OSHA News Releases – January 2016
January 2016
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Seitz Tech LLC exposes employees to electrical, fire hazards again
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites auto parts manufacturer for willfully exposing workers to amputations, other hazards at Alabama facility
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Green Bay packaging company for multiple safety hazards
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites employer for exposing Katy, Texas workers to trenching hazards
- - Region 8 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Colorado mattress spring manufacturer with willful, serious citations following worker injury at its Colorado Springs plant
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Employees of Terryville, Connecticut, manufacturer exposed to chemical, fire, other hazards
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Allenwood federal prison workers lack safety gloves to avoid punctures, infections from sharps
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Worker deglazing bathtub in public housing complex died of acute exposure to methylene chloride, a toxic chemical found in paint stripper
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Massachusetts roofing contractor again exposes workers to fall hazards A S General Construction Inc. faces $188K in OSHA fines for 16 violations
- - Region 1 OSHA Regional News Brief - Lake Compounce Theme Park employees exposed to chemical, fire, other hazards: OSHA
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Ohio manufacturer of fasteners exposes workers to amputation hazards
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Workplace hazards at Brownsville frozen seafood distributor leads to $155K in OSHA fines; company named 'severe violator'
- - Region 10 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Idaho plumbing company $24K for trenching violations in Twin Falls
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - New York trucking company fired driver for reporting truck safety concerns
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites SB Framing Services after worker dies after falling from roof
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Atlanta manufacturer of popular frozen foods takes quick action in response to OSHA discovery of continued safety violations
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Kansas grain cooperative for exposing workers to fall, grain dust hazards at Quinter location
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - South Jersey carpentry contractor continues exposing workers to safety hazards, most recently at Norristown work site
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Mississippi plastic manufacturer after severe worker injuries
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - US Labor Department urges storm recovery workers and public to be vigilant and aware of hazards during storm cleanup
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA reschedules public hearing on proposed rule on occupational exposure to beryllium
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to introduce more durable and secure outreach trainer and student cards
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Emphasis on logging safety finds more than a dozen willful, serious violations of worker safety standards at Clay, West Virginia, company
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Genpak facility in Hope Hull cited for exposing Alabama workers to dangerous hazards causing two serious injuries in two-month span
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Excavation company again exposes workers to the dangers of trench cave-ins at Middleton, Wisconsin sewer-line site
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Fall protection could have prevented 39-year-old worker's death
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Investigation finds negligent worker safety practices led to 40-foot fall that paralyzed Pennsylvania construction worker
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Amazon fulfillment center receives $7K fine, hazard alert letters after OSHA investigates workplace safety complaint
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Settlement with Massachusetts contractor seeks to prevent future deaths and honor memory of two workers killed in 2014 crane accident
- - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - Three Long Island, NY, workers inside recycling machinery seriously injured when power is unexpectedly turned on
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Amtech Southeast in Elmore, Alabama, continues to expose workers to fire and explosion hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Worker severely injured when hand becomes caught in unguarded machine at plastic manufacturer
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA renews alliance with Toledo Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee to train and protect workers on the job
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites SB Framing Services after worker dies after falling from roof
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Serial violator exposes employees to potentially fatal fall and other hazards at New Hampshire worksite
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Latite Roofing for repeatedly exposing workers to fall hazards
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Williamsport, Pennsylvania, bridge repair company named a 'severe violator' after fatal trench collapse at Eyers Grove work site
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Dollar General Corp. exposes employees to workplace safety and health hazards at store in Sherman, Texas