News Releases
June 2014
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Louisiana food processor for overexposing workers to dangerous levels of carbon dioxide, other hazards
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - OSHA provides on-site assistance for cleanup and recovery workers and the public following tornadoes in Nebraska, storms in Iowa
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Worker exposure to amputation hazards and excessive noise leads to serious and willful violations cited following US Department of Labor OSHA investigation
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA issues hazard bulletin to safeguard tree care workers
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites 5 companies following December 2013 fatality of temporary worker at Amazon fulfillment center in Avenel, NJ
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA announces expansion of its Lubbock, Texas, office
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites seat belt and air bag manufacturer for exposing workers to serious noise and machine hazards
- - OSHA Trade Release - New OSHA resource aims to help reduce injuries among workers in the nursing home and residential care industries
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA finds 30 serious safety and health hazards at furniture manufacturer
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA renews alliance to educate and protect Cleveland construction workers on job hazards, such as falls, silica exposure
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA proposes $449,680 fine for Fontarome Chemical after inspection finds 23 serious safety and health violations
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Bioiberica Nebraska cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for exposing workers to amputation, other serious hazards at food supplement plant
- - OSHA National News Release - Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. lanza campana anual de verano para prevenir enfermedades relacionadas con el calor
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA announces new interactive training webtool on identifying workplace hazards
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor OSHA investigation finds that New York company violated Sarbanes-Oxley Act by firing worker who reported investor fraud
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Liberty Tire Recycling cited for serious violations for exposing workers to falls, explosion, dangerous equipment hazards following OSHA inspection
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Ohio worker's hand crushed while operating mechanical power press; US Department of Labor's OSHA proposes $89,500 in penalties
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Construction worker suffers severe injuries after fall into trench
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Massachusetts seafood processor for serious safety violations following worker's death
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Duce Construction for failing to protect employees from trench dangers
- - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA fines Dollar Tree $217,000 for willfully putting Missoula workers at risk
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules stakeholder meeting to consider proposed standard to protect safety, health of emergency responders
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Bronx contractor fined $66,600 by US Department of Labor's OSHA for exposing workers to serious fall hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Lathrop Co./Turner Construction Co. host OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down event at Toledo Hospital site, June 6
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Key/Walbridge hosts OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down event at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport Terminal Project
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA finds that Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co. violated Federal Railroad Safety Act anti-discrimination provisions
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Ringland-Johnson Construction hosts OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down event at Woodward-Rock Cut Campus, June 4
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Eau Claire construction workers to attend OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down events, June 4 and 5
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Linn-Mathes Inc. hosts OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down event at 1K Fulton construction site in Chicago, June 4
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Lakeshore Technical College hosts OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down event at Cleveland, Wis., campus
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Barton Malow Co. hosts OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down events for Lansing, Mich., area workers, June 4
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Texas-based cement mixer manufacturer for 35 workplace safety and health violations
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Texas conveyor manufacturer cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA following worker fatality
- - Region 10 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Anderson Farms after worker fatally injured at cattle feed mixing facility
- - OSHA National News Release - More than 1M workers expected to participate in National Fall Safety Stand-Down
- - OSHA National News Release - Se espera que mas de 1 millon de trabajadores participe con actividades en todo el pais para impulsar la prevencion y seguridad contra caidas
- - OSHA Statement - Statement by Dr. David Michaels Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health
- - OSHA Statement - Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez Press Statement National Safety Stand-Down Press Call June 2, 2014
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Boston Bridge and Steel Inc. cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for safety and health hazards following employee death
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Cincinnati area construction workers to attend OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down events, learn safe practices
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Safety Pays, Falls Cost: CG Schmidt hosts OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down event at UW-Milwaukee Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Madison area construction workers to attend OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down events, June 3, 4 and 5
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Safety Pays, Falls Cost: R.C. Wegman Construction hosts OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down event at New Main Aurora Public Library
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Great Lakes Construction Co. hosts OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down event at Cleveland Inner Belt Bridge Project site, June 3
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Elford Inc. hosts OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down event at Lancaster construction company, June 2
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Turner Construction Co. hosts OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down event, June 3
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Miron Construction hosts OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down event at Lambeau Field, June 2
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Tanner Timber Services cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for serious and willful violations of safety law following worker fatality
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Safety Pays, Falls Cost: McCarthy Buildings Co. hosts OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down event in Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo.
