News Releases
September 2013
- - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA urges workers and public in flood impacted areas to exercise diligence against hazards
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA announces that the notice of proposed rulemaking for respirable silica has been published in the Federal Register
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Edsal Manufacturing faces $75,000 penalty from US Labor Department's OSHA for blocking exit routes, other safety violations at Chicago facility
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Taylor's Drain and Sewer Service cited by US Labor Department's OSHA after worker injured in trench collapse at Lincoln, Neb., job site
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Warwick, RI-based construction company cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for willful violation after employees found working in an unstable trench
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Hamilton, NJ, roofing company cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for fall, other safety hazards following April accident
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Masonry company based in Upper Darby, Pa., cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for exposing workers to repeat fall hazards
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Downey Metal Products for safety and health violations; proposes more than $55,000 in fines
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Residential decking subcontractor in Burleson, Texas, cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for exposing workers to repeat fall hazards
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA fines Keyport, NJ, company $53,900 after construction worker falls approximately 45 feet at Jersey City site in June
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Reliable Contracting and Equipment Co. cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for repeat safety violation, failing to protect workers in trench
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA launches alliance in Philadelphia with Consulate of Mexico to promote worker safety and health
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - OSHA del Departamento de Trabajo de los EE.UU. forma alianza con el Consulado de México en Filadelfia para promover la seguridad y la salud laboral
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Medical training facility cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for failure-to-abate and serious safety violation, $62,000 in proposed fines
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Delta Oil Mill in Mississippi cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for 25 safety and health violations following worker injury
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Hinkle Manufacturing faces $61,600 in proposed penalties from US Department of Labor's OSHA after worker injured in Perrysburg, Ohio
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA requests nominations for members to serve on the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA del Departamento de Trabajo de los EE.UU. forma alianza con el Consulado de México en Louisiana para promover la seguridad y la salud en el sector de la construcción
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA forms alliance with Mexican Consulate in Louisiana to promote safety and health in the construction industry
- - Region 9 OSHA News Release - OSHA orders MGM Resorts to reinstate whistleblower immediately and pay more than $325,000 in damages
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Henkels and McCoy Inc. cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for exposing workers to safety hazards at Neptune, NJ, highway work zone
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites E.L. Mustee and Sons in Cleveland for failing to correct violations; proposes $63,490 in fines
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Packaging Corporation of America fined $185,560 for 30 safety violations by US Labor Department's OSHA after worker burned in Tomahawk, Wis., fire
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Fox Valley Systems for 26 safety violations after 3 workers seriously injured in explosion and fire at Cary, Ill., paint plant
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Heartland Drilling Inc. in Abilene, Texas, cited by US Department of Labor for exposing workers to heat stress
- - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Adams Thermal Systems to pay $1.33 million to resolve OSHA citations, criminal penalties in 2011 death of worker at South Dakota plant
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA fines Vienna Beef Ltd. $53,000 for 10 safety violations at Chicago meat processing facility
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Pan Am Railways Inc. found to have violated Maine employee's whistle-blower rights after he filed complaint with the US Department of Labor
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Total Building Services Group in Marietta, Ga., cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for serious safety and health violations
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - St. Louis Cold Drawn cited by US Labor Department's OSHA after worker electrocuted at St. Louis industrial steel manufacturer
August 2013
- - Region 10 OSHA News Release - La OSHA del Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. forma alianza en Seattle con Consulado General de Mexico para promover derechos del trabajador
- - Region 10 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA forms alliance with the consulate general of Mexico in Boise, Idaho, to promote workers' rights
- - Region 10 OSHA News Release - La OSHA del Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. forma alianza con consulado de Mexico en Boise, Idaho, para promover derechos laborales
- - Region 10 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA forms alliance in Seattle with consulate general of Mexico to promote workers' rights
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Ameriwood Industries in Tiffin, Ohio, faces $50,000 penalty from US Department of Labor's OSHA for lack of energy control procedures
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Multiple safety and health violations found at Supreme Oil Co. Inc. in Englewood, NJ, with company fined $259,000 by OSHA
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA certifies Croda Inc. facility in Mill Hall, Pa., as 'star' site for workplace safety and health
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA fines American Excelsior Co. $65,000 after 2 workers injured by unguarded machines at Norwalk, Ohio, factory
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA takes its Fall Prevention Campaign to the road with Dallas Area Rapid Transit busses to provide life-saving information
- - Region 10 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA forms alliance in Seattle with consulate general of El Salvador to promote workers' rights
- - Region 10 OSHA News Release - La OSHA del Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. forja alianza en Seattle con Consulado General de El Salvador para promover derechos laborales
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department reaches settlement with Waste Management of New Jersey Inc. following June 2012 heat fatality
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - South Padre Island water park cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for failing to protect workers from hazardous energy sources
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites ProBuild Co. LLC in Buda, Texas, for exposing workers to various safety and health hazards
- - OSHA Media Advisory - Construction workers to pause for safety stand-down on fall hazards, Sept. 3
- - OSHA Media Advisory - US Department of Labor's OSHA, MIOSHA and Consulate of Mexico to sign workers' protection alliance Aug. 27 in Detroit during Labor Rights Week
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Nationwide ice maker cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for 9 serious and 3 repeat workplace safety violations at Fairport, NY, plant
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Flowery Branch, Ga., manufacturer for repeat and serious safety violations
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Home Depot Inc. fined $150,700 by US Department of Labor's OSHA for repeat safety hazards at Reynoldsburg, Ohio, store
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - La OSHA del Departamento de Trabajo forja alianza con Consulados de México y El Salvador en Dallas para promover seguridad y salud en la construcción
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA forms alliance with Mexican Consulate in San Antonio to train construction industry workers
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA forms alliance with El Salvador and Mexican Consulates in Dallas to promote safety and health in the construction industry
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA forms alliance with Mexican Consulate in San Antonio to train construction industry workers
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA forms alliance with Mexican Consulate in Austin to promote worker safety and health
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA del Departamento de Trabajo de los EE.UU. forma alianza con el Consulado de Mexico en San Antonio para entrenar a trabajadores en la industria de la construccion
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - OSHA y el Departamento de Trabajo de Arkansas forman alianza con el Consulado de Mexico en Little Rock para proporcionar capacitacion en seguridad para los trabajadores en Arkansas y Oklahoma
- - Region 9 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA forms alliance in Nevada with the consulate general of Mexico to promote worker safety and health
- - Region 9 OSHA News Release - La OSHA del Departamento de Trabajo forja alianza con el Consulado de Mexico en Las Vegas para promover la seguridad y salud de los trabajadores
- - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA announces proposed rule to protect workers exposed to crystalline silica
- - OSHA Statement - US Department of Labor's OSHA announces proposed rule to protect workers exposed to crystalline silica
- - OSHA Statement - Statement by Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez on fatal occupational injuries in 2012
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA signs alliance, creates Web page to protect safety and health of female construction workers
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Penn Hills, Pa., lead abatement company fined by US Labor Department's OSHA for exposing workers to lead hazards at Pittsburgh work site
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Biolab Inc. of Conyers, Ga., cited by the US Department of Labor's OSHA for repeat and serious safety violations with more than $46,000 in proposed fines
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Georgia's Dayton Superior Corp. for repeat, serious safety and health violations; more than $80,000 in fines
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Hagel Metal Fabrication for willful violations after worker fatally crushed by unguarded machine at Illinois plant
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA and The Joint Commission renew alliance to protect safety and health of health care workers
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Transportation Security Administration for worker hazards at Boston's Logan International Airport
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA fines New Castle, Pa., pipefitting manufacturer $48,000 for safety and health hazards
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Ripley, W.Va., logging company cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for tree felling hazards following February fatality
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Keadle Lumber Enterprises in Thomaston, Ga., cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for combustible dust and other hazards
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Edinburg, Texas, corn mill cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA after a worker was engulfed and fatally asphyxiated in a grain bin silo
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Texas candy manufacturer cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for failing to protect workers from possible ammonia exposure
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Texas salt manufacturing plant cited for violations by US Department of Labor's OSHA for exposing workers to chemical hazards
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Newark, NJ, vinyl window manufacturer cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for exposing workers to safety and health hazards
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $69,244 in fines against Plattsburgh, NY, manufacturer for repeat and serious safety and health violations
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department orders 2 subsidiaries of Canadian National Railway to pay 2 workers more than $260,000 in back pay and damages
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Okamoto Sandusky Manufacturing for 15 safety violations at Sandusky, Ohio, vinyl automotive products plant
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Dallas area senior living center cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for exposing workers to multiple safety violations
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Long Island, NY, concrete block manufacturer for 13 serious safety violations after worker loses arm
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Pretty Girl Inc. for exit access, electrical and sanitary/housekeeping violations at Brooklyn store
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Texas cabinet manufacturer cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for failing to remove hazardous levels of combustible dust
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Heartland Midwest, JJ's Restaurant after restaurant worker dies in February gas pipe explosion
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Georgia's Greg Sikes Farm cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for grain bin safety hazards; more than $127,000 in fines proposed
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - Massachusetts mental health provider signs companywide settlement agreement to protect its workers better against workplace violence
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Pittsburgh chocolate manufacturer cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for hazardous energy control, safety violations following employee accident
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Republic Steel faces fines of $1.1 million for 24 safety violations; company previously agreed to address hazards in 2012 OSHA settlement
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Weimar, Texas, oil and gas industry manufacturer cited with 38 violations by US Labor Department's OSHA for various workplace hazards
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor cites McKinney, Texas, wood manufacturer for failing to guard machines, exposing workers to amputations
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Badger Metal Finishing cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for 14 violations, including failing to evacuate workers during a natural gas leak
- - Region 9 OSHA News Release - Hawaii refrigerated food warehouse cited with 63 health and safety violations US Department of Labor, Hawaii state OSHA programs propose $251,330 in fines
- - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Montana oil refinery for willful, serious safety violations; proposes $77,000 in penalties
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA withdraws proposed rule to amend On-site Consultation Program
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Hanna Steel Corp. in Northport, Ala., cited for repeat, serious safety violations by US Department of Labor's OSHA; $117,500 in proposed fines
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA fines Spectrum Machine $188,300 for exposing workers to lead hazards at Ravenna, Ohio, manufacturing plant
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA forms alliance with temporary employment agency in San Antonio to train construction industry temporary workers
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - BCW Food Products in Dallas cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for failing to protect workers from amputation hazards
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Farmers Cooperative cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for exposing workers to grain explosion hazard at Wilber, Neb., grain elevator
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites West Hartford, Conn., health care facility for chemical, electrical, machine guarding hazards; proposes $58,800 in fines
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Construction workers of Woodward Rock Cut Campus in Loves Park, Ill., to benefit from OSHA strategic partnership