin machining facility
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Illinois contractor for again ignoring dangers of trench collapse
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA again finds Indiana framing contractor failing to protect workers from dangerous fall hazards; proposes $44K in penalties
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - More than $121K in OSHA fines proposed for construction companies that exposed workers to trench cave-in hazards at Austin project
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department urges storm recovery workers and public to be vigilant, aware of hazards during storm cleanup
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA, Health Canada update plan to align labelling and classification requirements for hazardous workplace chemicals
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA appoints new director for its construction directorate
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Connecticut diagnostic laboratory for inadequately protecting its employees against chemical hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Syracuse auto parts manufacturer fails to correct electrical, crushing and respiratory hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Florida contractor again for allowing dangerous fall hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - North Florida roofing contractor continues to expose workers to dangerous fall hazards; faces $128K in penalties
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA renews alliances with Mexican Consulates aimed at safety for construction workers in South Texas
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA, Workers Defense Project renew alliance to promote worker safety and health for construction workers in Austin

August 2016

  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules meeting of the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Homebuilder, Florida contractor expose workers to dangerous falls, other hazards at Ocala job site; OSHA proposes $107K in fines
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA urges Louisiana flood recovery workers, volunteers to be vigilant, aware of hazards during cleanup
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health schedules final meeting of the Emergency Response and Preparedness Subcommittee
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA seeks nominations for membership to the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Plastic manufacturer fails to report employee's hospitalization to OSHA
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - National Manufacturing Co. exposes workers to chemical hazards, workplace safety dangers at North Jersey facility
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - USPS faces $111K in fines after OSHA inspection again finds workplace safety hazards at Silver Spring facility
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Illinois contractor continues callous disregard for employees, exposes roofers to fall hazards for 19th time since 2006
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Orange County fire extinguisher service company after two workers suffer severe injuries in tank explosion
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Amputation at Tyson Foods exposes chemical, fall, fire hazards at Texas plant
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - OSHA pilots new, expedited whistleblower review process
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Clifton company again exposes employees to life-threatening falls at a Bergen County work site, proposes $79K in fines
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds Illinois trailer manufacturer continues to expose workers to risk of injuries from machine, welding hazards
  • - Region 1 OSHA Regional News Brief - Warnings ignored, Dorchester roofing contractor repeatedly exposed employees to life-threatening fall hazards at Haverhill church
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Pennsylvania feed mill ignored previously identified severe combustible dust, grain-handling hazards, while dangers remain
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Scranton contractor continues to expose employees to serious, potentially fatal fall hazards at Yardley worksite
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds New Jersey rifle manufacturer deemed a 'severe violator' in 2012 continues to expose workers to noise hazards at Bayonne facility
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds US Steel again exposed workers to asbestos hazards at Pittsburgh coke production facility, fines company $170K
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds US Postal facility exposed workers to asbestos hazards; agency proposes more than $49K in fines
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Colorado residents should avoid unsafe, uninsured 'storm chasers' or risk further damage, injury liability, fatality lawsuits
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines South Jersey chemical facility $115K for exposing workers to flammable gas, other hazards; finds 3 repeat, 8 serious violations
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Tubing manufacturer's fall, electric shock, unguarded equipment and other safety hazards yield nearly $197K in proposed fines
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Wisconsin foundry employees at risk for permanent hearing loss, respiratory illness, other dangers from exposure to noise, silica
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Maintenance technician crushed fatally when 4,000 pound machine part unintentionally moves during repairs at Warrensburg foundry
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Employees of Schenectady remediation contractor 'needlessly sickened' when their employer exposes them to mercury poisoning
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds Ohio metal coating plant continues to expose workers to risk of injuries, illnesses from acid, chemical, machine hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Ohio metal coating plant continues to expose workers to risk of injuries, illnesses from acid, chemical, machine hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Osceola US Postal facility exposed workers to electrical, chemical hazards; proposes $44K in fines
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA kicks off 'Hear and Now - Noise Safety Challenge'
  • - Region 1 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Rohm-Haas Electronics Material for exposing employees to fire, explosion hazards; finds 11 workplace safety violations
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Two OSHA inspectors find North Jersey company exposes workers to more than two dozen serious crane, chemical hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds lack of adequate machine guarding after worker has three fingers crushed at Chicago steel drum manufacturer
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds workers exposed to falls, electric shock, other hazards at pre-cast concrete structure manufacturer following complaint, injury
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines mobile home trailer axle manufacturer, recycler for exposing workers to amputations
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines utility contractor $46K in fatal March 2016 crane failure at highway construction project in Arkansas' Hope County
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Worker's death leads OSHA to fine Nucor-Yamato Steel for poor loading operations at Arkansas steel mill
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Name change or not, Nebraska builder continues his callous disregard for protecting workers from falls, the leading cause of construction worker's deaths
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Missouri machine shop after welder electrocuted, dies
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds hazards at two Kansas Dollar General stores; retailer cited for more than 100 safety violations at its stores nationwide
  • - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Tyson employees exposed to occupational noise, other hazards at two Holcomb, Kansas, facilities
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - OSHA fines Lamoure grain company $104K for violations after worker caught in sweep auger, injured
  • - Region 8 OSHA Regional News Brief - Roofing company did not provide adequate fall protection to worker who died after 33-foot fall at Watertown Community Center project
  • - OSHA National News Release - Wisconsin shipyard faces nearly $1.4M in OSHA penalties for exposing workers to lead, and other hazards while retrofitting vessel
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites prop, furniture manufacturer for exposing workers to chemical; other safety, health hazards at Rahway warehouse
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Bradley, West Virginia, logging company for exposing workers to multiple hazards while felling trees at Raleigh County work site
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites feed mill, contractors after dust explosion kills 1, injures 5
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Georgia Swifty Car Wash after worker suffers amputation
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Mississippi contractor exposes workers at Mobile apartment complex to dangerous falls; OSHA proposes $42K in penalties
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Worker falls 22 feet to death, 4 months after OSHA cites employer for failing to protect workers on the same job site
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines KWS Manufacturing Co. for repeat, serious violations
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Houston tortilla factory faces $106K in federal penalties for exposing employees to amputation, machine, fall and extreme heat hazards

