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July 2024

  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Investigators find continued safety failures by US subsidiary of global meat casing manufacturer contributed to 2 employees’ suffering severe injuries
  • - OSHA Trade Release - Department of Labor seeks nominations for membership on National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Department of Labor cites Winter Haven contractor for willfully exposing workers again to potentially deadly falls
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Federal investigators find Franksville waste management company’s inadequate safety measures led worker to suffer severe injuries
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor finds global ink, coatings maker failed to properly protect employee from flash fire incident in Lisbon
  • - OSHA News Release - Birmingham Region - Department of Labor obtains landmark federal court injunction protecting employees who report workplace injuries from employer retaliation
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor finds one of the largest makers of reclaimed rubber flooring exposed Austin-area employees to willful, serious safety violations
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Illinois contractor continues pattern of exposing construction workers to deadly fall hazards, employees observed in danger four times since January
  • - OSHA National News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo anuncia un acuerdo con Dollar General que exige inversiones en seguridad en las tiendas de todo el país
  • - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor announces settlement with Dollar General requiring corporate-wide safety investments in stores nationwide
  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Department of Labor cites Connecticut contractor for workplace safety violations found in fatal New Canaan trench cave-in investigation
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor cites severe safety violator again after inspection finds workers at Vinton steel plant exposed to serious workplace hazards
  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Investigations find contractor repeatedly put employees in unguarded trenches that collapsed, trapped, injured workers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor finds Alabama concrete contractor failed to protect 65-year-old employee fatally struck by 4-ton container near Tuscaloosa
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Four years after double fatality, Houston-area tank cleaning contractor cited for same hazards that claimed another employee’s life
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Department of Labor finds Pennsylvania roofing contractor willfully exposed own children to potentially deadly falls at Mechanicsburg site
  • - OSHA National News Release - La administración Biden-Harris anuncia una propuesta de norma para proteger a los trabajadores de espacios interiores y al aire libre del calor extremo
  • - OSHA National News Release - Biden-Harris administration announces proposed rule to protect indoor, outdoor workers from extreme heat
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor cites Georgia sawmill for willfully exposing workers to hazards after investigation of 24-year-old employee’s fatal injuries
  • - OSHA News Release - San Francisco Region - US Department of Labor finds Northern Arizona VA Healthcare System again failed to protect employees from serious, potentially deadly patient violence
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor finds Houston metal powder coating company exposed workers to dozens of serious safety hazards

June 2024

  • - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor announces $12.7M funding opportunity to support delivery of employee safety, health training, education
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor investigation finds Hubbard castings company could have prevented molten metal leak from fatally burning employee
  • - OSHA News Release - Region - Department of Labor cites Arcadia labor contractor after farmworker suffers fatal illness while harvesting oranges with heat index over 90
  • - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Worker’s fatal fall in Chenango County preventable if Tennessee-based contractor had provided employees fall protection equipment, training
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor cites contractor for lacking required fall protection that contributed to 54-year-old employee’s fatal fall
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Department of Labor cites Boaz mobile home manufacturer after 62-year-old worker suffers fatal trauma after 10-foot fall
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor finds Woodbury resin maker’s safety failures contributed to 37-year-old technician’s fatal injuries
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor finds American Home Protect, Porch Group fired employee who reported deceptive practices to leadership
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor to offer whistleblower program webinar to educate Southeast stakeholders, employers, workers on federal protections
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - After Sandusky pork processing facility workers seek medical treatment for ammonia exposure, federal investigators identify 43 safety violations
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor finds global pet products maker’s safety failures contributed to employee’s severe facial burns from molten plastic
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Department of Labor urges Florida recovery workers, public to guard themselves against hazards amid flood cleanup
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Illinois contractor exposes employees to deadly fall hazards twice in 2 months at homes under construction in Hanover Park subdivision
  • - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Department of Labor cites Long Branch contractor for 32 violations in 4-month span for willfully exposing employees to deadly fall hazards
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Federal judge upholds Department of Labor order for crane company to pay truck driver terminated for refusing to violate federal safety rules

May 2024

  • - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Federal judge affirms 2022 citation, penalties against United Airlines for failing to protect employee seriously injured when 737 crushes footb
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Federal investigation into worker’s death finds Appleton pallet manufacturer failed to train employees, address machine safety hazards cited in 2019
  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Rhode Island nail salons, owner agree to stop worker retaliation; pay $753K in back wages, damages after US Department of Labor investigations, litigation
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Department of Labor cites leading tool, equipment manufacturer after maintenance electrician suffers severe burns in electrical arc fire
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA announces return of ‘Beat the Heat’ photo contest to promote awareness outdoor, indoor heat dangers
  • - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Department of Labor reaches settlement with Linden contractor after finding the company failed to prevent fatal 5-story fall at a Bayonne work site
  • - OSHA News Release - Birmingham Region - Federal court finds USPS again wrongfully fired probationary mail carrier shortly after reporting workplace injury, this time in Oregon
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Waukegan roofing contractor finally pays $365K in penalties for endangering employees when Department of Labor moves to seize employer’s property
  • - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor announces final rule updating the Hazard Communication Standard to better protect workers, first responders
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Department of Labor alleges subcontractor knowingly exposed employees to asbestos hazards during former Waukegan hospital demolition
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Zwanenberg Food Group agrees to pay $1.7M in federal penalties, invest $1.9M in safety improvements at Cincinnati facility
  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - US Department of Labor finds Watertown contractor did not provide required safeguards to prevent employee fatality in Brighton
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Department of Labor investigation into worker’s serious injuries finds healthcare facility’s operator again failed to protect employees from patient violence
  • - OSHA National News Release - 劳工部在高温安全规则制定方面迈出了关键的一步，继续加强执法力度，重点关注农业工人所面临的危险
  • - OSHA National News Release - Depatman Travay la pran yon mezi ki enpòtan anpil pou tabli règ pou pwoteje moun k ap travay kote gen anpil chalè, li kontinye fè plis efò pou lwa yo kapab aplike tout kote, epi li travay pou pwoteje travayè agrikiltè yo kont danje
  • - OSHA National News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo da un paso fundamental en la elaboración de normas de seguridad ante el calor, continúa intensificando los esfuerzos para hacer cumplir la ley y se centra en los peligros para los trabajadores agrícolas
  • - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor takes critical step in heat safety rulemaking, continues heightened enforcement efforts, focuses on dangers to agricultural workers
  • - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor plans to restructure workplace safety, health regional operations strategically to protect workers
  • - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Settlement affirms willful OSHA violations, $215K penalties, against contractors for fall hazards at multiple New Jersey work sites
  • - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - Department of Labor cites goods transport provider after truck strikes grain yard manager, weeks after federal inspectors warn of hazards
  • - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - St. Louis contractor faces $258K in fines after exposing roofing workers to potentially deadly fall hazards 5 times in 7 weeks at Wentzville worksites
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor finds Chicago-area medical glass manufacturer again ignoring machine safety procedures, issues repeat violations
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Department of Labor cites Midwest bread products supplier after worker suffers disabling injury at Sun Prairie facility
  • - OSHA Trade Release - National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health will hold online public meeting on May 7
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA announces online public meeting of Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health will be held June 4
  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Department of Labor investigation of Boston window cleaner’s 29-story fall finds employer again failed to inspect, replace protective equipment
  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Department of Labor investigation into visiting nurse’s death finds home care agency failed to protect workers against workplace violence
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor finds Georgia construction contractor could have prevented 31-year-old worker’s fatal fall in Arcadia
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor finds prominent South Carolina shipyard ignored federal measures that could have prevented 41-year-old worker’s fatal fall

April 2024

  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Department of Labor again cites Hanover Foods for exposing workers to dozens of safety, health hazards; proposes $761K in penalties
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor cites 2 Florida construction contractors after finding lack of crane safety protocols led to 37-year-old employee’s fatal injuries
  • - OSHA News Release - San Francisco Region - Tamuning contractor faces $1M in penalties after federal inspectors find employees again exposed to potentially fatal trench hazards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - Department of Labor releases 2023 injury, illness data
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor to honor workers whose jobs claimed their lives, recommit to protecting workers as nation marks Workers Memorial Day
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor finds employee fatally injured after manufacturer failed to protect her from caught-between, struck-by hazards
  • - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - US Department of Labor provides support to families of fallen workers, stresses importance of workplace safety on Workers Memorial Day
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor cites South Florida contractor for lack of heat illness prevention program after heatstroke claims 26-year-old worker’s life
  • - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - Federal safety inspections find Kansas construction contractor again failing to protect workers from potentially deadly fall hazards at Missouri homesites
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to hold training event to help improve federal worker safety, health
  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Proper planning, safeguards could have prevented New Bedford dock collapse, US Department of Labor inspection finds
  • - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - US Department of Labor settlement affirms 3 dozen workplace safety citations against Camden auto recycler, parts supplier; assesses $868K in penalties
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor fines Colorado Trader Joe’s nearly $217K for violating federal safety regulations
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor, industry partners to promote road construction worker safety during 2024 National Work Zone Awareness Week
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor finds Florida contractor ignored federal safety measures that could have prevented welder’s confined space fatality
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor finds electric vehicle battery maker again exposes workers to serious health hazards after investigation of Commerce fire
  • - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - St. Louis contractor faces $267K in fines after again exposing roofing workers to potentially deadly fall hazards, this time at 5 Wentzville job sites
  • - OSHA Trade Release - Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health to meet April 24, discuss upcoming rulemakings
  • - OSHA Trade Release - Department of Labor seeks ideas, suggestions to improve outreach, training for OSHA whistleblower program at May 15 meeting
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor investigation finds one of the nation’s largest modular home manufacturers exposed workers to dozens of safety, health risks

March 2024

  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor issues final rule to clarify rights to employee representation during OSHA inspections
  • - OSHA News Release - San Francisco Region - Department of Labor holds PrimeLending vice president, managers liable after employees fired for reporting consumer fraud concerns
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor investigation finds HBD/Thermoid again exposed employees to unsafe conditions, proposes additional $321K in penalties
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor investigation of employee’s severe injuries finds Ohio manufacturer failed to correct similar hazards cited in 2022
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA, Safety Week organization challenge industry employers to lead largest stand-down to prevent falls on May 8
  • - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - New York roofing company withdraws contest notice after vigorous litigation by Department of Labor, affirming egregious willful citations, $687K fine
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor finds Alabama forklift parts manufacturer could have prevented 38-year-old foundry worker’s fatal injuries
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor finds Alabama sausage manufacturer again exposed workers to deadly hazards at Attalla worksite, proposes $116K in penalties
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor joins industry leaders, stakeholders to stress workplace safety during 2024 Stand Up 4 Grain Safety Week, March 25-29
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Department of Labor alleges Georgia pesticide manufacturer illegally terminated employee who filed safety complaint
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor investigation finds Houston-area contractor ignored federal safety measures in teenager’s trench collapse death
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor investigation of worker’s confined space fatality finds Oklahoma City-area contractor ignored federal safety measures
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor will offer training, compliance assistance at 2024 Central Alabama Construction Safety Conference, Expo
  • - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Department of Labor inspection finds Hanover Foods subsidiary exposing South Jersey employees to workplace safety dangers, proposes $463K penalty
  • - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Long Island construction contractor to pay $144K, enhance compliance following US Department of Labor investigation, litigation