News Releases
August 2012
- - Region 10 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor orders T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom to pay whistleblower nearly $346,000 in back wages, damages
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $67,000 in fines to Philadelphia dishwasher manufacturer for workplace hazards
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Norfolk Southern Railway Co. ordered by US Labor Department to pay more than $300,000 for violating Federal Railroad Safety Act
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Charter Oak Health Center in Hartford for failing to effectively safeguard employees against tuberculosis
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Pottstown, Pa., concrete products company for exposing workers to safety and health hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Heritage-WTI for deficiencies in process safety management program, other violations; fines total $126,000
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites US Cotton in Cleveland for exposing workers to amputation hazards by failing to guard machines
- - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites American Pulses for multiple safety violations after follow-up inspection at Hingham, Mont., facility
- - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Adams Thermal Systems in Canton, S.D., with 51 violations for exposing workers to variety of safety and health hazards
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites 10 contractors from 6 states for fall, electrical, other safety hazards during construction of New Hampshire mall
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department cites international steel plate manufacturer for exposing workers to continued safety and health hazards at Conshohocken, Pa., facility
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Best Florida Construction of Tampa, Fla., for exposing workers to fall hazards; more than $46,000 proposed in fines
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites S.J. Louis Construction of Texas with safety violations for exposing workers to excavation, trenching hazards in Hurst
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Willowbrook, Ill.-based Allied Waterproofing for exposing workers to respiratory, hearing hazards
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA seeks nominations for members to serve on Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Atlanta utility contractor for willful and serious safety violations, proposes nearly $66,000 in penalties
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites A. Finkl and Sons in Chicago for 26 safety violations, including failing to maintain cranes
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Georgia manufacturer cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for 16 safety and health violations; more than $52,000 proposed in fines
July 2012
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA issues two educational resources on protecting workers from mercury exposure in fluorescent bulbs
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Parker Hannifin for exposing workers to amputation, electrical hazards at Wisconsin plant
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Dukane Precast for failing to call emergency services after worker seriously injured when engulfed in sand
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA seeks nominations for members to serve on National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Purcell, Okla.-based Horizontal Well Drillers for safety hazards at Jacksboro, Texas, site
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department orders Union Pacific Railroad to pay more than $38,000 to employee in Topeka, Kan., following whistleblower investigation
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Schuld/Bushnell with repeat safety violations after follow-up inspection at Valley, Neb., tank manufacturing plant
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Pyongsan America cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for repeat and serious workplace safety hazards at Auburn, Ala., facility
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Bridgford Food Processing after 2 workers injured, including an amputation incident, at Chicago meat processing facility
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Continental Carbonic Products for 17 health and safety violations at Greenville, Ohio, dry ice plant
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - C.J.'s Seafood of Breaux Bridge, La., instructed to pay fines and back wages after US Department of Labor investigations
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Thomson Plastics in Georgia for repeat and serious violations, proposes nearly $163,000 in penalties
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Ditchdiggers of Fort Pierce, Fla., cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for exposing workers to trenching hazards; more than $51,000 proposed in fines
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Bloomfield, NJ, contractor for fall hazards at Rockland County, NY, work site; proposes nearly $90,000 in fines
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Tenneco Automotive cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for exposing employees at Hartwell, Ga., plant to hexavalent chromium and other hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds 2 companies in violation of Federal Railroad Safety Act for retaliating against 3 Midwest whistleblowers
- - Region 9 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites SSA Marine after Long Beach, Calif., worker crushed to death by shipping container
- - Region 9 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites SSA Marine after Long Beach, Calif., worker crushed to death by shipping container
- - Region 9 OSHA News Release - La OSHA del Departamento de Trabajo cita a SSA Marine luego que trabajador muriera aplastado por contenedor en puerto de Long Beach, Calif.
