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Hostess Brands faces $298K in penalties after federal investigators find company’s safety, training failures led to worker's amputation injury
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Inspectors determine facility did not follow required machine shut-down procedures
Illinois pizza manufacturer faces $2.8M in penalties after investigation into 29-year-old sanitation worker's death finds safety failures, lack of training
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Miracapo Pizza Company, staffing company failed to protect worker from machine hazards
Federal investigation finds Jacksonville treatment facility failed to improve worker safety procedures despite nearly 200 violent incidents in 2022
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Wekiva Springs Center LLC employees reported 10 assaults in 53 days by patients
Federal investigators find Piedmont Airlines failed to follow required safety procedures to protect ground crew member from suffering fatal injuries
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Safety failures exposed workers to engine ingestion, jet blast hazards
US Department of Labor, trade groups, unions partnering to protect workers from hazards in trenching, excavation
By DOL Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today signed an agreement with an alliance of trade organizations, labor unions and industry stakeholders to better protect people who do trenching and excavation work.
US Department of Labor again cites Dollar Tree Inc. for failing to safeguard Rhode Island workers, this time at Coventry store
By DOL Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - For the third time in three months, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited one of the nation's largest discount retail chains, Dollar Tree Inc. for allowing hazardous conditions at one of its Rhode Island stores, this one in Coventry.
US Department of Labor invites small business owners, local governments to share input on potential heat standard to protect indoor, outdoor workers
By DOL Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor urges small business owners and representatives from local government entities to join the department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other government agencies for a series of upcoming discussions on the potential impacts of a workplace heat standard on small businesses.
OSHA announces upcoming fee changes for student course completion cards for Outreach Training Program
By DOL Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced upcoming changes in fees for issuing new student course completion cards for its Outreach Training Program.
Ohio manufacturer faces $171K in penalties after worker suffers amputation while operating machine that lacked adequate safety protections
By DOL Newswire | Jun 22, 2023
News Release: ORRVILLE, OH - When federal investigators responded to a report that a mold machine operator at an Ohio foundry suffered a right thumb amputation in February 2023, they learned the company took no corrective action despite knowing that an employee using the same machine avoided similar injury eight months earlier.
Federal investigators find JBS Foods failed to protect Green Bay plant worker from amputations by ignoring required safety standards
By DOL Newswire | Jun 22, 2023
News Release: GREEN BAY, WI ‒ Federal safety inspectors responded to a Wisconsin employer’s report of an amputation found workers at a Green Bay beef processing plant exposed to multiple hazards, including inadequate guards to protect employees from machines in operation.
Federal investigators find Piedmont Airlines failed to follow required safety procedures to protect ground crew member from suffering fatal injuries
By DOL Newswire | Jun 22, 2023
News Release: MONTGOMERY, AL ‒ Had Piedmont Airlines made sure that a ground crew followed required safety procedures, a 34-year-old customer service agent might have avoided suffering fatal injuries after being pulled into the spinning turbines of a jet engine in December 2022 at Montgomery Regional Airport.
Unsafe bargain: Dallas-area Family Dollar store endangered employees by allowing blocked storeroom exits, walkways, unsafely stacked boxes
By DOL Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: DALLAS - Soon after U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety inspectors arrived at a Family Dollar store in southeast Van Zandt County in December 2022, they found the store's operator allowing merchandise to block storeroom exits and walkways, stacking boxes at unsafe heights and failing to ensure quick access to fire extinguishers.
Department of Labor cites entertainment company in Orlando fireworks warehouse blaze, explosion in which 4 workers perished
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
Finds Magic in the Sky Florida LLC did not follow required safety procedures
Wisconsin food manufacturer’s history of violations continues, federal investigators find safety failures led to two workers amputation injuries
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
OSHA proposes $277K in penalties for Abbyland Foods’ lack of machine guarding
16 Colorado employers recognized for recording zero worker injury and illnesses on the job in 2022
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
OSHA, Region VIII VPPPA also name outstanding safety and health professionals
Utah employers recognized for recording zero worker injury and illnesses on the job in 2022
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
OSHA, Region VIII VPPPA also name outstanding safety and health professionals
UPDATED: US Department of Labor urges employers to have a plan to protect outdoor workers from hazards associated with poor air quality
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
As Canadian wildfires continue to produce unhealthy air pollution in parts of the country, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration is offering employers important information to help protect outdoor workers from exposure to wildfire health hazards.
US Department of Labor renews 'Star Level' designation of Raytheon Co. site in Tewksbury for workplace safety, health achievements
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
Product testing, design center maintains safety distinction since 2010
Federal investigators find Alabama tire shop did not follow procedures to protect workers from rim, tire failures after fatal explosion
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2023
News Release: OPP, AL - Federal workplace safety inspectors have determined the operator of a southern Alabama tire shop could have prevented a 45-year-old mechanic's fatal injuries by following required safety standards.
Hostess Brands faces $298K in penalties after federal investigators find company’s safety, training failures led to worker's amputation injury
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2023
News Release: CHICAGO ‒ A 29-year-old worker suffered the amputation of a fingertip while reassembling a pump at a Hostess Brands LLC facility in Chicago, an injury the employer could have prevented by ensuring to shut down and lockout the equipment to prevent it from unexpectedly starting during maintenance, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found.