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On March 24, 2023, OSHA's Illinois area offices renewed an alliance with the Grain and Feed Association of Illinois to address grain industry hazards associated with engulfment, falls, conveying equipment and combustible dust

Deadly gamble: North Dakota contractor supervised workers in unprotected trenches, failed 3 inspections in 32 days, ignored warnings, faces $505K in fines

Twice in 2022, the owner of a Mandan excavation company sat behind the controls of an excavator, supervising employees below as they installed municipal water lines in trenches as deep as 10 feet without protection against deadly collapses, federal workplace safety inspectors found

Court requires Austin auto dealership to pay $15K in damages to employee fired in 2020 after raising COVID-19 safety concerns

When an employee of a luxury auto dealership in Austin learned a co-worker had tested positive for COVID-19 in December 2020, they alerted the company’s management and requested they notify other employees immediately of their exposure risk.

US Department of Labor, Trumbull Corp. partners to protect workers on Berkeley County, West Virginia, highway construction project

The partnership seeks to prevent worker injuries and exposure to hazards by developing a public-private approach to safety and health during construction of a three-mile, four-lane highway in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.

US Department of Labor finds lawn service contractor ignored safety standards, allowed workers to operate riding mowers dangerously at Fort Campbell

A federal workplace safety inspection of a lawn service contractors' operations at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, has found the company ignored safety requirements to save time, including removing safety guards on industrial lawnmowers.

US Department of Labor finds fall protection would have saved roof worker who fatally plunged through skylight at Milton airport in October 2022

By DOL Newswire | Apr 1, 2023

News Release: PENSACOLA, FL - Unaware of the danger, a 59-year-old roofer working atop a Milton airport hangar on Oct. 25, 2022 stepped onto a skylight and its sudden collapse caused the worker to fall 25 feet to the concrete floor below. The injured roofer died four days later.

US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration releases 2022 injury and illness data

By DOL Newswire | Apr 1, 2023

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published 2022 injury and illness data based on reports by more than 300,000 establishments. The Injury Tracking Application data is part of OSHA's electronic recordkeeping requirements for certain employers who were required to submit OSHA Form 300A information from Jan. 2 to March 2, 2023.

US Department of Labor establishes a Georgia-wide alliance to improve ergonomic safety in state's warehouses

By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2023

News Release: US Department of Labor establishes a Georgia-wide alliance

Readout: US Department of Labor hosts discussion on safety and health agency's new authority to provide visa certifications to better protect workers

By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2023

News Release: WASHINGTON - Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker hosted workers, advocates and worker organization leaders today for a discussion on the agency's new authority to issue certifications in support of applications for U nonimmigrant status and T nonimmigrant status visas.

For the 6th time in 13 months, Department of Labor finds Fort Walton Beach framing contractor endangering workers at Florida worksites

By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2023

News Release: FORT WALTON BEACH, FL - For the sixth time since 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor has found a Fort Walton Beach framing contractor endangering employees by not following federal safety standards for fall and eye protection and other hazards.

US Department of Labor, HC Beck LTD School of Construction sign alliance to educate employers, keep workers safe

By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2023

News Release: US Department of Labor, HC Beck LTD School of Construction sign alliance to

Deadly defiance: Ocala framing contractor's refusal to comply with safety standards continues despite fatal 2020 incident, 35 violations since 2019

News Release: TAMPA, FL - Federal workplace safety inspectors have found that an Ocala framing contractor’s history of defying required safety standards continues with their employees' safety and lives at risk.

Deadly gamble: North Dakota contractor supervised workers in unprotected trenches, failed 3 inspections in 32 days, ignored warnings, faces $505K in fines

News Release: MANDAN, ND ‒ Twice in 2022, the owner of a Mandan excavation company sat behind the controls of an excavator, supervising employees below as they installed municipal water lines in trenches as deep as 10 feet without protection against deadly collapses, federal workplace safety inspectors found. In 2022, trench collapses killed 39 workers, as thousands of pounds of soil and rocks crush or smother people in seconds.

US Department of Labor, industry leaders focus on small steps for big safety impact during 2023 Stand Up 4 Grain Safety Week, March 27-31

News Release: WASHINGTON ‒ Once inside a grain storage bin, a worker can find themselves engulfed or trapped by flowing grain in just seconds. In 2021, 38 percent of reported grain engulfments turned deadly because required safeguards were not followed.

Appleton roofing general contractor, Kaukauna subcontractor cited for repeatedly failing to protect employees from exposure to deadly fall hazards

News Release: APPLETON, WI - Federal workplace safety inspectors have found that Security-Luebke Roofing Inc. - one of Fox Valley's largest roofing general contractors - allowed a roofing subcontractor to expose workers to potentially deadly falls at an Appleton worksite, just two months after the general contractor discussed the importance of safe work practices with the U.S. Department of Labor.

Court requires Austin auto dealership to pay $15K in damages to employee fired in 2020 after raising COVID-19 safety concerns

By DOL Newswire | Mar 28, 2023

News Release: AUSTIN, TX - When an employee of a luxury auto dealership in Austin learned a co-worker had tested positive for COVID-19 in December 2020, they alerted the company’s management and requested they notify other employees immediately of their exposure risk.

US Department of Labor, Grain and Feed Association of Illinois renew alliance to address common hazards in the grain-handling industry

By DOL Newswire | Mar 28, 2023

News Release: Quote: "Alliances like those between OSHA and the Grain and Feed Association of Illinois address hazards, reduce risks and improve safety and health management systems to help prevent life-altering injuries and fatalities in the highly hazardous grain handling industry," said OSHA's Regional Administrator Bill Donovan in Chicago. "We look forward to our continued partnership and dialog with the Illinois farming community on the unique hazards faced by their workers."

US Department of Labor, Trumbull Corp. partners to protect workers on Berkeley County, West Virginia, highway construction project

By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2023

News Release: US Department of Labor, Trumbull Corp. partners to protect workers

US Department of Labor finds lawn service contractor ignored safety standards, allowed workers to operate riding mowers dangerously at Fort Campbell

By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2023

News Release: FORT CAMPBELL, KY - A federal workplace safety inspection of a lawn service contractors' operations at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, has found the company ignored safety requirements to save time, including removing safety guards on industrial lawnmowers.