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OSHA and the Colorado Health Care Association have signed an ambassador-level alliance to provide long-term care workers in Colorado with information, guidance and access to training resources.

US Department of Labor, Power Generation Workgroup alliance promotes importance of safety for workers

OSHA Region VIII and the Power Generation VPP Workgroup, industry professionals committed to the goals of the OSHA's national VPP program, have established an alliance to increase safety for power industry workers.

US Department of Labor certifies Maine's completion of developmental steps of occupational safety, health plan for state, local government workers

The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has certified the completion of all structural and developmental aspects of Maine's State Plan for protecting the safety and health of state and local government workers.

Federal investigation of teen worker's fall from New Castle store roof finds Georgia contractor violated child labor, overtime, worker safety laws

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 review into how the roofing contractor failed to pay 30 employees their full wages and exposed other workers to dangerous fall hazards.

Federal investigation orders church to pay back wages, reinstate employee fired for raising concerns about rodents, insects in childcare center

After a nutrition specialist employed at a Dallas 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.

OSHA to hold online meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Heat Work Group on April 27

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold an online meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Heat Work Group on April 27, 2023, from 2 to 4 p.m. ET.

Investigations by Department of Labor, Vernon Police lead to first-degree manslaughter charges in Connecticut trench fatality

Inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, special agents with the department's Office of Inspector General, and detectives with the Town of Vernon's Police Department investigated the collapse of an 8-foot-deep trench that killed an employee of Botticello Inc., a Manchester construction contractor.

Federal investigators find operating, training deficiencies contributed to fatal BP Products refinery explosion that claimed two workers' lives

A federal investigation into two workers' fatal burns at an Oregon, Ohio, refinery's crude unit has found its operator, BP Products North America Inc. violated the U.S. Department of Labor's process safety procedures for highly hazardous materials and failed to adequately train the workers.

US Department of Labor, National Safety Council Nebraska Chapter sign alliance to train employers, workers on common hazards

On March 7, 2023, OSHA Area Director Matthew Thurlby in Omaha and Eric Koeppe, president of the National Safety Council-Nebraska Chapter signed an alliance to promote workplace safety and health topics in general industry, construction, and agriculture.

Federal investigation of teen worker's fall from New Castle store roof finds Georgia contractor violated child labor, overtime, worker safety laws

By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2023

News Release: NEW CASTLE, PA - 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 review into how the roofing contractor failed to pay 30 employees their full wages and exposed other workers to dangerous fall hazards.

US Department of Labor certifies Maine's completion of developmental steps of occupational safety, health plan for state, local government workers

By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2023

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has certified the completion of all structural and developmental aspects of Maine's State Plan for protecting the safety and health of state and local government workers.

US Department of Labor, Power Generation Workgroup alliance promotes importance of safety for workers

By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2023

News Release: Alliance description: OSHA Region VIII and the Power Generation VPP Workgroup, industry professionals committed to the goals of the OSHA's national VPP program, have established an alliance to increase safety for power industry workers.

OSHA to hold online meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Heat Work Group on April 27

By DOL Newswire | Mar 21, 2023

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold an online meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Heat Work Group on April 27, 2023, from 2 to 4 p.m. ET.

Investigations by Department of Labor, Vernon Police lead to first-degree manslaughter charges in Connecticut trench fatality

By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2023

News Release: Investigations by Department of Labor, Vernon Police lead to

US Department of Labor finds oil, gas waste company failed to protect workers from dangers of inhalation after employee suffers fatal injury

News Release: EL PASO, TX - Federal investigators found an oil and gas company employee suffered fatal exposure to hydrogen sulfide while working near a sump pit in September 2022.

Federal investigators find operating, training deficiencies contributed to fatal BP Products refinery explosion that claimed two workers' lives

News Release: OREGON, OH ‒ A federal investigation into two workers' fatal burns at an Oregon, Ohio, refinery's crude unit has found its operator, BP Products North America Inc. violated the U.S. Department of Labor's process safety procedures for highly hazardous materials and failed to adequately train the workers.

Low-cost, higher risk: Dollar General inspections in Florida, Georgia find employees exposed to blocked emergency exits, other dangers

News Release: ATLANTA - While it portrays its store chain as "America's neighborhood general store," Dollar General Corp. and Dolgencorp LLC - one of the nation's largest discount retailers - continues to expose workers to unsafe conditions, this time at four Florida and Georgia stores.

Federal investigation orders church to pay back wages, reinstate employee fired for raising concerns about rodents, insects in childcare center

News Release: DALLAS - After a nutrition specialist employed at a Dallas 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.

Federal safety investigators find Mobile contractor ignored safety warnings that might have prevented 28-year-old employee’s death aboard Panama City vessel

News Release: PANAMA CITY, FL - Federal workplace safety inspectors examining how thousands of pounds of shifting cargo fatally crushed a 28-year-old worker in a ship’s cargo hold in Panama City found his employer failed to follow required safety standards, including allowing unsafe operation of cargo cranes and not providing training.

US Department of Labor, National Safety Council Nebraska Chapter sign alliance to train employers, workers on common hazards