OSHA News

OSHA Probe of Teen Worker’s Fall Uncovers Other Wage, Child Labor, Safety Issues

A federal investigation into why a 17-year-old worker – who fell 24 feet from the roof of a New Castle, Pennsylvania, home improvement store in October 2022 – was doing work that violated child labor laws led to a wider …

Texas Church Ordered to Pay Back Wages After Concerns About Rodents, Insects

After a nutrition specialist employed at a Dallas, Texas childcare facility raised concerns about rodents, spiders and other insects in its cafeteria, kitchen and other areas, their employer acted far from charitably and terminated the worker in August 2021. After …

Investigators Cite BP Training, Safety Failures in Ohio Refinery Deaths

BP BP.L violated U.S. process safety rules and did not train workers properly at its Toledo, Ohio refinery, contributing to the death of two workers at the plant last year, U.S. federal investigators said on Thursday. The two refinery workers …

Texas Oil & Gas Company Filed $39K After Employee Suffers Fatal Exposure

Federal investigators found an oil and gas company employee suffered fatal exposure to hydrogen sulfide while working near a sump pit in September 2022. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to Production Waste Solutions …

OSHA Cites Long Island Thermometer Maker Over Mercury Exposure in Workplace

Federal workplace safety inspectors have cited a New York thermometer manufacturer for overexposing its employees to mercury at its West Babylon facility. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspectors said they determined Kessler Thermometer Corp. overexposed employees to airborne elemental …

General Contract Fined $154K After Painter Fatally Falls 21 Feet Off Balcony

A 51-year-old painting contractor at a residential apartment complex in Cleveland stepped onto a third-floor balcony and it tilted suddenly, causing him to fall 21 feet onto the concrete below. As he lay injured, the balcony slid off its wall …

Owner, Employee Charged With Manslaughter in Worker’s Death in Trench Collapse

A construction company owner and an employee were charged with manslaughter Friday in connection with a trench collapse in Connecticut last year that killed a 56-year-old worker. Vernon police said they arrested Dennis Botticello, 67, owner of Manchester- based Botticello …

New Hampshire Roofing Contractor Faces $234K in OSHA Penalties

Federal workplace safety inspectors have again cited a Derry, New Hampshire contractor for not protecting their employees against potentially lethal falls, this time at worksites in Merrimack and Salem. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration reprted that its inspectors found …

Texas Dental Practice to Pay Back Wages to Workers Fired for Raising COVID Concerns

Two workers at a North Texas dental practice will share $15,706 in back wages to be paid by the dentists who fired them for raising concerns about COVID-19 safety measures in Spring 2020, following a federal whistleblower investigation and litigation …

Ohio Tool Manufacturer Fined $164K After Worker’s Thumb Amputated

In less than two years, three workers at a leading tool manufacturer in Barberton suffered injuries from unguarded machinery. The latest injury occurred on Oct. 26, 2022, when a worker suffered a left thumb amputation while hand-feeding parts into a …