News Releases
April 2012
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA announces safety stand-down at Georgia construction sites April 23-27 to focus on struck-by hazards
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites metal fabricator in Atmore, Ala., for 11 safety and health violations; proposes nearly $68,000 in penalties
- - OSHA Trade Release - New OSHA directive explains communications with victims' families following a workplace fatality
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Massachusetts-based American Biltrite for safety, health hazards following worker fatality at Moorestown, NJ, facility
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor sues Aquatech Technologies to reinstate whistleblower fired for complaining about rodents at Stuart, Fla., plant
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA fines Dis-Tran Steel and Dis-Tran Wood Products of Pineville, La., for exposing workers to safety and health hazards
- - OSHA National News Release - Delta Air Lines signs agreement with US Department of Labor's OSHA on seat belt compliance measures to protect airline industry workers
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA will hold a meeting of the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA will hold meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health
- - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA seeks applications from organizations interested in becoming OSHA Training Institute Education Centers
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to hold webinar on applying for 2012 Susan Harwood Grants
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Don Park USA in Conley, Ga., for safety and health violations; proposes more than $81,000 in fines
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA reaches settlement agreement with Ohio-based Republic Steel to include additional safety measures, training at mills
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - Bartlett Grain in Atchison, Kan., cited for willful and serious violations by US Labor Department after 6 die, 2 injured in grain elevator explosion
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Georgia facility of Chicago-based LKQ Corp. cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for willful and serious violations following worker injury
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Knowlton Manufacturing in Cincinnati after worker's arm is amputated by mechanical power press
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Alabama Farmers Cooperative for combustible dust and other hazards; proposes nearly $192,000 in fines
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - Judge finds All-Feed Processing and Packaging in Alpha, Ill., in contempt for not allowing OSHA inspection; company ordered to pay nearly $42,000 in fines
- - Region 8 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Cyclone Drilling for safety violations in North Dakota oil field; proposed fines total $65,600
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. in Steeleville, Ill., after combustible dust explosion seriously burns 2 maintenance workers
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Sign Source USA for exposing workers to safety and health hazards at Lima, Ohio, manufacturing plant
- - OSHA National News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA announces new National Emphasis Program for Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA proposes more than $45,000 in fines to Wheatland, Pa., company for exposing workers to safety hazards
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites truck wash in Jackson, Ga., with 14 safety and health violations; proposed penalties total more than $57,000
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $151,300 in fines to Ohio-based American Showa for lack of personal protective gear, electrical hazards training
- - Region 7 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA to host Workers Memorial Day event on April 27 in North Kansas City, Mo.
- - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA seeks applications for $1.2 million in Susan Harwood safety and health training grants
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA provides on-site compliance assistance to protect recovery workers, public during tornado recovery efforts in Texas
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA finds Metro-North Commuter Railroad retaliated against employee who reported workplace injury
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Bath Iron Works for safety violations
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Massachusetts contractor, proposes $50,000 fine for fall hazards at Montville, Conn., public safety building site
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $71,000 in fines to Atlanta-based BWAY Corp. for safety, health hazards at Dayton, NJ, plastics facility
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA orders Jersey Window Factory and Building Supply in Newark, NJ, to reinstate whistleblower following investigation
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Pittsburgh chocolate company for 16 workplace safety violations, proposes more than $84,000 in fines
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites A.M. Castle & Co. in Franklin Park, Ill., for failing to take precautions during asbestos removal; penalties exceed $127,000
March 2012
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA reaccredited as an authorized continuing education provider
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Magnablend for serious violations following chemical fire at Waxahachie, Texas, facility
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Findlay, Ohio-based Sanoh America with 13 safety violations for exposing workers to fire, other hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $118,000 in fines to Bridgford Foods for violations at Chicago meat processing plant
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA seeks comments on how to prevent worker injuries and deaths from reinforcing concrete activities and vehicle backovers
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites poultry processor KD Acquisition for 11 safety violations at Gainesville, Ga., plant; proposes more than $187,000 in fines
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - La Administración de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional (OSHA) del Departamento de Trabajo de los EE. UU. cita al procesador avícola KD Acquisition por 11 infracciones a la seguridad en la planta de Gainesville, Ga.; propone multas de más de $187,000
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $88,000 in fines to Heritage Industrial Finishing for health and safety violations at Akron, Ohio, facilities
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Ohio-based Jay-Em Aerospace for failing to protect workers from safety and health hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites GTO Contractors in Neenah, Wis., for failing to protect workers from falls; proposed penalties exceed $121,000
- - OSHA National News Release - US Labor Department commemorates anniversary of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites East Side Access Tunnel Project contractor after runaway rail car injures 2 workers
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites ServiceMaster Clean for exposing employees to lead, other hazards while cleaning Lancaster, Ohio, gun range
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Mercer Well Service for repeat safety violations at work site northwest of Pyote, Texas; proposed fines exceed $71,000
- - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA revises Hazard Communication Standard
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Massachusetts stone fabricator for repeat and serious violations at Ansonia, Conn., facility; proposes $47,600 in fines
