News Releases
December 2015
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - WKL Roofing exposes workers to falls, other serious safety hazards at job site in Port Orange, Florida
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Lockhart Concrete after employees are observed working in unprotected trench
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Defective crane at Vidor, Texas, work site resulted in worker death
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Havertown construction company with ‘severe violator’ owner fined $70K by OSHA for willfully exposing workers to falls up to 25 feet
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Area builder cited for dangerous fall hazards twice in a month
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Worker suffers fractured finger when hand becomes caught in unguarded machine at Berlin, Wisconsin, screen printing shop
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites roofing contractor for exposing workers to fall hazards
- - 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 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Milton, Pennsylvania, manufacturer cited for workplace safety and health hazards after employee sustains 2nd- and 3rd-degree burns
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Defective crane at Vidor, Texas, work site resulted in worker death
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA renews alliance to protect roadway construction workers
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Forever 21 Retail Inc. agrees to correct hazards, pay $100K in penalties for safety violations at Westfarms Mall store in Farmington, Connecticut
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Habitual workplace safety violator Force Corp. again exposes roofing workers to potentially fatal fall hazards
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Camden Park exposes employees to serious workplace safety hazards
- - 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 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - Worker's hand mutilated because his employer, Southern Fiber Inc., knowingly disregarded identified OSHA safety hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - 3 workers suffer amputation injuries at envelope printing facility, company continues to ignore machine safety procedures
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Plaster workers made to work above two stories at two Ohio construction sites without guard rails or fall protection
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Quality Ready Mix for repeatedly exposing workers to fall, machine hazards at Ohio cement plant
- - 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 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Coca-Cola distribution warehouse in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, cited for repeat and serious safety and health workplace violations
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Illinois metal plating company exposes workers to noise, toxic metal, other hazards at Cicero plant
- - OSHA National News Release - US Labor Department, Dollar Tree reach settlement agreement to implement enhanced safety measures nationwide
- - OSHA Statement - Statement from Assistant Secretary of Labor Dr. David Michaels on roofing company owner's guilty plea today to charges related to employee's fatal fall
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Bickmore, West Virginia, logging company cited for exposing workers to safety hazards
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites AWS Roofing for exposing workers to fall hazard
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Vallencourt for exposing workers to cave-in hazards while installing water and sewer lines in Jacksonville
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Electronics recycler over-exposes workers to lead, fined more than $56K
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Painters exposed to dust more than 6 times OSHA's permissible limits at Watseka, Illinois, metal fabricating shop
- - 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 1 OSHA News Release - Wyman Gordon employees exposed to mechanical and electrical hazards
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA reaches settlement with Blue Rhino in 2013 propane explosion that severely injured 6 workers at Taveras, Florida, tank facility
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Worker suffers severe injuries when he falls inside water tower
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Worker suffers severe injuries when he falls inside water tower
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Workers exposed to high levels of methylene chloride, multiple hazards at Colona, Illinois, truck repair facility
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA finds safety issues with ammonia refrigeration systems at Case Farms' Ohio plants, proposes additional $462K in penalties
- - 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
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA renews alliance with Altec Industries Inc. to protect workers from hazards
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA renews alliance with Lamar Outdoor Advertising
- - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - Somerset County flavoring and fragrance manufacturer exposed workers to respiratory and other workplace safety and health hazards
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Main Line utility construction company exposed employees to cave-in hazards in a nearly 8-foot deep trench
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Portersville, Pennsylvania, manufacturer again cited by OSHA for exposing employees to safety and health hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA cites Merit Construction Services after worker injured in fall at Milwaukee parking structure
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Connecticut manufacturer unlawfully discharged employees for filing OSHA safety and health complaints, US Labor Department charges
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - OSHA issues notices to West Haven, Connecticut VA Medical Center for exposing workers to new and recurring hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Batavia, Illinois, builder exposes workers to dangerous fall hazards
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA issues tools to help prevent workplace violence in healthcare settings
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Bronx hair salon must pay $165K to fired employee who warned co-workers of formaldehyde hazards
