Latest Manufacturing Headlines
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Wisconsin Flooring Manufacturer Faces $269K Fine for Repeat Violations
Mar 7 2024 // A Wisconsin hardwood flooring manufacturer continues to ignore federal safety and health regulations and expose workers to multiple hazards at its Laona mill, federal inspectors found. Inspectors with the U.S. Department...
Aeronautical Manufacturer Fined $284K for Safety Violations at Oklahoma Plant
Feb 23 2024 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited an aeronautical parts manufacturer for exposing workers to nearly two dozen safety hazards following a complaint about a lax...
Mother of Teen Killed at Mississippi Poultry Factory Sues Company for Negligence
Feb 8 2024 // (AP) — The mother of a 16-year-old who died in a workplace accident at a Mississippi poultry factory is suing the companies that hired and employed him, accusing them of failing to follow safety standards that could have...
Louisiana Manufacturer to Pay $105K Over Age Discrimination Suit
Feb 5 2024 // J&M Industries, Inc., a manufacturing and distribution company based in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, has agreed to pay a former employee $105,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
California Reaches $1M Settlement with Cheesecake Factory, Janitorial Contractors
Feb 5 2024 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office reached a $1 million settlement against the Cheesecake Factory Restaurants Inc. and two janitorial contractors for reportedly underpaying 589 janitorial workers. The...
California Reaches $1M Settlement with Cheesecake Factory, Janitorial Contractors
Jan 24 2024 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office reached a $1 million settlement against the Cheesecake Factory Restaurants Inc. and two janitorial contractors for reportedly underpaying 589 janitorial workers. The...
Illinois Manufacturer Faces in $298K Penalties for Safety Machine Violations
Jan 18 2024 // An Illinois manufacturer faces $298,000 in penalties after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found the company failed to guard industrial equipment,...
100 Firefighters Battled Blaze at Former Singer Sewing Machine Factory
Jan 9 2024 // Over 100 firefighters battled a blaze last Friday at a New Jersey industrial park that was home to the Singer Sewing Machine factory for more than a century. A passerby reported the fire around 5:30 a.m., Mayor J....
Ohio Manufacturer Assessed $389K in Penalties for Safety Violations
Dec 28 2023 // An Ohio industrial rubber hose manufacturer with a long history of federal workplace safety issues could have prevented a 25-year-old worker from suffering severe crushing injuries by following required safety measures,...
Tesla Moves to Pause EEOC Lawsuit Alleging Race Bias at Factory
Dec 20 2023 // Tesla Inc has asked a U.S. judge to pause a federal agency’s lawsuit accusing the electric carmaker of severe harassment of Black workers at its California assembly plant, saying two similar cases should play out...
Toxic Chemicals Found in Wells Near Michigan Shoe Manufacturer’s Headquarters
Dec 4 2023 // Tests show toxic chemicals in wells near the headquarters of a western Michigan shoe manufacturer, years after the company dredged and transferred river sediment from a leather-processing tannery. There is no dispute...
Tesla Beats Claim It Fired New York Factory Workers Amid Union Campaign
Dec 1 2023 // A U.S. labor board has dismissed claims that Tesla Inc. illegally fired employees working on Autopilot software at a New York factory to put an end to union organizing. A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regional...
Texas Manufacturing Company Cited for Willful Safety and Health Violations, Faces $596K in Proposed Penalties
Nov 22 2023 // A U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety inspection at a prominent El Paso, Texas manufacturing company found the employer willfully exposed workers to the risks of amputation and permanent hearing loss and violated...
Toxic Chemicals Found in Wells Near Michigan Shoe Manufacturer’s Headquarters
Nov 17 2023 // ROCKFORD, Mich. (AP) – Tests show toxic chemicals in wells near the headquarters of a western Michigan shoe manufacturer, years after the company dredged and transferred river sediment from a leather-processing...
OSHA Faults Pharmaceutical Manufacturer in Massachusetts Plant’s Fatal Explosion
Nov 17 2023 // A Newburyport, Massachusetts pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturer and its parent company could have prevented an employee’s death from an explosion but lacked the required safeguards in a chemical manufacturing...
Missouri Manufacturer Agrees to Settle Discrimination Suit
Nov 1 2023 // Tapco Inc, a manufacturer and molder of farm equipment in Bridgeton, Missouri, agreed to conciliate two federal discrimination charges alleging sexual harassment and constructive discharge with the U.S. Equal Employment...
Horse Racing, Boat Manufacturer Announce Major Expansions in TN, KY
Oct 20 2023 // A manufacturer and a famous horse-racing operation are expanding in Tennessee and Kentucky, bringing millions of dollars in investment, hundreds of new jobs and the potential need for more workers’ compensation,...
OSHA Investigations Uncover 36 Violations at Tulsa Manufacturing Facility
Oct 17 2023 // A Tulsa, Oklahoma manufacturing facility exposed employees to struck-by hazards and identified 36 violations, including 25 serious safety violations of U.S. Department of Labor regulations, three federal workplace safety...
Memorial Honors 1911 Factory Fire Deaths That Galvanized Push for Workplace Safety
Oct 13 2023 // If people really looked for history at the New York City building where the Triangle Shirtwaist factory once existed, they could find it. There are plaques pointing out that it was the site of a horrific fire in 1911 that...
OSHA Fines Pennsylvania Candy Factory for Not Evacuating Before Fatal Explosion
Oct 10 2023 // A Pennsylvania chocolate factory was fined more than $44,000 by the federal workplace safety agency on Thursday for failing to evacuate before a natural gas explosion that killed seven people. R.M. Palmer Co. did not heed...
