UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Last 30 Days

• August 4 - Region 7 - Maintenance technician crushed fatally when 4,000 pound machine part unintentionally moves during repairs at Warrensburg foundry
• August 4 - Federal Register 81:51499-51510 - Newport News Shipbuilding; Grant of a Permanent Variance
• August 4 - Federal Register 81:51499-51510 - Newport News Shipbuilding; Grant of a Permanent Variance
• August 3 - Region 5 - OSHA finds Ohio metal coating plant continues to expose workers to risk of injuries, illnesses from acid, chemical, machine hazards
• August 3 - Region 7 - OSHA finds Osceola US Postal facility exposed workers to electrical, chemical hazards; proposes $44K in fines
• August 3 - Region 5 - OSHA finds Ohio metal coating plant continues to expose workers to risk of injuries, illnesses from acid, chemical, machine hazards
• August 3 - Region 2 - Employees of Schenectady remediation contractor 'needlessly sickened' when their employer exposes them to mercury poisoning
• August 2 - Region 6 - OSHA fines mobile home trailer axle manufacturer, recycler for exposing workers to amputations
• August 2 - Region 7 - OSHA cites Missouri machine shop after welder electrocuted, dies
• August 2 - Region 2 - Two OSHA inspectors find North Jersey company exposes workers to more than two dozen serious crane, chemical hazards
• August 2 - Region 7 - OSHA finds Tyson employees exposed to occupational noise, other hazards at two Holcomb, Kansas, facilities
• August 2 - Region 7 - OSHA finds hazards at two Kansas Dollar General stores; retailer cited for more than 100 safety violations at its stores nationwide
• August 2 - Region 8 - OSHA fines Lamoure grain company $104K for violations after worker caught in sweep auger, injured
• August 2 - Region 6 - OSHA finds workers exposed to falls, electric shock, other hazards at pre-cast concrete structure manufacturer following complaint, injury
• August 2 - Region 1 - OSHA cites Rohm-Haas Electronics Material for exposing employees to fire, explosion hazards; finds 11 workplace safety violations
• August 2 - Region 7 - Name change or not, Nebraska builder continues his callous disregard for protecting workers from falls, the leading cause of construction worker's deaths
• August 2 - Region 8 - Roofing company did not provide adequate fall protection to worker who died after 33-foot fall at Watertown Community Center project
• August 2 - Trade Release - OSHA kicks off 'Hear and Now - Noise Safety Challenge'
• August 2 - Region 6 - OSHA fines utility contractor $46K in fatal March 2016 crane failure at highway construction project in Arkansas' Hope County
• August 2 - Region 6 - Worker's death leads OSHA to fine Nucor-Yamato Steel for poor loading operations at Arkansas steel mill
• August 2 - Region 5 - OSHA finds lack of adequate machine guarding after worker has three fingers crushed at Chicago steel drum manufacturer
• August 1 - Region 2 - OSHA cites prop, furniture manufacturer for exposing workers to chemical; other safety, health hazards at Rahway warehouse
• August 1 - Region 6 - Houston tortilla factory faces $106K in federal penalties for exposing employees to amputation, machine, fall and extreme heat hazards
• August 1 - Region 3 - OSHA cites Bradley, West Virginia, logging company for exposing workers to multiple hazards while felling trees at Raleigh County work site
• August 1 - Region 5 - Worker falls 22 feet to death, 4 months after OSHA cites employer for failing to protect workers on the same job site
• August 1 - Region 4 - OSHA cites Georgia Swifty Car Wash after worker suffers amputation
• August 1 - Region 4 - Mississippi contractor exposes workers at Mobile apartment complex to dangerous falls; OSHA proposes $42K in penalties
• August 1 - Region 4 - OSHA cites feed mill, contractors after dust explosion kills 1, injures 5
• August 1 - Federal Register 81:50561-50562 - Nemko North America, Inc.: Application for Expansion of Recognition
• August 1 - Federal Register 81:50563-50564 - Formaldehyde Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Collections of Information
• August 1 - Region 6 - OSHA fines KWS Manufacturing Co. for repeat, serious violations
• August 1 - National Release - Wisconsin shipyard faces nearly $1.4M in OSHA penalties for exposing workers to lead, and other hazards while retrofitting vessel
• July 29 - Region 6 - OSHA identifies 21 serious violations after inspection of San Antonio specialty foods producer; proposes $104K in fines
• July 29 - Region 1 - OSHA finds Connecticut gauge manufacturer exposing workers to amputation, crushing and electrical hazards
• July 28 - Region 10 - OSHA, US Forest Service sign alliance to promote workplace safety and health in Pacific Northwest
• July 28 - Region 6 - Houston contractor found violating serious trench hazards for sixth time in 10 years; faces $124K in OSHA penalties
• July 28 - Region 5 - OSHA finds Chicago-area electroplating company continues to expose workers to dangerous machine hazards, allow other safety hazards
• July 28 - Region 2 - Two Queens contractors expose employees to fall, fire and electrical hazards at Chinatown construction site, OSHA finds
• July 28 - Region 4 - OSHA cites Great Southern Peanut for combustible dust, improper machine guarding and other safety, health hazards; proposes more than $110K in fines
