1. News Releases
  2. Region 6
  3. On this page - November 10, 2015 to October 11, 2018

OSHA News Releases – Region 6

2018

  • - 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
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites U.S. Postal Service For Repeat Safety Violations at Austin Facility
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Railcar Maintenance Company for Repeatedly Exposing Employees to Fire and Explosion Hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites El Paso Construction Company For Trenching and Excavation Safety Hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Texas Dollar Tree Store For Exposing Employees to Safety Hazards
  • - 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 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 - Corrected: U.S. Department of Labor Cites East Texas Countertop Company for Safety and Health Violations
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Court Orders Contractor to Pay $250,000 for Safety Violations Following Fatal Fall at Dallas Apartment Complex
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Renews Alliance to Help Prevent Construction Injuries and Illnesses in West Texas
  • - 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 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA Partners with McCarthy Building Companies To Protect Employees at Christus Spohn Hospital Project

2017

2016

  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines Texas feed manufacturer nearly $92K in fines for serious and repeat health and safety violations
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA emphasis program finds 22 violations at Texas feed manufacturer
  • - 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
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Texas reel manufacturer exposed workers to amputation, chemical hazards; company faces $107K in fines
  • - 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 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Arkansas steel wire company failed repeatedly to protect workers from amputation hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA focuses on reducing amputations suffered by Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas workers
  • - 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 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA investigation results in more than a dozen serious violations for Houston commercial furniture manufacturer after machine crushes worker
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines Louisiana chemical manufacturer more than $92K after inspection finds 9 serious violations at Westlake facility
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines Houston machinery rebuilder more than $155K for continuing to expose workers to amputation, other hazards
  • - 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 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 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
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA urges Louisiana flood recovery workers, volunteers to be vigilant, aware of hazards during cleanup
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Amputation at Tyson Foods exposes chemical, fall, fire hazards at Texas plant
  • - 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 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 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
  • - 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 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 - OSHA cites Corpus Christi Steam methane reformer plant for willful, serious violations for safety failures that exposed workers to health dangers
  • - 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 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines landscaping products manufacturer $66K for repeat, serious violations after complaints of unsafe working conditions
  • - 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
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds workers exposed to amputation dangers at San Angelo woodworking manufacturer; company, staffing agency fined $63K
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - More than $50K in OSHA fines for Fort Worth steel fabricator
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA issues willful, serious citations for MillerCoors Fort Worth brewery
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA reminds Texas employers to protect workers from heat illness
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor sues two Houston companies that illegally fired employees who told OSHA of workplace safety concerns
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Barney's Police Supply firing range workers exposed to lead respiratory hazards, OSHA investigators find
  • - 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 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
  • - 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
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Complaint leads OSHA to cite Fort Worth steel fabricator with 11 violations
  • - 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 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 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines humanitarian relief company in Lubbock after amputation
  • - 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 News Release - OSHA fines Louisiana food manufacturer $124K for chemical, electrical and other hazards after evacuation sends workers to hospital
  • - 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 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA fines nation's largest chicken producer $122K for failures in dangerous ammonia release at Waco plant
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA levies $117K in fines for Houston nursery after worker injury
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites McAllen company for safety failures that exposed workers, community to serious dangers of anhydrous ammonia
  • - 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 fines five companies more than $185K for not warning workers about asbestos, not providing protection and allowing other hazards
  • - 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 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites employer for exposing Houston workers to amputation and fire hazards
  • - 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 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA allies with Amarillo chapter of Associated General Contractors Panhandle of Texas for construction worker safety
  • - 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 renews partnership with Arkansas Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America Inc.
  • - 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
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites employer for exposing Katy, Texas workers to trenching 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 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites SB Framing Services after worker dies after falling from roof
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites SB Framing Services after worker dies after falling from roof
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Dollar General Corp. exposes employees to workplace safety and health hazards at store in Sherman, Texas

2015

  • - 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 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Defective crane at Vidor, Texas, work site resulted in worker death
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Defective crane at Vidor, Texas, work site resulted in worker death
  • - 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 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites San Antonio framing contractor after worker falls 35 feet to his death at Kyle, Texas, work site; employer continues to ignore hazards
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Two employers cited for exposing workers to cave-in hazards at an unprotected trench in Conroe, Texas; fines total $65,900
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Two employers cited for exposing workers to fall hazards after a worker falls to his death at a Conroe, Texas, construction site
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Baton Rouge, Louisiana, business in trench collapse that killed worker
  • - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Three commercial real estate renovators willfully expose workers to asbestos in San Antonio; fines total $112,000
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Furniture manufacturer, staffing agency expose workers to hazards twice in 14 months
  • - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Unguarded balcony, lack of fall protection cause death of Dallas construction worker, OSHA finds