OSHA News Releases – All
May 2020
- - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Safety Alert for Restaurant, Food and Beverage Businesses Providing Curbside Pickup and Takeout Service
April 2020
- - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Statement Commemorating Workers’ Memorial Day
- - OSHA National News Release - ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers And Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
- - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA and CDC Issue Interim Guidance To Protect Workers in Meatpacking and Processing Industries
- - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Additional Respirator Guidance for Healthcare during the Coronavirus Pandemic
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Contractor Following Worker Fatality Due to Chemical Inhalation
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Construction Contractor For Exposing Employees to Cave-in and Other Hazards
- - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Help Keep Construction Workers Safe during the Coronavirus Pandemic
- - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor to Hold Meeting to Solicit Public Input On OSHA Whistleblower Program
- - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Considers Employer’s Good Faith Efforts When Enforcing Compliance During Coronavirus Pandemic
- - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Help Keep Manufacturing Workers Safe During Coronavirus Pandemic
- - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Announces OSHA Interim Enforcement Response Plan to Protect Workers during the Coronavirus Pandemic
- - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Keep Package Delivery Workers Safe During COVID-19 Pandemic
- - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Enforcement Guidance For Recording Cases of COVID-19
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Atlanta Contractor for Safety Hazards After Employee Fatality on I-285 Highway Project
- - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Keep Retail Workers Safe During Coronavirus Pandemic
- - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Expands Temporary Guidance for Respirator Fit-Testing to All Industries during COVID-19 Pandemic
- - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers That They Cannot Retaliate Against Workers Reporting Unsafe Conditions During Coronavirus Pandemic
- - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Publishes New OSHA Poster Aimed At Reducing Workplace Exposure to the Coronavirus
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - U.S. Department of Labor, Grain and Feed Association of Illinois Establish Alliance to Address Grain Handling Hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Skinner Tank Company After Employee’s Fatal Fall at St. Joseph, Missouri, Worksite
- - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department Of Labor Issues Guidance for Respirators Certified under Other Countries’ Standards During COVID-19 Pandemic
- - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Guidance for Respiratory Protection During N95 Shortage Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Three Employers After Worker Injured at Northwestern University
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Engineering Firm, General Contractor, Steel Erector, Other Subcontractors After New Orleans Construction Collapse
- - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Appoints Amanda Edens OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Jersey Manufacturer For Safety Lapse Again After Employee Amputation
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Construction Contractors for Safety Violations After Worker Fatality and Injuries at I-4 Ultimate Project in Florida
March 2020
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Manufacturer for Amputation, Noise and Other Safety and Health Hazards
- - OSHA Trade Release - 7th Annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls Postponed Due to COVID-19
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites U.S. Virgin Islands Concrete Factory For Exposing Employees to Crushing Hazards Following Fatality
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Florida Roofing Contractor for Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards at Port Saint Lucie Worksites
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Wisconsin Dollar Tree Store For Exposing Employees to Exit, Storage and Fire Hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Dollar Tree Store For Trip and Fall Hazards at Alabama Location
- - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Requests Nominations to the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Jersey Food Manufacturer For Repeat Violation After Worker Injury
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - U.S. Department of Labor Extends Emphasis Program in the District of Columbia To Reduce or Eliminate Worker Exposure to Silica
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - U.S. Department of Labor Extends Emphasis Program in Pennsylvania To Reduce or Eliminate Worker
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - U.S. Department of Labor Extends Emphasis Program in Delaware To Reduce or Eliminate Worker Exposure to Silica
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - U.S. Department of Labor Extends Emphasis Program in West Virginia To Reduce or Eliminate Worker Exposure to Silica
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - U.S. Department of Labor Enters Partnership to Promote Safety During Demolition of Two Missouri Coal-Fired Power Plants
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Illinois Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Machine Hazards
- - OSHA National News Release - U.S. Department of Labor Issues Temporary Enforcement Guidance for Respirator Fit-Testing in Healthcare during COVID-19 Outbreak
- - OSHA News Release - Region - U.S. Department of Labor Offers Guidance For Preparing Workplaces for Coronavirus
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Dollar Tree Stores Inc. for Exposing Employees to Exit, Storage and Fire Hazards at Massachusetts Store
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Dollar Tree for Exposing Employees To Exit and Storage Hazards at Pennsylvania Store
February 2020
- - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers to Submit Injury and Illness Data to OSHA by March 2, 2020
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Interstate Commodities After Employee Fatality in Grain Bin Engulfment
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites R&R Contracting Services For Multiple Hazards Following Workplace Fatality
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Two Companies After Employee’s Fatal Fall in Media, Pennsylvania
- - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor to Hold Meeting of the Construction Advisory Committee Workgroups to Discuss Industry Hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - U.S. Department of Labor Orders Connecticut Commercial Motor Carrier To Compensate Driver Who Raised Safety Concerns
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - U.S. Department of Labor Extends Emphasis Program to Reduce Risks Of Amputation in West Virginia’s Manufacturing Industry