• July 27 - Region 5 - Inspection finds Ohio stone fabricator again exposes workers to harmful noise, respiratory dangers at stone-cutting yard
• July 27 - Region 1 - OSHA finds Windsor adhesive tape manufacturer exposed workers to widespread electrical, fire, chemical hazards
• July 27 - Region 4 - OSHA cites Pilgrim's Pride for medical mismanagement, fall, machine guarding and other safety, health hazards; proposes $78K in fines
• July 27 - Federal Register 81:49268-49270 - Nemko-CCL, Inc.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition
• July 26 - Region 7 - OSHA cites grain handling, processor for exposing workers to grain, noise, fall hazards at Nebraska site
• July 26 - Federal Register 81:48708-48710 - Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica; Approval of Collections of Information
• July 25 - Region 2 - US Labor Department's OSHA, Wage and Hour Division enter alliance with NYS Workers' Compensation Board to better protect workers
• July 22 - Region 4 - OSHA: Auto parts manufacturer continues to expose workers to amputation, crushing and other serious machine hazards
• July 22 - Statement - Statement from OSHA Regional Administrator Richard Mendelson on U.S. Steel settlement
• July 21 - Region 6 - OSHA cites Corpus Christi Steam methane reformer plant for willful, serious violations for safety failures that exposed workers to health dangers
• July 21 - Region 4 - Workplace safety inspection finds Georgia’s Chaparral Boats exposing employees to serious hazards; OSHA proposes $47K in fines
• July 21 - Federal Register 81:47438-47440 - SGS North America, Inc.: Applications for Expansion of Recognition
• July 21 - Federal Register 81:47440-47442 - Asbestos in General Industry; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Collections of Information
• July 21 - Federal Register 81:47437-47438 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Numbers Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
• July 15 - Region 8 - OSHA issues 1 repeat, 10 serious citations to Colorado steel mill after inspection in agency's effort to prevent amputations
• July 15 - Region 4 - OSHA cites Macy's, The Finish Line for blocked exits, electrical shock hazards and other safety violations; retailers face more than $103K in fines
• July 15 - Region 1 - OSHA cites East Hartford mattress recycler for uncorrected, new and recurring hazards for workers
• July 14 - Region 5 - OSHA finds lack of machine safety guarding after worker suffers fracture of three fingers at Ohio metal alloy manufacturer
• July 14 - Region 2 - Newark metal treatment company faces $87K penalty for exposing workers to fall, chemical, electrical, and compressed gas hazards
• July 14 - Region 1 - Andover contractor exposes employees to cave-in hazards in Stoneham
• July 13 - Trade Release - OSHA delays effective date for enforcing employees' rights to report workplace injuries, illnesses
• July 13 - Region 2 - Despite fire in 2015, Warren County manufacturer fails to correct combustible dust hazard, allows recurring fire, explosion and fall hazards
• July 13 - Region 3 - OSHA calls on greater Philadelphia construction companies to act now to prevent worker falls after five tragic incidents in one month
• July 11 - Region 3 - Nation's leading pallet company agrees to pay fired worker $105K, resolving US Labor Department lawsuit
• July 11 - Region 6 - Oil and gas equipment manufacturer, local staffing company face $120K in fines after OSHA finds a combined 34 safety violations
• July 11 - Region 8 - Denver stone distributor cited by OSHA for willful, repeat, serious violations after more than 3 tons of granite fall on, kill warehouse worker
• July 7 - Region 5 - Emergency medical service provider fails to protect employees from risks of bloodborne pathogens
• July 7 - Region 3 - OSHA cites Amerway for again overexposing employees to lead hazards at Altoona manufacturing facility; failing to provide respiratory protection
• July 7 - Region 2 - OSHA cites Tonawanda Coke for repeat, serious safety violations after employee dies while servicing operating coal elevator
• July 7 - Federal Register 81:44331-44332 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Benzene Standard
• July 7 - Federal Register 81:44330-44331 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Personal Protective Equipment for General Industry
• July 6 - Region 7 - OSHA finds multiple hazards at Missouri auto parts manufacturing facility
• July 6 - Region 2 - Judge upholds OSHA citations and $249k in penalties against New York contractor for scaffold hazards at Manhattan hotel construction site
• July 5 - Region 3 - Federal inspectors cite national pediatric health care provider for failing to protect home care workers from physical, sexual assault
• July 5 - Region 6 - OSHA fines landscaping products manufacturer $66K for repeat, serious violations after complaints of unsafe working conditions
• July 5 - Region 5 - OSHA investigation finds two Lakemoor Dental locations failed to protect employees from risks of bloodborne pathogens
• July 1 - Region 5 - OSHA, Chippewa Valley Technical College renew alliance to train and protect workers from job hazards
• July 1 - Federal Register 81:43429-43461 - Department of Labor Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Catch-Up Adjustments; Final Rule