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Luzerne County box manufacturer failed to abate safety violations and continued exposing workers to hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - 3 OSHA citations since April 2015 for nation's largest cookie, cracker manufacturer
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Workers exposed to multiple safety hazards at Norwalk, Ohio, packaging plant
November 2015
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to hold facilitated discussion on updated Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines
- - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - Essex County gutter and roof cleaning company again fails to provide workers with fall protection at Bergen County worksites
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA finds Seaford, Delaware, ice plant failed again to guard machinery, resulting in employee suffering amputation of both legs
- - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - Gravedigger engulfed in cave-in of unguarded grave at Long Island cemetery
- - 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
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health schedules meeting of the Emergency Response and Preparedness Subcommittee
- - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - United Hospital Supply Corp. exposes employees to repeat safety and health hazards at manufacturing facility in Burlington, New Jersey
- - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - Speedway lacking adequate workplace violence safeguards, OSHA finds
- - Region 4 OSHA Regional News Brief - JA Siding Construction Services in Georgia exposed workers to dangerous falls and other safety hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Bloomer, Wisconsin, roofing contractor endangers workers, ignores safety regulations
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Power press operator loses 3 fingers at Akron metal stamping plant
- - 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 1 OSHA News Release - Worker 'would not have died' in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, trench if employer had followed proper procedures, says OSHA
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA issues notices to Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center for exposing workers to an unsafe workplace
- - OSHA National News Release - OSHA seeks public comment as it updates Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA investigation finds 37 safety and health violations at Ridgway, Pennsylvania, metal company after worker suffers leg amputation
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Furniture manufacturer, staffing agency expose workers to hazards twice in 14 months
- - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - Employee struck by forklift at Schenectady recycling facility
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Philadelphia stucco company continues to expose workers to fall hazards on construction site
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Unguarded balcony, lack of fall protection cause death of Dallas construction worker, OSHA finds
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA publishes final rule for handling retaliation complaints from workers in railroad and public transportation industries
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA and the American Red Cross renew alliance focused on protecting the safety and health of volunteers, employees
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA signing ceremony renews alliance with Georgia Youth
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Schaumburg, Illinois, sewer and water contractor again exposes workers to trench cave-in hazards
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - After amputation at Austin manufacturing plant, OSHA cites employer and temp agency for safety violations
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA requests comments on guidance document that addresses whistleblower retaliation
- - Region 1 OSHA Regional News Brief - Acton based granite countertop manufacturer exposes employees to new and recurring safety hazards after failing to correct violation
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Lancaster County construction company again exposes workers to dangerous fall hazards at Temple, Pennsylvania, work site
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Worker injured when 1K-pound load falls from crane
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA renews alliance with the David L. Carrasco Job Corps Center to promote worker safety and health for young adults
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Berks County excavation contractor exposed workers to trenching hazards; OSHA levies more than $57K in fines
- - Region 5 OSHA Regional News Brief - Workers at IPMF LLC exposed to dangerous machine parts
- - Region 8 OSHA Regional News Brief - Roofers made to work above 3 stories without guard rails, fall protection
October 2015
- - OSHA Statement - Statement from Assistant Secretary of Labor Dr. David Michaels on BLS report on occupational injuries and illnesses in 2014
- - Region 3 OSHA Regional News Brief - Dollar General Corp. continues to expose employees to workplace safety and health hazards at store in Hamburg, Pennsylvania
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA renews alliance with Louisiana Associated General Contractors to promote worker safety and health
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health to meet Dec. 1-2; seeks nominations for six seats
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules meeting of National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
- - Region 2 OSHA Regional News Brief - Landscape employee's death after being struck by rock 'easily preventable'
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - OSHA's regional emphasis program focuses on reducing illness and injury at Southwestern chicken processing facilities
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Iowa postal facility exposes mail handler to excessive heat
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA will hold a meeting of the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - OSHA's regional emphasis program focuses on reducing illness and injury at Southeastern chicken processing facilities
- - Region 6 OSHA Regional News Brief - Roofing Contractor cited for exposing workers to fall hazards
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries sign alliance to address machinery, chemical, other hazards in scrap recycling industry
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Georgia lumber mill repeatedly exposes workers to falls, electrocution and other workplace safety hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA partnership will protect laborers on Oregon Clean Energy Center project in Ohio