A Maryland residential framing contractor – cited for 136 willful, repeat, serious and other violations in 20 workplace safety inspections since 2020 – continues to expose its workers to falls from elevation, the construction industry’s most lethal hazard, inspectors with …
A Nanuet, New York roofing and siding contractor with a history of safety violations and penalties now faces an additional $1,343,363 in penalties after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it investigated another fatal fall …
An October 21, 2021, decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered UHS of Fuller Inc. and UHS of Delaware Inc. to pay the U.S. Department of Labor $30, 515.63 in attorneys’ fees after failing to …
The Biden administration on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift rulings by two lower courts that put the president’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers on hold, saying the shots were crucial before an expected winter spike in …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is publishing an advance notice of proposed rulemaking for heat injury and illness prevention. Currently, OSHA does not have a specific standard for hazardous heat conditions and this action begins …
At a Boston sewer repair worksite in February, Jordy Alexander Castaneda Romero and Juan Carlos Figueroa Gutierrez died after a dump truck struck and pushed them into a nine-foot deep trench. For their employer, Atlantic Coast Utilities LLC/Advanced Utilities Inc., …
A Wisconsin grain facility faces 14 workplace safety violation citations and more than $676,000 in penalties following the death of a following the engulfment death of a worker in a corn silo. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said …
President Joe Biden’s top labor official said most gig workers in the United States should be classified as “employees” deserving of related benefits, in what could be a policy shift that is likely to raise costs for companies that depend …
A Waterville, Maine, auto body manufacturing plant is facing nearly $400,000 in proposed fines for unaddressed fall and noise hazards that placed its employees at risk. The Shyft Group Duramag LLC – formerly F3 MFG Inc. – faces $393,992 in …
A Trenton, New Jersey-based contractor is being fined $201,000 after one of its employees suffered serious injuries when the roof beneath him collapsed. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Osman “Alex” Inestrosa – who …