July 2016

  • - Region 1 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Connecticut gauge manufacturer exposing workers to amputation, crushing and electrical hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Two Queens contractors expose employees to fall, fire and electrical hazards at Chinatown construction site, OSHA finds
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Great Southern Peanut for combustible dust, improper machine guarding and other safety, health hazards; proposes more than $110K in fines
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds Chicago-area electroplating company continues to expose workers to dangerous machine hazards, allow other safety hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA identifies 21 serious violations after inspection of San Antonio specialty foods producer; proposes $104K in fines
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Houston contractor found violating serious trench hazards for sixth time in 10 years; faces $124K in OSHA penalties
  • - Region 10 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA, US Forest Service sign alliance to promote workplace safety and health in Pacific Northwest
  • - Region 1 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Windsor adhesive tape manufacturer exposed workers to widespread electrical, fire, chemical hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Pilgrim's Pride for medical mismanagement, fall, machine guarding and other safety, health hazards; proposes $78K in fines
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Inspection finds Ohio stone fabricator again exposes workers to harmful noise, respiratory dangers at stone-cutting yard
  • - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites grain handling, processor for exposing workers to grain, noise, fall hazards at Nebraska site
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA, Wage and Hour Division enter alliance with NYS Workers' Compensation Board to better protect workers
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA: Auto parts manufacturer continues to expose workers to amputation, crushing and other serious machine hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Workplace safety inspection finds Georgia's Chaparral Boats exposing employees to serious hazards; OSHA proposes $47K in fines
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Corpus Christi Steam methane reformer plant for willful, serious violations for safety failures that exposed workers to health dangers
  • - Region 1 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites East Hartford mattress recycler for uncorrected, new and recurring hazards for workers
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Macy's, The Finish Line for blocked exits, electrical shock hazards and other safety violations; retailers face more than $103K in fines
  • - Region 8 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA issues 1 repeat, 10 serious citations to Colorado steel mill after inspection in agency's effort to prevent amputations
  • - Region 1 OSHA Regional News Brief - Andover contractor exposes employees to cave-in hazards in Stoneham
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Newark metal treatment company faces $87K penalty for exposing workers to fall, chemical, electrical, and compressed gas hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds lack of machine safety guarding after worker suffers fracture of three fingers at Ohio metal alloy manufacturer
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA delays effective date for enforcing employees' rights to report workplace injuries, illnesses
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Despite fire in 2015, Warren County manufacturer fails to correct combustible dust hazard, allows recurring fire, explosion and fall hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - OSHA calls on greater Philadelphia construction companies to act now to prevent worker falls after five tragic incidents in one month
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Nation's leading pallet company agrees to pay fired worker $105K, resolving US Labor Department lawsuit
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Oil and gas equipment manufacturer, local staffing company face $120K in fines after OSHA finds a combined 34 safety violations
  • - Region 8 OSHA Regional News Brief - Denver stone distributor cited by OSHA for willful, repeat, serious violations after more than 3 tons of granite fall on, kill warehouse worker
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Tonawanda Coke for repeat, serious safety violations after employee dies while servicing operating coal elevator
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Amerway for again overexposing employees to lead hazards at Altoona manufacturing facility; failing to provide respiratory protection
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Emergency medical service provider fails to protect employees from risks of bloodborne pathogens
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - Judge upholds OSHA citations and $249k in penalties against New York contractor for scaffold hazards at Manhattan hotel construction site
  • - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds multiple hazards at Missouri auto parts manufacturing facility
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Federal inspectors cite national pediatric health care provider for failing to protect home care workers from physical, sexual assault
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA investigation finds two Lakemoor Dental locations failed to protect employees from risks of bloodborne pathogens
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines landscaping products manufacturer $66K for repeat, serious violations after complaints of unsafe working conditions
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA, Chippewa Valley Technical College renew alliance to train and protect workers from job hazards