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Kishwaukee Forge Co. after worker suffers amputation at Cortland, Ill., manufacturing site
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites New Hampshire contractor following fatal fall at Keene Middle School work site
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Verizon NY Inc. for repeat and serious safety violations following utility worker's death in Brooklyn
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Willkomm Excavating and Grading of Union Grove, Wis., for failing to protect workers from trench collapse
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA proposes $103,500 in fines to Polychem in Leetonia, Ohio, for 30 safety and health violations
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA fines Bradken Inc. for exposing workers to numerous safety and health hazards at Amite, La., foundry
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Hobbs Bonded Fibers for safety violations following amputation incident at Waco, Texas, facility
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA, American Society of Safety Engineers renew Alliance to promote best practices to prevent worker exposures to health, physical hazards
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $121,000 in fines to Dollar Tree Stores for repeat workplace safety hazards at Newark, NJ, store
- - Region 10 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor finds Union Pacific Railroad in violation of Federal Railroad Safety Act for retaliating against whistleblower in Idaho
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Agro Farma for 34 violations of workplace safety and health standards; proposes $178,000 in fines
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Olde Atlanta Recycling with 23 safety and health violations, proposes more than $69,000 in fines
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites IFCO Systems North America for safety, health violations at San Antonio facility; proposes nearly $164,000 in fines
- - Region 2 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA finds Metro-North Commuter Railroad retaliated against injured employee, interfered with medical treatment
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites G & J Enterprises after worker injured during trench collapse in Loveland, Ohio
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Piping Technology and Products in Houston for exposing workers to excessive noise levels, other safety hazards
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA forms partnership to protect construction workers on PPL Corp.'s data and operations center in Upper Macungie Township, Pa.
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites 2 Davie, Fla., companies for safety violations; proposes more than $59,000 in penalties
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - La OSHA del Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. demanda a Escuela de Artes de Manatí por violación de las disposiciones del Programa de la OSHA de Protección para Denunciantes
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Stella-Jones Corp. for 16 violations following fatality at Alabama railroad tie manufacturing plant
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA sues Manatee School for the Arts for violating OSH Act whistleblower protection provisions
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA sues Manatee School for the Arts for violating OSH Act whistleblower protection provisions
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Baytown, Texas-based JSW Steel for safety and health hazards; proposed penalties total more than $469,000
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Falls Stamping and Welding in Cleveland for workplace violations; proposed penalties exceed $124,000
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - OSHA establishes local emphasis program to protect workers on Wisconsin dairy farms from common hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA urges recovery workers, public to guard against hazards during tornado recovery efforts
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Georgia-based Maga Construction for exposing workers to fall hazards at San Antonio work site
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA renews alliance with Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry to protect workers
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Troy, Ohio-based Hobart Brothers with 55 safety and health violations, proposes $174,600 in fines
- - Region 1 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Westinghouse plant in Newington, NH, for inadequate safeguards against hexavalent chromium
- - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program moved to Office of the Assistant Secretary
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA and the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication renew Alliance to promote best practices to reduce worker exposures to chemical hazards
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA establishes strategic partnership with Packers and Miron Construction for Lambeau Field Stadium Improvement Project
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites San Antonio-based Berridge Manufacturing for safety violations; nearly $132,000 proposed in fines
February 2012
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Georgia's AGrowStar cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for combustible dust and other hazards; more than $74,000 in fines proposed
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA orders Georgia-based Interline Logistics Group to reinstate, pay more than $190,000 to terminated whistleblower in Illinois
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - Florida aluminum fabricator cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for combustible dust and other hazards; proposed penalties total nearly $140,000
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Yaskawa America in Oak Creek, Wis., after worker suffers burns from electrical shock at manufacturing plant
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department announces legal action by US attorney's office against San Antonio Lath & Plaster for failing to pay workplace safety fines
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $139,000 in fines to New Jersey-based Kuehne Chemical for workplace hazards at Delaware City, Del., facility
- - Region 10 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor sues US Postal Service for violating whistleblower protections
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Landmark Services Cooperative in Evansville, Wis., for failing to protect workers loading rail cars from falls
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Price Industries for safety and health violations at Georgia manufacturing plant
- - Region 4 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Woodbury, Ga.-based Jones General Contracting with trenching violations; fines exceed $40,000
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Milk Specialties Co. in Fond du Lac, Wis., with willful, other safety violations after fire at processing facility
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Miniature Precision Components in Richland Center, Wis., for failing to protect workers from burns
- - Region 5 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Basic Grain Products in Coldwater, Ohio, for safety violations after worker injured by conveyor belt
- - Region 6 OSHA News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Houston-based Amy Food for exposing workers to possible amputation hazards
- - Region 3 OSHA News Release - US Labor Department's OSHA cites 2 companies, proposes $288,000 in fines for workplace safety and health violations involving foreign students