News Releases
August 2013
- - 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
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Hoist Liftruck Mfg. with $235,800 for repeat safety violations at Bedford Park, Ill., truck manufacturing center
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA announces changes to recordkeeping rule for federal agencies to improve tracking of federal workplace injuries, illnesses
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA notifies US Army's Aberdeen Test Center about unsafe workplace conditions after January worker fatality
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA announces August 6 safety stand-down at work sites throughout the Southeast to focus on fall prevention
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA announces safety stand-down at Florida work sites on August 6 to focus on fall prevention
- - Region 9 OSHA News Release - Guam Shipyard cited with 61 repeat, serious safety and health violations US Department of Labor's OSHA proposes $293,450 in fines
July 2013
- - OSHA National News Release - OSHA and NIOSH issue hazard alert on 1-bromopropane, urge efforts to safeguard workers from exposure to toxic chemical
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - High noise levels in New England manufacturing industries target of OSHA's new regional emphasis program
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA establishes partnership with Greenfire/Gilbane, Milwaukee Building & Construction Trades Council to protect workers on Potawatomi Hotel project
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Richmond, Texas, construction company cited by US Labor Department's OSHA after a worker was killed while cutting a barrel that exploded
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Manassas, Va., air carrier ordered to reinstate pilot and pay damages following whistle-blower reprisal investigation
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA fines Owen-Brockway Glass Container $61,000 after citing 6 violations at Zanesville, Ohio, glass manufacturing plant
- - Region 8 OSHA News Release - The Western Sugar Cooperative in Montana cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for 17 safety violations; $193,300 in proposed fines
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Jersey City, NJ, theatrical equipment company cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for exposing workers to workplace safety and health hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA fines Echo Lake Foods $150,000 after 27 safety violations found at Burlington and Franksville, Wis., frozen food production plants
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA forms alliance with Louisiana Associated General Contractors to protect construction workers
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Arkansas poultry processor cited for violations by US Department of Labor's OSHA for exposing workers to chemical hazards
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Arkansas refinery cited for willful and repeat violations after follow-up OSHA inspection found workers exposed to hazards
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Rochester, NY, hospital and contractor for a combined 14 serious violations, chiefly concerning asbestos
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - IVEX Protective Packaging issued 21 safety citations following OSHA investigation into January explosion at Sidney, Ohio, manufacturing plant
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Houston manufacturer cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for exposing workers to amputation, electrical, noise and other workplace hazards DeWalch Technologies Inc. fined $85,400
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Quality Industries in Hartwell, Ga., cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for repeat and serious safety and health violations
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - La OSHA del Departamento de Trabajo y la Asociacion Hispana de Construccion en Georgia seran anfitrion de una feria de seguridad y salud 28 de julio en Duluth, Ga.
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA and the Georgia Hispanic Construction Association to host a safety and health fair July 28 in Duluth, Ga.
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA and the Georgia Hispanic Construction Association to host a safety and health fair July 28 in Duluth, Ga.
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA fines Anchor Hocking Co. $74,600 after worker suffers burns at Lancaster, Ohio, glass manufacturing plant
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Strategic Partnership to protect workers during road reconstruction of Interstate 74 and Interstate 155 in Tazewell Count
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Farmers Cooperative Co. cited by US Labor Department's OSHA after worker dies when struck by truck at Talmage, Neb., grain handling facility
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA orders Marlborough, Mass., trucking company and owner to reinstate, pay more than $131,000 to driver
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA orders Coit Services of Ohio to pay $161,228 to technician fired after reporting unsafe lead abatement practices
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Ford Motor Co. for 8 serious safety and health violations at Buffalo, NY, plant
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Specialty Metals Processing in Stow, Ohio, for failing to correct violations; proposes $131,320 in fines
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Baytown, Texas, manufacturing plant cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for exposing workers to MDA without appropriate protections
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites home goods company for 22 serious safety violations at Manhattan and Brooklyn locations
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Duane Reade Inc., proposes $71,500 in fines for exit access and fire safety hazards at 598 Broadway store in lower Manhattan
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - District of Columbia dental company cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for exposing workers to bloodborne pathogen hazards
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Shippensburg, Pa., foundry faces more than $96,000 in US Labor Department OSHA fines for safety and health hazards
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA announces outreach campaign to protect health care workers from hazards causing musculoskeletal disorders
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Oilfield Solutions Inc. cited for 33 safety violations by US Department of Labor's OSHA for exposing workers to hazards
- - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Halliburton cited by US Labor Department's OSHA after worker dies when struck by pressure line during well servicing operations in Watford City, ND
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Kittanning, Pa., hospital fined by the US Labor Department's OSHA for failing to protect workers from patient assaults
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Site Maintenance Inc. facing 8 OSHA safety citations, $73,920 in penalties for failing to provide fall protection for roofers at two Schaumburg, Ill., job sites
- - Region 9 OSHA News Release - Hawaii concrete manufacturer Tileco Inc. cited for safety and health violations US Department of Labor's OSHA proposes $50,400 in fines
- - Region 9 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA signs alliance with the Shipyard Workers Union to inform, protect San Diego shipbuilding and industry workers
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Ardagh Glass in Warner Robins, Ga., for willful and serious violations following amputation of worker's finger
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Supermarket Equipment Sales in Rutledge, Ga., cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for 17 safety and health violations; fines exceed $62,000
- - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Lakewood, Colo., metal fabricator for exposing workers to crushing hazards, proposes $82,600 in fines
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA fines Midland Davis Corp. $64,680 for repeat safety violations at Moline, Ill., scrap metal recycling center
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Hereford, Texas, meatpacking plant cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for failing to protect workers from various workplace hazards
- - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor and US Postal Service agree to terms on improving worker safety at postal facilities
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA cites Great Western Products Co. for repeat violations after investigations at Assumption, Ill., plant
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Regency Technologies fined $66,000 by US Labor Department's OSHA for exposing workers to cadmium at Upper Sandusky electronics recycling facility
June 2013
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA announces safety stand-down in New York and New Jersey to prevent falls at construction work sites
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. ordered to pay back wages to suspended, injured employee following investigation by US Labor Department's OSHA
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Brownsville, Texas, employer cited by US Department of Labor for failing to monitor asbestos exposure and correct previously cited hazard
- - Region 9 OSHA News Release - New OSHA program targets fatalities, injuries associated with automotive lifts
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA announces new National Emphasis Program for occupational exposure to isocyanates
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - New alliance between Erie Institute of Technology and US Labor
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Paterson, NJ, contractor faces $49,600 in fines from US Labor Department's OSHA for repeat fall, serious safety hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Learn and live: Grain industry hazards lead to deaths, injuries each year
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Witt Plumbing Inc. cited by US Labor Department's OSHA after worker dies when trench collapses at residential job site in Hastings, Neb.
