OSHA News Releases – Region 3

2025

2024

2023

  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Department of Labor reaches settlement agreement that affirms willful violations, $730K penalty against ‘severe violator’ Ohio roofing contractor
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Department of Labor renews regional program on high-level workplace noise to protect mid-Atlantic workers from permanent hearing loss
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Federal investigation finds RM Palmer did not evacuate West Reading candy plant before gas leak explosion fatally injured 7 workers
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Department of Labor cites Pennsylvania dumpster manufacturer for exposing workers to widespread safety, health hazards
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - 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
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Federal inspectors again find Pennsylvania contractor exposing employees to potentially deadly fall hazards, propose $328K in penalties
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Department of Labor settles whistleblower case against Delaware salvage yard that wrongly terminated employee for reporting safety concerns
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - 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
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Department of Labor finds Dollar General blocked emergency exits, allowed other safety hazards at 4 southern Pennsylvania stores
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Department of Labor, Shipbuilders Council of America renew alliance to promote safe, healthful workplaces in Mid-Atlantic shipyard industry
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Federal court issues consent judgment requiring Luzerne County manufacturer to pay former employee $13K in whistleblower case
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Federal investigation of teen worker’s fall from New Castle store roof finds Georgia contractor violated child labor, overtime, worker safety laws
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Department of Labor cites Lehigh Valley tree service company, owner for serious violations after 17-year-old worker suffers fatal injuries

2022

  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Philadelphia contractor’s history of exposing workers to deadly fall hazards continues, US Department of Labor proposes $269K in penalties
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Maryland contractor continues to expose workers to falls from elevation, construction’s deadliest hazard, this time at Pennsylvania worksite
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Department of Labor launches 5-year initiative in Mid-Atlantic states to reduce worker injuries, illnesses in warehousing, storage, distribution yards
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Federal inspection finds Dollar General store in Greencastle again exposes workers to safety hazards despite 2021 citations, penalties
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Department of Labor reaches settlement agreement with Ohio insulation contractor to resolve citations after fatal fall, workers’ injuries in 2020
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Federal investigation finds framing contractor willfully exposed workers to fall hazards at Luzerne, Pennsylvania, state salt storage stockpile
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Department of Labor cites metal buildings’ manufacturer for willfully exposing employees to amputation hazards following worker’s serious injury
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Worker suffers arm amputation from brick crushing machine with previously identified defect, employer failed to repair deficiency
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Federal inspection finds West Virginia brick manufacturer exposed workers to respirable crystalline silica hazards at Martinsburg plant
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Department of Labor secures $1M settlement with New Jersey aluminum foundry to resolve long-standing worker safety, health violations

2021

2020

2013

  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes nearly $460,000 in fines to Panthera Painting Inc. for exposing workers to lead, other safety and health hazards