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - U.S. Department of Labor Extends Emphasis Program to Reduce Risks Of Amputation in Delaware’s Manufacturing Industry
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - U.S. Department of Labor Extends Emphasis Program to Reduce Risks Of Amputation in Pennsylvania’s Manufacturing Industry
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Charcoal Manufacturer For Multiple Hazards at Two Missouri Locations
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - U.S. Department of Labor and PJ Dick Inc. Partner to Promote Worker Safety During Construction at West Virginia University Project
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - U.S. Department of Labor and Damage Prevention Council of Texas Sign Alliance to Address Trenching and Excavation Hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - U.S. Department of Labor Fines Delaware Rail Car Tank Cleaning And Repair Facility $371,276 for Safety and Health Hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Residential Roofing Contractor For Exposing Employees to Safety Hazards At Two Alabama Worksites
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Mulch Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Amputation and Struck-by Hazards
- - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Publishes Amendments and Technical Corrections to OSHA Standards
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New York Cookie Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Falls and Other Hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Farm for Exposing Employees to Safety Hazards Following Fatality
- - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Launches New Webpage to Observe 50th Anniversary of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
- - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Revises National Emphasis Program to Reduce or Eliminate Worker Exposure to Silica
- - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - Federal Court Orders Railway to Pay $696,173 for Lost Wages After U.S. Department of Labor Finds Railway Retaliated Against Whistleblower
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - U.S. Department of Labor Fines Pennsylvania Company $280,874 For Overexposing Employees to Toxic Hexavalent Chromium Fumes
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Former Owner of Florida-Based SB Framing Services Sentenced For Willfully Violating Federal Fall Protection Standards
January 2020
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Hampshire Stone Products Manufacturer for Hazards Following Employee Fatality
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - U.S. Department of Labor, Maine Department of Labor and Maine School of Masonry Partner to Promote Worker Safety
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Two Alabama Contractors For Exposing Employees to Hazards After Fatal Trench Collapse
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - U.S. Department of Labor Orders Michigan School District to Reinstate, Pay $102,905 to Second Employee Terminated for Warning of Unsafe Conditions
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - U.S. Department of Labor Fines Roofing Contractor $605,371 For Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards at 3 Pennsylvania Worksites
- - OSHA News Release - Birmingham Region - U.S. Department of Labor Forms Alliance with Boise School District To Promote Workplace Safety and Health
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - U.S. Department of Labor Again Cites New Jersey Aluminum Manufacturer for Safety Failures after Employee Hospitalized
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Pennsylvania Excavation Contractor For Exposing Employees to Trenching Hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Florida Shooting Range Agrees to Pay Terminated Employee $30,000 To Settle U.S. Department of Labor Whistleblower Allegations
- - OSHA News Release - Region - U.S. Department of Labor Commemorates 50 Years of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with “Protecting the American Workforce” Campaign Yearlong Efforts will Highlight OSHA Past Achievements, Current Efforts, and Future Goals
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Philadelphia Refinery For Process Safety Management Hazards after Fire and Explosions
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Target Corp. For Blocked Emergency Exit Access at Two Massachusetts Stores
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Plumbing Contractor for Exposing Employees to Hazards After Fatal Trench Collapse in Mississippi
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Proposes $1,007,717 in Fines Against North Florida Roofing Contractor for Egregious Fall Hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - U.S. Department of Labor and Avalon Bay Communities Partner To Promote Worker Safety on Massachusetts Construction Project
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Florida Roofing Contractor Found in Contempt after Failing to Pay $2,202,049 in Penalties for Safety and Health Violations
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Valve Manufacturer for Exposing Employees to Lead, Copper and Other Hazards at Wisconsin Facility
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Mississippi Construction Contractor For Exposing Employees to Cave-in Hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Contractors After Teen Worker Suffers Fatal Fall
December 2019
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Tire Distribution Center For Fall, Struck-By and Other Workplace Hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Fines Florida Roofing Contractor For Repeatedly Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards
- - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Selects New Philadelphia Regional Administrator for Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Manufacturer For Exposing Employees to Safety Hazards at Georgia Worksite
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - U.S. Department of Labor Orders New York Carrier to Compensate Former Seaman Fired After Cooperation with Federal Investigation of Explosion
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Finds Florida Contractor Exposed Employees To Fall Hazards at Palm Beach Gardens, Port Saint Lucie Worksites
- - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor Updates National Emphasis Program On Amputations in Manufacturing Industries
- - OSHA Trade Release - Statement from OSHA Regarding Occupational Fatalities in 2018
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites Dollar Tree Stores For Exposing Alabama Employees to Safety Hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Massachusetts Court Sentences Contractor Convicted for Manslaughter And Witness Intimidation in Deadly 2016 Trench Collapse
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - U.S. Department of Labor Reaches Settlement with Global Meat Supplier Following Safety and Health Citations at New Jersey Facility
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - U.S. Department of Labor Cites UPS Inc. for Exposing Employees To Fire, Other Hazards at Massachusetts Facility