OSHA News Releases – June 2021
June 2021
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA issues compliance directive for enforcing emergency temporary standard to protect healthcare workers from coronavirus
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Department of Labor finds Oaks Integrated Care failed to protect workers from coronavirus exposure at two New Jersey facilities
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor orders Lansing chemical manufacturer to reinstate whistleblower who questioned accounting practices
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - US Department of Labor cites grain facility for workplace safety failures following dust explosion that severely injured worker
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Department of Labor sues Pennsylvania manufacturing company, owner for firing employee in retaliation for reporting safety concerns
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor cites Toccoa plastic recycler for violating safety standards after worker sustains fatal injuries from a fall
- - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - 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
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - OSHA cites Bronx contractor after 21-year-old laborer erecting scaffolding suffers deadly fall at Brooklyn building project
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - US Department of Labor cites Rhode Island medical practice, owner for exposing employees to coronavirus in North Providence, West Greenwich
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Inspección federal descubre que fabricante de tortillas de San Marcos expuso a sus trabajadores repetidamente a peligros de amputación
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Federal inspection finds San Marcos tortilla manufacturer repeatedly exposing workers to amputation dangers
- - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - US Department of Labor reminds North Dakota construction contractors that protecting workers from falls is a matter of life, death
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - OSHA initiative seeks to protect manufacturing workers in Midwest facilities from hazardous noise levels
- - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - 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
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - US Department of Labor cites pharma, biotech manufacturer for failing to protect workers from coronavirus at Monmouth County facility
- - OSHA News Release - Region - US Department of Labor cites Cambria grain facility for workplace safety failures following engulfment death of manager in corn silo
- - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - 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
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor partners with OHL North America construction company, University of South Florida to promote workplace safety
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Lack of hazardous energy control safeguards, unexpected steam release led to two workers’ deaths at Department of Veterans Affairs’ West Haven campus
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Fort Myers behavioral healthcare center agrees to revamp its workplace violence prevention program after OSHA investigation of five incidents