OSHA News Releases – Temporary Workers
December 2023
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Investigation finds Ohio food processor’s failure to guard machine’s moving parts led temporary worker to suffer amputation injury
June 2023
- - OSHA National News Release - Illinois pizza manufacturer faces $2.8M in penalties after investigation into 29-year-old sanitation worker’s death finds safety failures, lack of training
April 2023
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor investigation of 29-year-old sanitation worker’s leg amputation finds Ohio food processor again ignored safety standards
August 2022
- - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor, American Staffing Association sign Ambassador Alliance to continue protecting temporary workers’ safety, health
July 2022
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor finds worker suffered serious internal injuries because employer ignored machine safety procedures
November 2020
- - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Emphasizes Protecting Worker Safety and Pay During Holiday Season
June 2019
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Auto Parts Manufacturer And Staffing Agencies for Exposing Employees to Safety Hazards
November 2018
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Nebraska Staffing Agency Following Heat-Related Fatality
May 2018
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Contractor and Staffing Agency Following Fatal Trench Collapse at Alabama Work Site
November 2017
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Lynnway Auto Auction For Exposing Employees to Numerous Hazards
October 2017
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - U.S. Department of Labor and Massachusetts Packaging Company and Staffing Agencies Reach Agreements to Enhance Workplace Safeguards
December 2016
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - OSHA cites Massachusetts packaging company for serious safety, health hazards following injury to temporary worker
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Alabama auto parts supplier to Kia and Hyundai, staffing agencies face $2.5M in fines after robot fatally crushes young bride-to-be
October 2016
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA and the American Staffing Association renew alliance to protect temporary workers
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - OSHA cites Ohio vehicle parts manufacturer for failing to protect its workers from machine hazards
September 2016
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Auto parts manufacturer, staffing agency continue to expose workers to fall, amputation, electrocution hazards at Georgia facility
July 2016
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Atlanta Region - OSHA: Auto parts manufacturer continues to expose workers to amputation, crushing and other serious machine hazards
June 2016
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Dallas Region - OSHA finds workers exposed to amputation dangers at San Angelo woodworking manufacturer; company, staffing agency fined $63K
May 2016
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Cambridge candy manufacturer, Boston staffing agency, cited by OSHA after temporary employee loses part of finger while operating machine
February 2016
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Philadelphia Region - OSHA: Washington County contractor, Pittsburgh staffing agency failed to protect temporary workers from potential trench collapse
November 2015
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Furniture manufacturer, staffing agency expose workers to hazards twice in 14 months
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Dallas Region - After amputation at Austin manufacturing plant, OSHA cites employer and temp agency for safety violations
October 2015
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Atlanta Region - Judge affirms OSHA citations against Alabama auto parts supplier following the amputation of a temporary worker's hand and fingers
September 2015
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Chicago Region - Ammonia hazard training absent for temporary workers at Illinois meat processing plant
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Dallas Region - San Marcos, Texas, auto parts maker and staffing employer fined $43K by OSHA for heat, noise and other workplace hazards
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Denver Region - Cave-in protection failures cited after excavation collapse in Missoula
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Atlanta Region - Atlanta window and door manufacturer, staffing agencies cited for exposing nearly 90 workers to fire, amputations and other serious safety hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - OSHA renews alliance with T&T Staff Management Inc. to promote worker safety and health
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - Nebraska flooring manufacturer tries to conceal hazards as OSHA investigates temporary worker's amputated fingers
August 2015
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Atlanta Region - Atlanta's American Air Filter Co. continues to expose workers to serious safety hazards
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Atlanta Region - Florida pallet recycling company exposes temporary and full-time workers to deadly safety hazards following OSHA inspection
July 2015
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - 30-year-old temporary worker needs surgery after her hand catches in packaging machine at Oak Creek, Wisconsin, food manufacturer
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Texas worker injured after being denied safety equipment; employers cited
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Manufacturer cited by OSHA after press crushes worker's finger
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Dallas Region - Workers risked dangerous falls at Shenandoah, Texas, worksite
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Atlanta Region - Refrigeration company puts temporary and permanent workers at risk of ammonia exposure due to poor maintenance of coolant systems
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - New York City Region - Furniture plant workers repeatedly exposed to safety and health hazards in Northern New Jersey
June 2015
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Temporary staffing company agrees to implement changes to protect employees at all its work sites
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA and the American Society of Safety Engineers renew alliance to protect worker safety and health
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules meeting of National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - New York City Region - Temporary workers exposed to noise, safety hazards in Morris County
May 2015
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Machine guards may have prevented arm amputation suffered by worker at Cordele, Georgia, sawmill
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Atlanta Region - OSHA cites Atlanta-area commercial lamination company for 18 serious safety and health violations; nearly $80K in penalties proposed
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to hold meeting of National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Temporary Workers Work Group
April 2015
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Hotel soap and shampoo manufacturer faces fines of nearly $104K for exposing employees to dangerous chemical and fire hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Worker electrocuted because his employer, Duke Energy Florida Inc., did not ensure safety procedures were followed
March 2015
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Edsal Manufacturing repeatedly allows safety hazards, faces more than $294K in fines
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Trench collapse buries and kills local day laborer
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Blast badly injures 2 at Chicago Heights, Illinois, manufacturing plant
February 2015
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - New York City Region - Bentley Laboratories exposed temporary workers to chemical, noise and machine hazards
- - OSHA Regional News Brief - Chicago Region - Mercury Products Corp. fails to train, protect temp workers from mechanical and electrical hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - OSHA cites International Paper Co. after worker suffers severe electrical shock
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Auto parts manufacturer and temp agency expose workers to electrocution, serious falls and other hazards
January 2015
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - OSHA investigation finds management ignores hazards after worker falls into acid-filled tank at Pell City, Alabama, auto parts manufacturer
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - OSHA finds welders unaware of toxic, explosive fumes when blast kills temporary worker, critically injures another
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Temporary worker suffers permanent disability after packaging machine crushes him
January 2014
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Air filter manufacturer cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for repeat, serious safety violations; more than $64,000 in fines proposed
October 2013
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Crossett, Ark., trucking company cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for asphyxiation hazards following worker fatality