News Releases
June 2016
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - OSHA fines window restoration company $40K for lead, other hazards
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Auto reconditioning company failed to protect workers from toxic compounds, other safety and health hazards at Manheim facility
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department urges storm recovery workers and public to be vigilant, aware of hazards during storm cleanup
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Aqua Ohio in trench collapse that led to the death of a 28-year-old employee of the water and sewer utility
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Barney's Police Supply firing range workers exposed to lead respiratory hazards, OSHA investigators find
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Roofing contractor again fails federal safety inspection, putting workers at risk of dangerous, deadly falls at Florida work site; faces $108,500 in penalties
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Pennsylvania stucco contractor cited by OSHA for again exposing employees to scaffolding dangers at Bear, Delaware, work site
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites boat manufacturer for fire, explosion and electric shock hazards
- - 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 1 OSHA News Release - OSHA fines leading rail equipment manufacturer $105K for exposing workers to several cancer-causing chemicals, other hazards
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Prompted by severe workplace injury, OSHA investigation at Georgia nursery reveals deadly workplace hazards; nearly $47K in fines proposed
May 2016
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Tower painting contractor sees fines more than double after contesting OSHA violations in 2012 worker fatality
- - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - Paterson commercial launderer cited for exposing workers to carbon monoxide danger, other safety and health hazards
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Workers exposed to chemical hazards, other safety and health dangers at Bethlehem global flavor, fragrance manufacturer
- - 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 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 10 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Idaho potato processor for major safety and health violations
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Repeat safety and health violator US Chutes Inc. fails to correct hazards, 'needlessly places its workers at risk' of illness, injury
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules meeting of National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Obstructed emergency exits at two New Rochelle CVS stores: OSHA
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA: Ohio gun shop's lead, respiratory hazards endanger workers
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Worker loses part of finger in unguarded machine at bearing manufacturer
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Cambridge candy manufacturer, Boston staffing agency, cited by OSHA after temporary employee loses part of finger while operating machine
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - South Florida roofing contractor continues to expose workers to dangerous falls and other safety hazards; OSHA proposes nearly $54K in fines
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds lack of proper 'work zone' in plumber's death as he repaired leak under Philadelphia's 63rd Street
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Midwest Grain and Barge Co. for exposing workers to grain-handling hazards at Missouri site
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA fines 2 Pennsylvania contractors more than $236K for again exposing employees to serious workplace dangers
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Jefferson County metal manufacturer cited for 27 serious violations in federal workplace safety inspection, faces $47K in fines
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Pier 1 Imports endangers workers again with blocked exits, stacked boxes
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds safety failures allowed machine to sever 30-year-old worker's three fingertips at Nature's Path subsidiary in Wisconsin
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA orders Polar Service Centers to pay $190K in back wages, damages to safety manager demoted for reporting potential DOT violation
- - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - Passaic distribution warehouse fined $112K for two dozen safety violations
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Alabama pallet manufacturer putting workers at risk of machinery, electrical and other hazards
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Marion County contractor ignores fall, electrocution hazards, putting workers in serious, potentially fatal danger at Fairmount work site
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Workplace amputation at a Georgia furniture manufacturer prompts OSHA investigation that uncovers amputation, other safety hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds refrigeration warehouse lacked proper procedures for handling ammonia
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Excavation company ignores serious dangers again, leaves workers unprotected in underground trench to remove Naperville sewer line
- - 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
- - OSHA National News Release - OSHA's final rule to 'nudge' employers to prevent workplace injuries, illnesses
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Lehigh County indoor shooting range faces $135K in fines for exposing workers to willful lead, noise hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Lima wood pallet recycling facility exposes workers to hearing loss, electrical and amputation hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Ohio ethanol production facility faces $149K in fines after inspectors find 30 safety, health violations at Coshocton facility
- - 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
- - OSHA National News Release - US Labor Department announces availability of $4.6M in Susan Harwood safety and health training grants
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Ammonia leak, alarm failure at Taunton food products distribution center highlights potentially deadly chemical hazard
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Plastics manufacturer exposes employees to amputation, other hazards; OSHA proposes $54K in fines after federal safety and health inspection
- - 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 2 OSHA News Release - CSX Transportation Inc. retaliated against employee at Selkirk, New York facility who reported safety concerns, OSHA investigation finds
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Brooklyn manufacturer faces $105k in fines after OSHA finds dangerous lead, noise and chemical hazards
- - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - Elizabeth contractor again exposes workers to dangerous risk of falls, OSHA finds at downtown Jersey City build site
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Excavation company again exposes workers to the dangers of trench cave-ins while installing water line at Chicago home
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites The Scoular Company for exposing workers to grain dust, fall hazards at Kansas site
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - US Postal Service continues to expose workers at Virginia center to powered industrial equipment hazards; faces $120K in fines
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Insulation manufacturer exposed workers to combustible dust, other safety hazards at Wilkes-Barre plant; OSHA proposes $66K penalty
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds lack of machine safety procedures led to amputation of 23-year-old worker's three finger tips at Wisconsin cardboard manufacturer
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds absence of proper safety guards led to amputation of 21-year-old worker's six fingers at South Elgin metal manufacturer
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Worker's fall from Newton rooftop could have been prevented: OSHA
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Mansfield employer exposes workers to machine, electrical hazards
- - OSHA National News Release - Construction industry employers, workers to emphasize safety in 2016 National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls, May 2-6
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Georgia Power, wiring subcontractor after arc flash severely burns worker at the Plant Bowen facility; proposes $122K in fines
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites residential facility for exposing employees to workplace violence
April 2016
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health schedules fourth meeting of the Emergency Response and Preparedness Subcommittee
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Contractor's serial disregard of fall dangers underscores the necessity for National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction, May 2-6
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Worker loses part of finger in unguarded machine at Kansas battery manufacturer; OSHA finds multiple machine, electrical hazards
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Irvington convenience store, where employee was killed in October 2015 robbery, for lack of employee safety protections
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Republic Steel exposing workers to fall, machine hazards at Ohio steel mill despite 2014 federal safety agreement
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Allentown manufacturer willfully exposed workers to amputation hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Wisconsin paper mill after worker injured fatally while servicing operating conveyor belt
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds chemical manufacturer lacked proper procedures
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - North Florida contractor continues to expose roofing workers to dangerous falls, other safety hazards; OSHA proposes nearly $77K in penalties
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - North Florida contractor continues to expose roofing workers to dangerous falls, other safety hazards; OSHA proposes nearly $77K in penalties
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Findlay auto parts manufacturer again exposes workers to machine hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites machine hazards at GE Circleville Lamp Plant
- - 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 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Premier Roofing, sub-contractor defied OSHA fall hazard warnings twice in three days; exposed roofers to three-story falls
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites general and subcontractor in Florida for exposing workers to dangers of trench cave-ins; proposes more than $114K in fines
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites world's largest sauerkraut cannery after worker falls into vat
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites 4 companies after worker suffers fatal injuries while testing pipe joints at Springfield waste-water treatment facility
- - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Two Bismarck companies cited after 22-year-old seriously injured in fall
- - Region 8 OSHA Regional News Brief - Premier Roofing, sub-contractor defied OSHA fall hazard warnings twice in three days; exposed roofers to three-story falls
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA issues final rule establishing procedures for handling retaliation complaints under the Food Safety Modernization Act
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Elgin roofing contractor continues to risk workers' safety
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds Cooper Hospital exposed employees to needle-stick injuries, bloodborne pathogen hazards
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA inspection finds Mississippi Dollar General store continues to expose workers to safety hazards despite recent citations, penalties
- - 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 4 OSHA News Release - Five times in one year, Jasper Contractors expose workers to dangerous falls, other workplace violations
- - 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 Regional News Brief - OSHA fines humanitarian relief company in Lubbock after amputation
- - Region 7 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds dozen violations at Becton, Dickinson and Co. in Holdrege after two workers suffer finger amputations
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Dauphin County plumbing, heating worker hospitalized after trench cave-in
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Painting contractor willfully exposed workers to lead on Danville worksite
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Iowa postal distribution center exposes workers to forklift injuries
- - Region 10 OSHA News Release - OSHA clarifies maritime offshore reporting requirements
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Blocked emergency exit, improperly stored stock pose hazards for Guess? store employees at Foxwoods Casino
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA fines Louisiana food manufacturer $124K for chemical, electrical and other hazards after evacuation sends workers to hospital
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Berlin Builders faces $385K in OSHA fines for continually ignoring life-threatening dangers at Pennsylvania and Delaware sites
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Contractor continues to expose workers to serious fall hazards
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Safety Stand-Down puts the brakes on injuries at Georgia road sites