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor sues American Bronze Foundry and orders reinstatement of whistleblower fired for complaining about lead exposures
- - Region 10 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Idaho group home and adult day care operator for inadequate workplace violence safeguards at Pocatello facility
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Newark, NJ, concrete recycling company for safety hazards after worker fatality
- - OSHA National News Release - OSHA, Federal Railroad Administration sign agreement to protect workers from retaliation
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Quail International for 23 violations at Greensboro, Ga., plant; proposed fines total more than $92,000
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Quail International for 23 violations at Greensboro, Ga., plant; proposed fines total more than $92,000
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - La OSHA del Departamento de trabajo de los EE. UU. Cita a Quail International por 23 violaciones en la planta de Greensboro, Ga.; las multas propuestas suman más de $92,000
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Raani Corp. for 14 safety and health violations at Bedford Park, Ill., plant
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Nebraska Prime Group in Hastings, Neb., for 11 violations after worker fatality at meat packing facility
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Sandwich Castings and Machine in Illinois for 20 violations including lack of machine guarding
- - OSHA National News Release - BP agrees to pay more than $13 million and abate violations in settlement agreement with US Department of Labor
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Huntsville, Ala., contractor cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for willful, serious trenching violations; more than $122,000 proposed in fines
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Marlite for amputation hazards, other safety violations at Dover, Ohio, manufacturing plant
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Pennsylvania-based Arkema for safety violations at Houston facility
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules training event to enhance federal worker safety and health
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $132,000 in fines against Maine steel fabricator for electrical, crushing and laceration hazards at Augusta, Maine, plant
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA establishes alliance with Polish American Contractors Builders Association to protect workers
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites California-based Toxco for lead overexposure, other serious violations at Lancaster, Ohio, plant
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Austin, Texas-based recycling company following combustible dust explosion, 2 workers injured
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA seeks nominations for members to serve on Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Long Island, NY, machine shop for failing to correct previously cited hazards
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $124,000 in fines to Earth Friendly Products in Norwood, NJ, for workplace safety and health hazards
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites 2 Florida companies for trenching hazards following worker injury at Bradenton job sit
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA settles whistleblower case against South Carolina real estate management company
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA settles whistleblower complaint against Tennessee trucking company
June 2012
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA settles whistleblower case against Pilgrim's Pride in Mount Pleasant, Texas
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Spruill Products in Atlanta for repeat, serious safety and health violations; proposes more than $86,000 in fines
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA proposes $45,000 in fines to Southwest Feed Mills for safety hazards at Dallas grain handling facility
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA cautions on the dangers of using fireworks
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA announces summer 'Construction Incident Prevention Initiative' in Northeast Pennsylvania
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA announces summer 'Construction Incident Prevention Initiative' in the District of Columbia
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA announces summer 'Construction Incident Prevention Initiative' in Central PA
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA announces summer 'Construction Incident Prevention Initiative' in Northwestern PA
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA announces summer 'Construction Incident Prevention Initiative' in Greater Philadelphia Area
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA establishes alliance with Cleveland Safety Forum to protect construction workers on the job
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA fines 4 contractors more than $460,000 for exposing workers to falls, other safety hazards at Jersey City, NJ, construction site
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA announces summer 'Construction Incident Prevention Initiative' in West Virginia
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA announces summer 'Construction Incident Prevention Initiative' in Delaware
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - Shippensburg, Pa., iron foundry faces $49,000 in proposed fines from US Labor Department's OSHA for workplace safety hazards
- - OSHA National News Release - OSHA and NIOSH issue hazard alert on ensuring workers in hydraulic fracturing operations have appropriate protections from silica exposure
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Flushing, NY, contractor for fall and electrical hazards at Manhattan work site, proposes more than $94,000 in fines
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA announces safety stand-down at Oklahoma oil and gas exploration sites June 22-July 20
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites National Vinyl Products, for 30 safety and health violations at St. Genevieve, Mo., plants
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Cummings Marine Service in Tennessee cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for putting workers at risk by failing to address workplace hazards
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Alabama trucking company cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for serious safety violations and other hazards; $56,700 proposed in penalties
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Stahl after 2 workers suffer finger amputations by unguarded machines at Wooster plant
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Pawtucket River Bridge reconstruction contractor, proposes $60,900 in fines for inadequate rescue and fall safeguards
- - OSHA National News Release - Norfolk Southern Railway Co. ordered by US Labor Department's OSHA to pay more than $800,000 after terminating injured workers
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Tribe Mediterranean Foods for safety violations following death of a worker in Taunton, Mass.
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA wins jurisdictional dispute against Manatee School for the Arts in Palmetto regarding whistleblower case
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA to focus on crane hazards with safety stand-down at Florida construction sites June 19
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $49,000 in fines to Augusta, W.Va., lumber manufacturer for noise and safety hazards
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA and Altec Industries Inc. renew Alliance to help protect workers from fall, electrocution, tip-over and other hazards
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA fines Fairless Hills, Pa., metal recycling company nearly $50,000 for worker overexposure to lead and arsenic
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Guardian West for failing to monitor workers' exposure to chromium, conduct medical evaluations at Illinois plant
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $69,000 in fines to Ohio-based Trans Tech Logistics for serious safety hazards at 2 West Virginia facilities
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Progressive Inc., an Arlington, Texas, manufacturing facility, for safety hazards; proposed fines total $58,000
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA seeks nominations for membership on its Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Zoto's International for chemical, electrical and mechanical hazards at Geneva, NY, plant
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Mississippi correctional facility cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for workplace violence and other hazards; more than $104,000 in fines proposed
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites VPP Group LLC after maintenance worker electrocuted at Norwalk, Wis., meat processing facility
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $48,000 in fines to Jr Stucco for fall and other hazards at Dripping Springs, Texas, work site
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Woodland Interiors Inc. in Georgia for lack of fall protection, proposes $43,400 in penalties