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US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Albuquerque alliance seeks to protect safety, health of West Texas' workers
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2023
News Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Federal safety inspectors find Illinois contractor with long history of violations again exposing employees to dangerous workplace hazards
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2023
News Release: ORLAND PARK, IL - For the seventh time since 2015, federal workplace safety inspectors have cited an Oswego contractor who refuses to protect carpenters working at elevations, as required by federal law.
OSHA recognizes Phillips 66’s Casper, Wyoming worksite for 10 years of continuous participation in agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2023
News Release: OSHA recognizes Phillips 66’s Casper, Wyoming worksite for 10 years of continuous participation in agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs
US Department of Labor orders South Dakota helicopter ambulance service to reinstate mechanic who reported safety concerns, filed FAA complaint
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2023
News Release: SIOUX FALLS, SD - A federal whistleblower investigation found a South Dakota-based helicopter ambulance servicer retaliated against a mechanic who reported safety concerns and filed a complaint with the Federal Aviation Administration.
Worker's complaint leads Department of Labor to again find Dollar Tree exposing employees to blocked aisles, trips, falls, slowing safe exit
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2023
News Release: PEWAUKEE, WI - Federal workplace safety inspectors opened an investigation at a Pewaukee Dollar Tree store in January 2023 in response to an employee's concerns about unsafe work conditions.
OSHA recognizes Black Hills Energy technician in Cheyenne, Wyoming, as Voluntary Protection Programs leader of the year
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2023
News Release: OSHA recognizes Black Hills Energy technician in Cheyenne, Wyoming, as Voluntary Protection Programs leader of the year
US Department of Labor lauds 9 Montana employers for recording zero worker injuries, illnesses in 2022
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2023
News Release: DENVER ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health is recognizing the continued commitment to employees' well-being by nine Montana employers all of which recorded zero recordable injury or illness incidents in 2022.
US Department of Labor lauds two South Dakota employers for recording zero worker injuries, illnesses in 2022
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2023
News Release: DENVER ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health is recognizing the continued commitment to employees' well-being by two South Dakota employers - Bayer Research and Development LLC in Harrisburg and NuStar Energy's Central East Region in Sioux Falls - both of which recorded zero recordable injury or illness incidents in 2022.
Federal workplace safety inspectors find Illinois contractor continues to expose roofing workers to deadly fall hazards, despite 2019, 2022 violations
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2023
News Release: GREENVILLE, IL - Federal workplace safety inspectors found a Fairmont City roofing contractor continuing to endanger employees to deadly fall hazards by not providing them fall protection, as required by federal law.
US Department of Labor invites businesses, workers to share best workplace safety, health practices
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced an upcoming listening session with business owners, employers and workers to collect input on how organizations make safety and health a core value in their workplaces.
US Department of Labor finds Dollar General in West Texas exposing employees to fire hazards, other concerns
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: LAMESA, TX - A federal workplace safety inspection at another Dollar General store, this time in Lamesa, found exit routes and walkways blocked and merchandise unsafely stacked, conditions that exposed employees and others to fire hazards and struck-by injuries that have been common cause for violations at the company's stores across the country.
Illinois contractor ignored city's safety warnings about deadly trench hazards, federal inspectors cite five willful, serious violations, propose $77K in penalties
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: WATERLOO, IL ‒ A Breese contractor who ignored a city engineer's repeated verbal and written instructions to use trench cave-in protection faces penalties after federal workplace safety inspectors found the employer failed to protect workers installing storm sewer lines from potentially deadly trench cave-ins on a least five occasions.
Nine inspections in four states find Dollar General exposed workers to obstructed exits, fire, electrical hazards; carry $3.4M in new penalties
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
Since 2017, more than $21M in proposed fines for national retailer after 240 inspections
US Department of Labor announces more than $12M in grant funding available for worker safety, health training grants
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of more than $12.7 million in funding to make more good jobs available to the U.S. workforce by supporting training initiatives designed to promote safe and healthy in the nation's workplaces.
US Department of Labor again finds resin manufacturer exposing employees to respiratory hazards, risk of explosion at Kenton facility
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
OSHA cites Durez Corp. for failing to protect workers
OSHA encourages stakeholders to share feedback on effectiveness of leading indicators to improve, develop resource tool
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is asking for stakeholder input on their current use of leading indicators and their impact on managing their safety and health management systems.
US Department of Labor places New Jersey manufacturer in Severe Violator Enforcement Program after worker suffers serious, preventable amputation
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
United Hospital Supply Corp. faces $498K in penalties after November 2022 incident
US Department of Labor, Shipbuilders Council of America renew alliance to promote safe, healthful workplaces in Mid-Atlantic shipyard industry
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Shipbuilders Council of America and its associate members have renewed an alliance to continue protecting the Mid-Atlantic region’s shipbuilding workers from workplace safety and health hazards.
US Department of Labor finds Colorado contractor exposing workers to trench cave-ins, including one that caused teenager's fatal injuries
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
Despite fatality, Goldstar Excavation and Sewer repeatedly endangered workers in trenches
US Department of Labor finds contractor exposed workers to trench hazards after investigation into 23-year-old worker's fatality in Aurora
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
Coronado Excavation of Sewer and Water Repair failed to follow standards, train employees