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Nucor Steel hosts OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down event, June 2
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Kirkwood Community College to participate in OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down events this week
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Safety Pays, Falls Cost: Faith Technologies hosts OSHA Fall Safety Stand-Down event at Lenexa, Kan., communications tower training lab
May 2014
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Tire retreader faces $160,280 in US Department of Labor OSHA fines for failing to correct cited hazards
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Texas A and M University football stadium contractors cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA following the death of a skid-steer loader operator
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Flambeau River Papers for failing to protect workers from toxic sulfur dioxide vapors at Park Falls, Wis., paper mill
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Chicago engineering company again for failing to protect construction workers from serious dangers in 2014
- - OSHA National News Release - Annual summer campaign to prevent heat-related illnesses launched by US Labor Department
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor notifies former Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co. employees of inclusion in EEOICPA Special Exposure Cohort
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Allied Powder Coating cited for 15 safety and health violations by US Department of Labor's OSHA; proposed fines total $55,440
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA and the American Staffing Association form alliance to protect temporary workers
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Manhattan jewelry and accessories chain cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for fire and other safety hazards
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - After explosion, US Department of Labor's OSHA cites 3-D printing firm for exposing workers to combustible metal powder, electrical hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Nicholson Terminal and Dock Co. cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA after worker fatally struck by forklift at Detroit marine terminal
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA proposes $51,800 in fines for Power Coatings for failing to protect workers from toxic chemical hazards
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA partners with general contractor VCC to help protect workers during Arkansas State University construction project
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Tortillas Ricas LP for serious health and safety violations with $48,300 in fines
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA renews alliance to educate and protect Illinois electrical workers on arc blast and arc flash hazards
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Workers exposed to dangerous silica dust at Omaha stone-cutting facility
- - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway ordered by US Department of Labor's OSHA to pay more than $526,000 to terminated workers
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA proposes $139,000 in penalties for repeatedly exposing workers to amputation, other serious hazards at Kobelco Stewart Bolling in Hudson, Ohio
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA proposes $159,390 fine for Fortune Painting Co. for repeatedly exposing workers to dangerous lead levels, serious fall hazards
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Discipline of Southwestern Bell workers prompts lawsuit by US Department of Labor for illegal retaliation against workers
- - OSHA National News Release - $7M for Susan Harwood safety and health training grants now available from US Labor Department's OSHA
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA fines All-Feed Processing and Packaging $254,000 for exposing workers to combustible dust, respiratory hazards
- - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor re-establishes Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor sues West Springfield, Mass., employer for allegedly firing an employee who filed an OSHA complaint
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Star Snacks Co. LLC fined $180,000 by US Department of Labor's OSHA for willfully exposing employees to carbon monoxide and dangerous noise levels
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Safety hazards at Salisbury, Mass., manufacturer lead to $93,200 in US Department of Labor OSHA fines
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Lee, Mass., contractor cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for 'needless and avoidable' fatal fall at Stockbridge work site
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Truck parts manufacturer cited for serious safety violations following inspection by US Department of Labor's OSHA; $64,400 in fines proposed
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA proposes $63,000 in penalties for exposing worker to struck-by hazards, other violations at Big 3 Precision Products
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co. ordered by US Department of Labor's OSHA to reinstate employee, pay more than $244,000 in back wages, damages
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Bennett Building Systems cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for not protecting workers from dangerous falls
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Watertown, NY, general construction company cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for 'entirely preventable' fatal fall at Pulaski work site
- - Region 10 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Idaho homebuilder for willfully exposing workers to fall hazards
- - OSHA National News Release - Conn. contractor cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for wall collapse, fall hazards at construction work site
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to hold meeting of National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health temporary worker workgroup
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Stamford, Conn., contractor cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for wall collapse, fall hazards at construction work site
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Dollar Tree fined $143,000 by US Department of Labor's OSHA for willfully exposing workers to serious safety hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - San Cast fined $155,900 by US Department of Labor's OSHA for repeatedly exposing workers to falls, amputation hazards at Coshocton, Ohio, plant
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA follow-up inspection finds company failed to correct violations at previously cited Rasi Laboratories Inc. in Somerset, NJ
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Workers exposed to fall hazards at residential construction site in Hegins, Pa.
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Texas fertilizer operator cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for safety and health hazards following serious injury
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA renews partnership with El Paso Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA fines Five Star Commercial Roofing $49,000 for exposing workers to dangerous fall hazards in Bartonville, Ill.
April 2014
- - OSHA National News Release - US Labor Department urges storm recovery workers and public to be vigilant and aware of hazards during storm cleanup
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department urges storm recovery workers and public to be vigilant and aware of hazards during storm cleanup
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA fines Cooper Power Systems $166,000 after multiple workers injured by acid mixture at South Milwaukee plant
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Construction workers on Aurora Public Library project form strategic partnership with US Department of Labor's OSHA
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department and Republic Steel reach comprehensive settlement agreement over safety and health violations at 4 plants