June 2016

  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces new rules to adjust civil penalty amounts
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health schedules fifth meeting of the Emergency Response and Preparedness Subcommittee
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites food manufacturer after worker dies after 24-foot fall at the company's Jersey City warehouse
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA orders Dearborn Heights School District to pay $193K to employee punished for warning of asbestos exposures at city school
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines underground utility contractor $52K for exposing workers to repeat, serious excavation hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines Johns Manville after employee suffers hand amputation
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA reminds employers to protect workers from dangers of handling fireworks
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Ohio auto parts manufacturer faces $3.42M in fines after OSHA finds company willfully exposed temporary workers to machine hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Waupaca company lacked proper precautions for using sulfur dioxide at its foundry core manufacturing, metal coating facility
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds workers exposed to amputation dangers at San Angelo woodworking manufacturer; company, staffing agency fined $63K
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - OSHA orders tour bus operator's former owner to pay $11K for retaliating after employee refused to drive unsafe bus
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - OSHA deploying assets to flood impacted West Virginia counties to ensure safety and health of workers, general public involved in cleanup efforts
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cita a contratista de albañilería en Georgia por exponer a sus trabajadores a riesgos de caídas peligrosas de andamios en 7 de 7 inspecciones
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Georgia masonry contractor for exposing workers on scaffolding to dangerous fall risks in 7 out of 7 inspections
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Despite extensive violation history, OSHA finds Dollar General continues to expose workers to safety hazards at Shamokin, Pennsylvania, store
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA announces Safety Stand-Down at worksites throughout Southeast to emphasize response to, prevention of heat-related illnesses, injuries
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Inspection finds Ohio foundry continues to expose workers to hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Towing parts manufacturer continues to expose workers to machine, electrical hazards at Mentor manufacturing facility
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA issues willful, serious citations for MillerCoors Fort Worth brewery
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - More than $50K in OSHA fines for Fort Worth steel fabricator
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Union City contractor allowed dangerous hazards that led to worker's fatal fall while removing siding at Bayonne home
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Employees exposed to widespread, potentially fatal electrical, fall hazards at Williamsburg building site
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Non-GMO food additive manufacturer faces $180K in fines after explosion, fire injures 4 workers at Ohio facility
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds absence of proper safety guards led two workers to suffer amputation injuries at Piedmont food manufacturer
  • - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds cold storage company lacked proper procedures for use of potentially dangerous ammonia
  • - Region 8 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines grain elevator company for willfully, repeatedly exposing workers to potentially fatal grain engulfment hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Wegmans Food Market's Rochester bakery for repeat safety violations after operating conveyor injures employee's arm
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Chautauqua County manufacturer fails to correct fall hazard, allows recurring electrical hazard; faces OSHA fines of $87K
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Follow-up OSHA inspection finds workplace safety problems persist at Georgia pipe fabricator; nearly $76K in fines proposed
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules meeting to discuss protecting workers performing tree care operations
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA holds training event to help improve federal worker safety and health
  • - Region 9 OSHA News Release - OSHA orders safety upgrades after 7-ton buoy hits, kills 2 workers and injures 2 others at Pearl Harbor naval facility
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA attributes worker fatality, injury at Kroger distribution center to a failure to inspect, recognize visible hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA attributes worker fatality, injury at Kroger distribution center to a failure to inspect, recognize visible hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA attributes worker fatality, injury at Kroger distribution center to a failure to inspect, recognize visible hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA attributes worker fatality, injury at Kroger distribution center to a failure to inspect, recognize visible hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA attributes worker fatality, injury at Kroger distribution center to a failure to inspect, recognize visible hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA attributes worker fatality, injury at Kroger distribution center to a failure to inspect, recognize visible hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - La OSHA atribuye la muerte de un trabajador y una lesión en el centro de distribución de Kroger a una omisión a la inspección y el reconocimiento de peligros visibles
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA attributes worker fatality, injury at Kroger distribution center to a failure to inspect, recognize visible hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA attributes worker fatality, injury at Kroger distribution center to a failure to inspect, recognize visible hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA follow-up inspection finds Ohio sign manufacturer continues to expose workers to respiratory, chemical hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA reminds Texas employers to protect workers from heat illness
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Worker loses four-fingers after hand caught in unguarded machine at Baldwin, Illinois, power generation plant
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Town City Construction again allows roofers to work without safety harnesses; ignores violations, fines; endangers employees six times in six years
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Five companies face OSHA violations, $115K in fines after federal inspectors observe multiple safety hazards at Lincoln construction site
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds flammable chemicals caused fire hazards, unguarded machine amputated worker's fingertip at PhytogenX
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Worker suffers serious injury after arm caught in machine at Bellefontaine, Ohio, rubber-hose manufacturing plant
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds multiple hazards after worker suffers amputation injury at Cleveland manufacturer
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Ohio metal stamping facility faces more than $45K in federal fines for exposing workers to noise hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Nebraska construction companies after 61-year-old plumber dies, co-worker injured in Alliance trench collapse
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Worker's fall reveals OSHA violations by roofing contractor
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Federal safety inspectors investigating hospitalized worker's fall find co-worker atop building's roof in potentially fatal danger
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor sues two Houston companies that illegally fired employees who told OSHA of workplace safety concerns
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Labor Department, Ashley Furniture reach comprehensive settlement
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Trucking company fired driver for refusing to violate safety regulations
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - Clifton scrap recycler faces $121K in fines after OSHA finds 16 safety, health violations in car-crushing operation
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites two excavation contractors for exposing workers to trench cave-in hazards at a Tallahassee job site
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - West Allis iron foundry exposes workers to silica, machine hazards
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - OSHA fines window restoration company $40K for lead, other hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Auto reconditioning company failed to protect workers from toxic compounds, other safety and health hazards at Manheim facility
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department urges storm recovery workers and public to be vigilant, aware of hazards during storm cleanup
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Aqua Ohio in trench collapse that led to the death of a 28-year-old employee of the water and sewer utility
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Barney's Police Supply firing range workers exposed to lead respiratory hazards, OSHA investigators find
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Roofing contractor again fails federal safety inspection, putting workers at risk of dangerous, deadly falls at Florida work site; faces $108,500 in penalties
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Pennsylvania stucco contractor cited by OSHA for again exposing employees to scaffolding dangers at Bear, Delaware, work site
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites boat manufacturer for fire, explosion and electric shock hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Des Moines postal sorting facility failed to train workers in emergency plans, blocked exits and routes, had inoperable fire doors
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - OSHA fines leading rail equipment manufacturer $105K for exposing workers to several cancer-causing chemicals, other hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Prompted by severe workplace injury, OSHA investigation at Georgia nursery reveals deadly workplace hazards; nearly $47K in fines proposed

May 2016

  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Tower painting contractor sees fines more than double after contesting OSHA violations in 2012 worker fatality
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - Paterson commercial launderer cited for exposing workers to carbon monoxide danger, other safety and health hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Workers exposed to chemical hazards, other safety and health dangers at Bethlehem global flavor, fragrance manufacturer
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Despite fatal fall in 2011, San Antonio steel erection company continues to expose workers to potentially deadly fall hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Whistleblower-Severe Violator pilot program further protects workers who report violations of law, safety and health in Kansas City region
  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Idaho potato processor for major safety and health violations
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Repeat safety and health violator US Chutes Inc. fails to correct hazards, 'needlessly places its workers at risk' of illness, injury
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules meeting of National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Obstructed emergency exits at two New Rochelle CVS stores: OSHA
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Ohio gun shop's lead, respiratory hazards endanger workers
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Worker loses part of finger in unguarded machine at bearing manufacturer
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Cambridge candy manufacturer, Boston staffing agency, cited by OSHA after temporary employee loses part of finger while operating machine
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - South Florida roofing contractor continues to expose workers to dangerous falls and other safety hazards; OSHA proposes nearly $54K in fines
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds lack of proper 'work zone' in plumber's death as he repaired leak under Philadelphia's 63rd Street
  • - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Midwest Grain and Barge Co. for exposing workers to grain-handling hazards at Missouri site
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines 2 Pennsylvania contractors more than $236K for again exposing employees to serious workplace dangers
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Jefferson County metal manufacturer cited for 27 serious violations in federal workplace safety inspection, faces $47K in fines
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Pier 1 Imports endangers workers again with blocked exits, stacked boxes
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds safety failures allowed machine to sever 30-year-old worker's three fingertips at Nature's Path subsidiary in Wisconsin
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA orders Polar Service Centers to pay $190K in back wages, damages to safety manager demoted for reporting potential DOT violation
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - Passaic distribution warehouse fined $112K for two dozen safety violations
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Alabama pallet manufacturer putting workers at risk of machinery, electrical and other hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Marion County contractor ignores fall, electrocution hazards, putting workers in serious, potentially fatal danger at Fairmount work site
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Workplace amputation at a Georgia furniture manufacturer prompts OSHA investigation that uncovers amputation, other safety hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Excavation company ignores serious dangers again, leaves workers unprotected in underground trench to remove Naperville sewer line
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds refrigeration warehouse lacked proper procedures for handling ammonia
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Lack of emergency training at Houston coffee roaster cited by OSHA in deadly gas release that asphyxiated shift supervisor
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites McAllen telecommunications company for safety failures that exposed workers to various dangers
  • - OSHA National News Release - OSHA's final rule to 'nudge' employers to prevent workplace injuries, illnesses
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Lehigh County indoor shooting range faces $135K in fines for exposing workers to willful lead, noise hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Ohio ethanol production facility faces $149K in fines after inspectors find 30 safety, health violations at Coshocton facility
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Lima wood pallet recycling facility exposes workers to hearing loss, electrical and amputation hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Complaint leads OSHA to cite Fort Worth steel fabricator with 11 violations
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Utility, paving contractor again willfully exposes workers to dangers of unprotected work in underground trenches at Harris County project site
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Labor Department announces availability of $4.6M in Susan Harwood safety and health training grants
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Ammonia leak, alarm failure at Taunton food products distribution center highlights potentially deadly chemical hazard
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Plastics manufacturer exposes employees to amputation, other hazards; OSHA proposes $54K in fines after federal safety and health inspection
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA, Fehr's Metal Building Construction sign alliance to promote worker safety and health for construction workers in Lubbock
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - CSX Transportation Inc. retaliated against employee at Selkirk, New York facility who reported safety concerns, OSHA investigation finds
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Brooklyn manufacturer faces $105k in fines after OSHA finds dangerous lead, noise and chemical hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - Elizabeth contractor again exposes workers to dangerous risk of falls, OSHA finds at downtown Jersey City build site
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Excavation company again exposes workers to the dangers of trench cave-ins while installing water line at Chicago home
  • - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites The Scoular Company for exposing workers to grain dust, fall hazards at Kansas site
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - US Postal Service continues to expose workers at Virginia center to powered industrial equipment hazards; faces $120K in fines
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Insulation manufacturer exposed workers to combustible dust, other safety hazards at Wilkes-Barre plant; OSHA proposes $66K penalty
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds absence of proper safety guards led to amputation of 21-year-old worker's six fingers at South Elgin metal manufacturer
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds lack of machine safety procedures led to amputation of 23-year-old worker's three finger tips at Wisconsin cardboard manufacturer
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Worker's fall from Newton rooftop could have been prevented: OSHA
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Mansfield employer exposes workers to machine, electrical hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - Construction industry employers, workers to emphasize safety in 2016 National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls, May 2-6
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Georgia Power, wiring subcontractor after arc flash severely burns worker at the Plant Bowen facility; proposes $122K in fines
  • - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites residential facility for exposing employees to workplace violence

