May 18, 2021
A Waco, Texas-based bath and shower manufacturer has been cited for 19 workplace safety violations and fined $558,821 by federal workplace safety officials. An inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration revealed that Clarke Products …
April 21, 2021
Federal workplace safety officials have cited an Illinois lighting manufacturer with workplace safety violations and imposed $85,000 in penalties after an employee suffered severe facial burns. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said a master maintenance technician for North American …
April 1, 2021
A Ohio manufacturer of power distribution products has been cited for 11 serious workplace safety violations and faces $119,000 in penalties, federal workplace safety officials said. In response to a January 2021 complaint, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigated …
March 12, 2021
Federal officials have cited an Oklahoma construction contractor for exposing its employees to trenching and excavation hazards, violations for which it has been cited previously. OSHA cited Cherokee Pride Construction Inc. of Sapulpa for serious violations related to excavation work. …
March 5, 2021
A Lima, Ohio-based food production facility has been hit with citations and $136,532 in proposed penalties after worker suffers partial arm amputation. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said a 39-year-old production worker suffered multiple lacerations …
March 1, 2021
An Ohio roofing contractor has been cited for the sixth time since 2012 by federal workplace safety regulators for failing to ensure workers used required fall protection equipment. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Ivan …
February 10, 2021
State regulators have fined an excavating company $14,400 for workplace safety violations discovered after three workers, including a father and son, died in August while working on a northeastern Indiana sewer project. The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration imposed …
February 10, 2021
A Texas-based rail products and services company has been cited by federal workplace safety officials for violations that resulted in the deaths of two workers at a site in Hugo, Oklahoma. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational …
September 15, 2020
A healthcare system in Shreveport, Louisiana, has been cited by federal workplace safety officials for failing to protect employees from coronavirus exposure. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System for failing …
September 3, 2020
In late August, the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) issued a round of COVID-19 “general duty” citations, citing six different businesses with serious violations for failing to uphold safe and healthy practices, potentially putting workers in harm’s way. …