- - OSHA National News Release - OSHA urges increased safety awareness in fireworks industry in advance of July 4 celebrations
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA reaches settlement agreement with Nebraska-based ConAgra Foods to protect workers from anhydrous ammonia
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - General Awning Co. issued 8 safety citations after follow-up inspection by US Labor Department's OSHA finds company failed to correct previous violations
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - Houston-based Piping Technology and Products Inc. cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for exposing workers to amputation hazards
- - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Plains Grain and Agronomy cited by US Labor Department's OSHA after worker fatally injured in fall at Sheldon, ND, grain elevator
- - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Plains Trucking in Ross, ND, cited after worker dies while cleaning tanker; US Labor Department's OSHA finds 9 violations during investigation
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Environmental Enterprises cited for 22 violations after worker dies from burns suffered at Cincinnati hazardous waste treatment facility
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Learn and Live: Grain industry hazards lead to deaths, injuries each year
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Learn and Live: Grain industry hazards lead to deaths, injuries each year
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Learn and Live: Grain industry hazards lead to deaths, injuries each year
- - Region 8 OSHA News Release - Heller Casing in Williston, ND, cited after worker fatally crushed on oil rig; US Labor Department's OSHA finds 2 violations during investigation
- - Region 9 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA forms alliance with consulate general of Dominican Republic in California and US Western Region on workers' rights
- - Region 9 OSHA News Release - OSHA forja alianza con Consulado General de Republica Dominicana en California y Region Oeste de Estados Unidos sobre derechos laborales
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA and Canadian health department sign Memorandum of Understanding to align hazard communication standards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department cites Advanced Strobe Products with proposed fines of more than $50,000 for worker exposure to acid, lead without proper protection
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Learn and Live: Grain industry hazards lead to deaths, injuries each year
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Learn and Live: Grain industry hazards lead to deaths, injuries each year
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Penn Aluminum International fined $45,000 by US Labor Department's OSHA for 9 safety violations at Murphysboro, Ill., manufacturing facility
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Burlington, NJ, construction company for exposing workers to fall hazards
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Perkasie, Pa., helicopter contractor cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for exposing workers to chemical hazards; fined $40,500
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Florida underground utility company for willful, serious trenching violations; proposes more than $106,000 in penalties
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Learn & Live: Grain industry hazards lead to deaths, injuries each year
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Nucap US Inc. for 17 serious safety violations at Watertown, Conn., manufacturing plant
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA fines Wisconsin's Gilman Cheese Corp. $126,700 after worker suffers amputation by unguarded machine
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA renews alliance to protect Ohio workers in manufacturing, service, construction industries
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites oil and gas industry pressure pumping services company for safety and health hazards at Valley View, Texas, work site
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Orange County, NY, manufacturer faces almost $118,000 in additional US Labor Department fines for uncorrected and recurring hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Construction workers to pause for safety stand down on fall hazards June 12
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department orders Metro North Commuter Railroad Co. to pay damages to New Haven, Conn., employee who reported on-the-job injury
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - Three New York contractors face over $465,000 in US Labor Department OSHA fines for electrocution and other hazards at Long Island work site
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA fines two companies $130,500 for trenching hazards at Kearny, NJ, site
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Maryland's Integra Health Management cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for workplace violence hazards following employee fatality
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Davis Tool & Die cited after worker electrocuted at Fenton, Mo., facility; US Labor Department's OSHA finds 17 violations during fatality investigation
- - Region 10 OSHA News Release - Crane safety is focus of OSHA emphasis program in the Northwest
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - True North Hotel Group Inc. to provide whistle-blower training nationally following US Labor Department investigation Company will also pay back wages and damages, take corrective action on behalf of discharged employee who raised safety concerns