April 2016

  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health schedules fourth meeting of the Emergency Response and Preparedness Subcommittee
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Contractor's serial disregard of fall dangers underscores the necessity for National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction, May 2-6
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Worker loses part of finger in unguarded machine at Kansas battery manufacturer; OSHA finds multiple machine, electrical hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Irvington convenience store, where employee was killed in October 2015 robbery, for lack of employee safety protections
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Republic Steel exposing workers to fall, machine hazards at Ohio steel mill despite 2014 federal safety agreement
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Allentown manufacturer willfully exposed workers to amputation hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Wisconsin paper mill after worker injured fatally while servicing operating conveyor belt
  • - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds chemical manufacturer lacked proper procedures
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - North Florida contractor continues to expose roofing workers to dangerous falls, other safety hazards; OSHA proposes nearly $77K in penalties
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - North Florida contractor continues to expose roofing workers to dangerous falls, other safety hazards; OSHA proposes nearly $77K in penalties
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Findlay auto parts manufacturer again exposes workers to machine hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites machine hazards at GE Circleville Lamp Plant
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds tank manufacturing facility failed to fix discrepancies, continues to expose workers to respiratory cancer risk, other hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Premier Roofing, sub-contractor defied OSHA fall hazard warnings twice in three days; exposed roofers to three-story falls
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites general and subcontractor in Florida for exposing workers to dangers of trench cave-ins; proposes more than $114K in fines
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites world's largest sauerkraut cannery after worker falls into vat
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites 4 companies after worker suffers fatal injuries while testing pipe joints at Springfield waste-water treatment facility
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Two Bismarck companies cited after 22-year-old seriously injured in fall
  • - Region 8 OSHA Regional News Brief - Premier Roofing, sub-contractor defied OSHA fall hazard warnings twice in three days; exposed roofers to three-story falls
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA issues final rule establishing procedures for handling retaliation complaints under the Food Safety Modernization Act
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Elgin roofing contractor continues to risk workers' safety
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds Cooper Hospital exposed employees to needle-stick injuries, bloodborne pathogen hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA inspection finds Mississippi Dollar General store continues to expose workers to safety hazards despite recent citations, penalties
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA levies $80K in fines for Quick Roofing for repeatedly exposing Conroe, Texas, workers to falls, ladder hazards, eye injuries
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Five times in one year, Jasper Contractors expose workers to dangerous falls, other workplace violations
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Struck-by, amputation hazards to Houston workers lead OSHA to levy $172K in fines against Alfa Laval, global manufacturer
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines humanitarian relief company in Lubbock after amputation
  • - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds dozen violations at Becton, Dickinson and Co. in Holdrege after two workers suffer finger amputations
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Dauphin County plumbing, heating worker hospitalized after trench cave-in
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Painting contractor willfully exposed workers to lead on Danville worksite
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Iowa postal distribution center exposes workers to forklift injuries
  • - Region 10 OSHA News Release - OSHA clarifies maritime offshore reporting requirements
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Blocked emergency exit, improperly stored stock pose hazards for Guess? store employees at Foxwoods Casino
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA fines Louisiana food manufacturer $124K for chemical, electrical and other hazards after evacuation sends workers to hospital
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Berlin Builders faces $385K in OSHA fines for continually ignoring life-threatening dangers at Pennsylvania and Delaware sites
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Contractor continues to expose workers to serious fall hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Safety Stand-Down puts the brakes on injuries at Georgia road sites
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites residential contractor for exposing workers to dangerous falls, other hazards; proposes $140K in fines
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Georgia automotive parts manufacturer after flash fire severely burns maintenance technician
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - 31-year-old worker died from exposure to manure gas, OSHA finds
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA places D&D Manufacturing in Severe Violator Enforcement Program after numerous machine hazards found at Illinois metal stamping facility
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA fines Little Rock contractor $41K for endangering brick workers on scaffolds at Hot Springs worksite
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA fines New Orleans tank cleaner $226K for willful, repeat violations after worker death, injuries while they cleaned rail tanker
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Trench collapse, injuries to Schenectady contractor's employee at Albany County job site 'needless and avoidable': OSHA
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds workers at Ohio lawn and garden machine manufacturer exposed to excessive noise, lacked hearing protection; other hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Athens contractor after fall through skylight kills worker
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA seeks nominations for membership to the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee

March 2016

  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA, Shipbuilding Group form alliance to protect workers in shipyard employment
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Purina feed mill workers exposed to falls, grain dust and machine hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Russell Stover Candies after ammonia release shuts plant
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA renews partnership with National Electrical Contractors Association Central Ohio Chapter and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA fines nation's largest chicken producer $122K for failures in dangerous ammonia release at Waco plant
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department settlement: Anheuser-Busch of New Jersey agrees to enhance safety for workers at its Jersey City, Bronx distributorships
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA says food Rob Salamida Co. employee's serious injuries due to fumes in 3,000-gallon vinegar tank should never have happened
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Pennsylvania contractor cited by OSHA for ignoring trench dangers as excavation collapse kills 21-year-old worker in Butler County
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA levies $117K in fines for Houston nursery after worker injury
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA updates eye and face protection standards in final rule
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA will hold meeting of the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules special meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Settlement with US Labor Department commits developer to enhance safeguards for employees renovating Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds contractor exposed workers to danger of trench cave-in for four days at Meadville, Pennsylvania construction site
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Wood decor, floral supplier failed to prevent workers from exposure to hazardous chemicals at Glidden, Wisconsin company
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA, The Builders' Association renew 'Build Safe Partnership Program' to train, protect construction contractors from common workplace hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Wisconsin wood pellet manufacturer continues to ignore federal workplace safety warnings about amputation, fire dangers
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Machine safety guards might have prevented severing of worker's arm
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Labor Department announces final rule to improve U.S. workers' protection from the dangers of 'respirable' silica dust
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Labor Department announces final rule to improve U.S. workers' protection from the dangers of 'respirable' silica dust
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Labor Department announces final rule to improve U.S. workers' protection from the dangers of 'respirable' silica dust
  • - OSHA National News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. anuncia una regla definitiva para mejorar la proteccion de los trabajadores ante los peligros del polvo de silice cristalina respirable
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Labor Department announces final rule to improve U.S. workers' protection from the dangers of 'respirable' silica dust
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds roofing contractor's safety failures led to one worker's death, another's severe injuries at Florida job site
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA urges greater employers, worker vigilance toward safety after 4 Nebraska workers die of job-related injuries in March
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds water, sewer line contractor again willfully exposed workers to trench hazards at an excavation worksite
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Kroger butcher loses fingertip in unguarded band saw
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA issues 15 notices of violations to the Department of Veterans Affairs Central Arkansas Veterans Health System in Little Rock
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites McAllen company for safety failures that exposed workers, community to serious dangers of anhydrous ammonia
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites lack of training after logging worker’s tragic death
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines five companies more than $185K for not warning workers about asbestos, not providing protection and allowing other hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds Lancaster foundry exposed workers to excessively high levels of lead, cadmium and associated health risks
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds workers exposed to more than two dozen serious violations at West Virginia saw mill, including amputation, electrical hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites contractor twice in three months for exposing workers to dangers of trench cave-ins; proposes more than $64K in fines
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Alabama special effects pyrotechnics company after two explosions, 15 violations bring nearly $73K in penalties
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Worker's arm fractured when caught in machine at window manufacturer
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA, oil and gas industry leaders work together to raise, promote worker safety awareness to save lives in North Texas
  • - Region 8 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Montana company for exposing workers to respiratory hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - Over 10K severe worker injuries reported in first year of OSHA requirement
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA issues final rule on procedures for handling retaliation complaints under the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Georgia truck repair company exposes employees to falls, blocked exits and other workplace hazards; OSHA proposes $70K in penalties
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Residential framing company exposes workers to dangerous falls at Watersound residential community in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA emphasizes need to reduce illness, injury among Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri poultry processors
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA publishes interim final rule for handling retaliation complaints from workers in the automotive industry
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Safety, health hazards at Florida Walmart Supercenter violate corporate-wide safety agreement
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Ohio excavating company in Hillsboro trench collapse that caused 26-year-old worker's death
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Wisconsin grain handling facility exposes workers to engulfment dangers
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - With nearly 8 percent of Nebraska workers hurt on the job, OSHA focuses education, enforcement effort on meat processing industry
  • - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites cabinet maker for exposing workers to amputation, respiratory, chemical, electrical and other safety hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Arctic Glacier USA exposed employees to serious chemical, electrical and exit hazards at Hicksville, Long Island ice plant
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Lunda Construction again after death of 18-year-old apprentice at the Bong Bridge resurfacing project, 3rd fatality on Lunda site since 2012
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - A serial OSHA offender, Wisconsin contractor continues to risk workers' safety
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Ohio contractor continues to risk safety of siding installers
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA orders JP Morgan Chase Bank to reinstate fired operations manager who raised concerns about financial transactions' validity
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Recycling company faces $84K in fines after failing to correct previously cited workplace safety hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Berlin Builders continues to expose workers to life-threatening falls, other safety hazards at Southern New Jersey worksites
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Dollar General store in Georgia continues to ignore entrapment and fire hazards despite recent OSHA citations, penalties
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Alabama worker's injury at a Pilgrim's Pride Corp. processing plant brings OSHA citations, penalties for the poultry producer
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites marine construction company for exposing workers to three-story high fall hazards, other safety violations
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA is extending the public comment period on guidance for determining potential health hazards of chemicals
  • - Region 1 OSHA Regional News Brief - Lynn roofing contractor again exposes employees to fall, electrical hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA: Bergen County contractor willfully exposed workers to potential trench cave-in at Parsippany worksite
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA inspectors find prison workers at two West Virginia federal facilities still lack safety gloves to prevent sharps-related hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Popular DC hotel exposes employees to more than two dozen workplace safety, health hazards; faces $76K in fines
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites marine construction company for exposing workers to three-story high fall hazards, other safety violations
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department sues after Pennsylvania duct manufacturer fires two employees for identifying, documenting machine hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds wood floor designs used for concrete led to collapse, contractor's death at restaurant reconstruction project
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Worker suffers severe injury when hand is caught in machine at Ohio corrugated packaging company
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor sues Lear Corp., three managers who retaliated after employees raised safety concerns at Selma foam manufacturer
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Mega Construction continues to expose workers to dangerous fall hazards at Daphne, Alabama, subdivisions; OSHA proposes more than $92K in fines
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA, Waubonsee Community College sponsor worker safety, health conference on March 16, in Sugar Grove, Illinois
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds Jake Rieger Farms wrongfully terminated driver who refused to operate truck that violated Iowa law; owes $55K in wages, damages
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA investigation finds St. Marys' manufacturer willfully exposed employees to dangerous machine hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Morris County contractor created worker safety hazards that led to hangar collapse at Newark Liberty International Airport

