OSHA News Releases – Region 7
2016
- - 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 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Nebraska construction companies after 61-year-old plumber dies, co-worker injured in Alliance trench collapse
- - 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 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 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Midwest Grain and Barge Co. for exposing workers to grain-handling hazards at Missouri site
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites The Scoular Company for exposing workers to grain dust, fall hazards at Kansas site
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites residential facility for exposing employees to workplace violence
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Worker loses part of finger in unguarded machine at Kansas battery manufacturer; OSHA finds multiple machine, electrical hazards
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds chemical manufacturer lacked proper procedures
- - 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 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds dozen violations at Becton, Dickinson and Co. in Holdrege after two workers suffer finger amputations
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Iowa postal distribution center exposes workers to forklift injuries
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Russell Stover Candies after ammonia release shuts plant
- - 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 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA emphasizes need to reduce illness, injury among Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri poultry processors
- - 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 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 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Sharpe Holdings in death of worker at Missouri dairy farm
- - 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 Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Martell, Nebraska, feed mill for grain handling hazards
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Three workers suffer amputation, serious injuries at Schwan food processing facility
- - 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
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Kansas grain cooperative for exposing workers to fall, grain dust hazards at Quinter location
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Fall protection could have prevented 39-year-old worker's death
2015
- - 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 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
- - 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 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - Forklift operators exposed to 20-foot fall, trip hazards while working in low-light conditions at St. Louis warehouse
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Worker wrongfully terminated after workplace injury, company ordered to pay more than $332K in back wages and damages, as well as attorney's fees
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Iowa postal facility exposes mail handler to excessive heat
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds improper load rigging caused fatal worker injury in Lincoln, Nebraska
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Railcar was unsafe for entry before deadly blast killed two workers, injured a third at Omaha cleaning facility
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - Worker suffers 3rd-degree burns in glass factory fire
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Safety mechanisms would have prevented worker's death
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Martin Foundry Co. for workplace lead exposure
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites food processing plant after worker exposed to refrigerant ammonia
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Nebraska flooring manufacturer tries to conceal hazards as OSHA investigates temporary worker's amputated fingers
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - 54-year-old employee loses 4 fingers at Wahlco recycling plant
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - Moving company cited in heat-related death of worker
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - Construction company cited in death of worker at wind energy site
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - Workers exposed to multiple safety and health hazards at boiler manufacturer
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - Missouri manufacturer exposes workers to amputation hazards
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Welders and grinders face toxic metal, noise hazards at Springfield, Missouri, plant
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites construction company in death of heavy equipment operator
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - 62-year-old worker dies after manufacturer ignores safety hazards
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - 7,600-pound conveyor crushes worker after weld failure - a preventable death, says OSHA
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - GBW Railcar Services faces OSHA violations and fines after blast injures 7 workers, 2 severely in Cummings, Kansas
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Federal court finds Martin Foundry, owners and consultants in contempt for not allowing OSHA inspection
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Lack of safety equipment and training cost electrical technician his life
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Metso Minerals exposes workers to serious hazards found in machine operations and welding steel
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Aluminum foundry exposes workers to chlorine gas and other hazards
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - USPS mail processing center again cited by OSHA for fire extinguisher, electrical violations at St. Louis facility
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Culture of retaliation: Union Pacific Railroad disciplines locomotive engineer for reporting workplace injury, owes worker $350K in damages
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Worker dies after fall at La Belle, Missouri, dairy farm
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - USPS cited for using defective forklift at main post office in Des Moines
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Manufacturer exposes welders inside tanks to respiratory, confined space hazards
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - 58-year-old worker dies because Bridgeton, Missouri, manufacturer ignores safety hazards
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Advance Auto Parts exposes workers to asbestos, mold hazards
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - Worker fatally pinned by forklift at Menards warehouse
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Affordable Exteriors for 7th time in 10 years for failing to provide fall protection to roofers
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Affordable Exteriors for 7th time in 10 years for failing to provide fall protection to roofers
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds roofer's death and second man's serious injuries could have been prevented with fall protection
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Gateway Extrusions again exposes workers to amputation, other hazards
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Saia Motor Freight Line after explosion injures 4 in St. Louis
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - MP Global Products LLC exposes workers to fire, amputation hazards
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Garda Armored Car fails to train drivers on fire extinguisher use
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Blast turns fatal at fireworks storage in Pittsburg, Kansas
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Fastrack Erectors for lack of fall protection in worker fatality
2013
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA certifies Monsanto Co. Marshall Corn Research Station as 'star' site for workplace safety and health