August 14, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Hebco Products Inc. in Bucyrus, Ohio, with 14 safety violations, including two repeat violations for failing to guard machines to prevent amputation injuries as well as document and …
August 14, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited S.J. Louis Construction of Texas Ltd. with one serious and one repeat safety violation for exposing workers to trenching and excavation hazards at a job site in Hurst …
July 30, 2012
A Louisiana seafood company is facing nearly $250,000 in fines, penalties and back wages for exposing workers to hazards and underpaying employees. The U.S. Department of Labor issued findings from investigations of C.J.’s Seafood Inc. in Breaux Bridge. The department’s …
July 23, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited King of Prussia, Pa.-based Arkema Inc. with 12 serious, one repeat and one other-than-serious violations for exposing workers to multiple safety hazards while producing organic chemicals at the …
July 5, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a settlement agreement with Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. in Mount Pleasant, Texas, to resolve allegations that the company terminated an employee who raised environmental complaints, in violation of the whistleblower provision of the …
June 29, 2012
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is launching what it calls a “no-notice” campaign in West Virginia this summer in hopes of reducing construction injuries and deaths. The “Construction Incident Prevention Initiative” will focus enforcement efforts on construction sites …
June 27, 2012
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is launching what it calls a “no-notice” campaign in West Virginia this summer in hopes of reducing construction injuries and deaths.The “Construction Incident Prevention Initiative” will focus enforcement efforts on construction sites covered …
June 20, 2012
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is ordering railroad operator Norfolk Southern to pay more than $800,000 for firing a South Carolina worker and two others after they reported injuries on the job. Safety officials said that the incidents are …
June 19, 2012
A manufacturing facility in Texas has been fined $58,000 by federal regulators for exposing workers to safety hazards. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Progressive Inc. in Arlington with 15 safety violations for exposing …
June 13, 2012
Federal officials have fined an Illinois gun sales business, a shooting range and gun safety training company for allegedly exposing workers to hazards, including lead. Proposed fines total $111,000. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has …