February 2016

  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Worker's severe saw injury prompts OSHA investigation that uncovers more than a dozen safety hazards at Augusta meat processing plant
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites auto parts maker for forklift, machine hazards at Oregon, Ohio, plants after complaints of unsafe working conditions
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA continues focus on protecting workers from struck-by vehicle hazards at job sites in Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Sharpe Holdings in death of worker at Missouri dairy farm
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Employees at Connecticut steel foundry exposed to electrical, chemical, mechanical and fire hazards and lack of protective equipment
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Middlesex contractor exposed workers to fall hazards after investigation of roofer's death at Parsippany jobsite
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites employer for exposing Houston workers to amputation and fire hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA: Saratoga County campground exposed employees to electrical hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Lack of fall protection led to roofer's death in fall at Cincinnati work site
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Service technician hospitalized after toxic chemical exposure at Ohio hazardous waste incineration facility
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Sheboygan, Wisconsin, plastic manufacturer for not evaluating its hazardous chemical procedures
  • - Region 10 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA orders reinstatement, back wages and damages for Alaska pilot fired for raising safety concerns
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Fatal Taunton aerial lift tip over was 'preventable'
  • - Region 1 OSHA Regional News Brief - Connecticut aircraft engine repair station employees exposed to hexavalent chromium, fire hazards
  • - Region 1 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA administrative law judge rules that Connecticut contractor misclassified employees as independent contractors
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department sues Niagara Falls employer for firing employee who raised safety concerns at Buffalo demolition site
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Employees at Tecnofil Chenango SAC again exposed to hazards from unguarded machines at Sherburne plant
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - US Labor Department sues US Steel Corp., for retaliating against workers reporting workplace injuries
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Workers of four Florida contractors face dangerous fall hazards at Jacksonville job site, OSHA proposes nearly $145K in fines
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA renews alliance with the West Texas Safety Training Center to promote worker safety and health for oil & gas workers in Odessa, Texas
  • - Region 8 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Colorado homebuilder, roofing company for not providing workers with proper fall protection equipment
  • - OSHA Trade Release - Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez appoints 15 members to Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
  • - OSHA Trade Release - National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health to hold a special meeting
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Circus tent in fatal New Hampshire collapse not erected correctly
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Ephrata, Pennsylvania construction company exposed workers to falls from nearly two stories up, other hazards at Leola worksite
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Arkansas door manufacturer exposed workers to dangers from moving machine parts, risk of electrocution
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA allies with Amarillo chapter of Associated General Contractors Panhandle of Texas for construction worker safety
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Bryant University structural steel collapse 'needless and preventable'
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Oak Creek industrial laundry facility in worker's death
  • - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Martell, Nebraska, feed mill for grain handling hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - National Safety Stand-Down highlights importance of preventing falls, leading cause of worker death, serious injury in the construction industry
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA announces national safety "step-up" to protect workers at oil and gas exploration sites
  • - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department urges storm recovery workers and public to be vigilant and aware of hazards during storm cleanup
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Lack of training by company led to logging worker's tragic death
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Republic Wire after worker loses finger in unguarded machine
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to seek public comment on guidance for determining potential health hazards of chemicals
  • - OSHA Trade Release - New hazard alert from OSHA and NIOSH highlights dangers of tank gauging
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Case Farms for failing to report employee illness
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Three workers suffer amputation, serious injuries at Schwan food processing facility
  • - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Newark manufacturer put employees at-risk in its handling of dangerous chemicals
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Warren Railcar Services Inc. for exposing employees to more than two dozen safety and health hazards
  • - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Morris County contractor ignored municipal safety concern,willfully exposed workers to dangers of possible trench cave-in
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA renews partnership with Arkansas Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America Inc.
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules meeting of the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health in February
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA seeks nominations for membership to the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health schedules third meeting of the Emergency Response and Preparedness Subcommittee
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA and Crane, Hoist and Monorail Partners renew alliance to prevent worker exposures to electrical, falls, struck-by hazards
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA: Washington County contractor, Pittsburgh staffing agency failed to protect temporary workers from potential trench collapse
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Lancaster lawn care company cited for exposing workers to lawn mower safety hazards after employee has two toes amputated
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Delaware county roofing contractor continues to expose workers to fall hazards, most recently at Conshohocken site
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA certifies New Jersey occupational safety and health plan for state and local government workers
  • - Region 1 OSHA Regional News Brief - Stratford contractor again exposes employees to fall, scaffold hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Area builder exposes workers to dangerous fall hazards at two Chicago area job sites within a month
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Worker loses part of finger while clearing machine jam at Goodman, Wisconsin, wood veneer manufacturer
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites performing arts employer after 21-year-old worker was fatally injured from a pyrotechnics explosion at a musical venue in Canyon, Texas
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to hold public stakeholder meeting on its draft updated Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA extends public comment period for updated Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA, Industrial Truck Association renew alliance to reduce hazards associated with powered industrial trucks
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA seeks nominations for membership on the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Worker severely injured in 40-foot fall from crane at TimkenSteel
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Dollar General store endangers workers by blocking exit routes with trash
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA's regional emphasis focuses on reducing illness, injury at high-hazard manufacturing facilities in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri

January 2016

December 2015

  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - US Labor Department's OSHA urges recovery workers and public to safeguard themselves against hazards during flood and storm cleanup
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA urges recovery workers and public to safeguard themselves against hazards during flood and storm cleanup
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Alliance Laundry worker's hand crushed, finger amputated after catching in folding machine, company has repeatedly failed to safeguard machines
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites roofing contractor for exposing workers to fall hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - US Labor Department urges tornado recovery workers and public to be vigilant and aware of hazards during storm cleanup
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - US Labor Department urges tornado recovery workers and public to be vigilant and aware of hazards during storm cleanup
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - US Labor Department urges tornado recovery workers and public to be vigilant and aware of hazards during storm cleanup
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - US Labor Department urges tornado recovery workers and public to be vigilant and aware of hazards during storm cleanup
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - US Labor Department urges tornado recovery workers and public to be vigilant and aware of hazards during storm cleanup OSHA has several teams at affected areas providing compliance assistance
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites business for exposing immigrant workers with limited English skills to many hazards; company faces more than $366K in proposed penalties
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA, Federal Aviation Administration sign agreement on joint responsibilities for protecting airline workers from retaliation
  • - OSHA National News Release - Administrative court sets precedent, allowing request for enterprise-wide hazard abatement by employer to proceed to trial
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA, Independent Electrical Contractors renew alliance aimed at protecting construction workers from electrical hazards
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Administrative court sets precedent, allowing request for enterprise-wide hazard abatement by employer to proceed to trial
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Tarentum, Pennsylvania, manufacturer again cited for exposing employees to electrical, other safety hazards
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - WKL Roofing exposes workers to falls, other serious safety hazards at job site in Port Orange, Florida
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Lockhart Concrete after employees are observed working in unprotected trench
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Defective crane at Vidor, Texas, work site resulted in worker death
  • - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Havertown construction company with ‘severe violator’ owner fined $70K by OSHA for willfully exposing workers to falls up to 25 feet
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Area builder cited for dangerous fall hazards twice in a month
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Worker suffers fractured finger when hand becomes caught in unguarded machine at Berlin, Wisconsin, screen printing shop
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites roofing contractor for exposing workers to fall hazards
  • - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Springfield, Missouri, warehouse fails to report hospitalization of 3 workers injured when pallets of glass bottles collapse at packaging facility
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Milton, Pennsylvania, manufacturer cited for workplace safety and health hazards after employee sustains 2nd- and 3rd-degree burns
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Defective crane at Vidor, Texas, work site resulted in worker death
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA renews alliance to protect roadway construction workers
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Habitual workplace safety violator Force Corp. again exposes roofing workers to potentially fatal fall hazards
  • - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Forever 21 Retail Inc. agrees to correct hazards, pay $100K in penalties for safety violations at Westfarms Mall store in Farmington, Connecticut
  • - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Camden Park exposes employees to serious workplace safety hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Framing contractor cited by OSHA for failing to report hospitalizations and exposing workers to various hazards at a Fort Worth construction site
  • - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Worker's hand mutilated because his employer, Southern Fiber Inc., knowingly disregarded identified OSHA safety hazards
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Plaster workers made to work above two stories at two Ohio construction sites without guard rails or fall protection
  • - Region 5 OSHA News Release - 3 workers suffer amputation injuries at envelope printing facility, company continues to ignore machine safety procedures
  • - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Quality Ready Mix for repeatedly exposing workers to fall, machine hazards at Ohio cement plant
  • - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - Forklift operators exposed to 20-foot fall, trip hazards while working in low-light conditions at St. Louis warehouse
  • -