June 23, 2020
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Florida Progress LLC, operating as Duke Energy Florida LLC, for exposing employees to excavation hazards at a Zephyrhills, Fla., worksite. The Charlotte, N.C.-based electric power distributor faces …
June 22, 2020
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Bravo Pak Inc. for failing to abate hazards at its Pennsauken, N.J., facility. The company owes $259,760 in penalties. In June 2019, OSHA cited the shipping supplies …
June 12, 2020
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is proposing penalties against BB Frame LLC, operating as Frame Q and as Owner and Principal Juan Quevedo, for exposing workers to multiple safety hazards at four Bergen County, …
June 3, 2020
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited AA&B Builders Inc. and Ebenezer General Construction Excavating for exposing employees to safety hazards on a worksite in Ewing, N.J. The companies face a combined total of …
June 1, 2020
The federal agency that oversees workplace safety said Friday that it had issued its first citation in the U.S. related to the coronavirus outbreak: against a Georgia nursing home that delayed reporting the hospitalization of six infected workers. The Occupational …
March 18, 2020
An Arcola, Illinois-based manufacturer faces over $258,000 in penalties and numerous citations for violations of federal machine safety standards, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reported. Monahan Filaments LLC was cited after an employee suffered …
January 24, 2020
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Milwaukee Valve Company Inc. – based in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin – for exposing employees to lead and copper dust at rates higher than the permissible exposure …
October 22, 2019
These are the 25 biggest workplace safety and health violation enforcement actions by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA Note: After issuance of the initial citation, the penalty amount may change throughout the settlement and litigation phase. The …
October 10, 2019
Federal officials have cited an Ohio foundry with three repeated and 18 serious health violations for exposing employees to crystalline silica above the permissible exposure levels. As a result, Liberty Casting Company in Delaware, Ohio, now faces $270,048 in penalties …
September 11, 2019
Under an agreement with federal safety officials, a Grand Rapids, Michigan, pipeline company will close down and pay just over $509,000 for exposing workers to serious trenching and excavation hazards. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration …