OSHA News Releases – All
November 2024
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Ohio hardwood flooring manufacturer faces $255K in fines after worker suffers partial arm amputation when caught in machine at Portsmouth mill
- - OSHA News Release - Birmingham Region - Department of Labor reaches settlement with Mississippi pipe manufacturer to correct safety failures that led to 25-year-old worker’s fatal injuries
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Signature Health takes multiple actions to improve safety after US Department of Labor investigation of Maple Heights stabbing
- - OSHA News Brief - Department of Labor petitions federal court to force US Postal Service to comply with subpoenas in employee whistleblower investigation
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to hold online public meeting of Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Dec. 3
- - OSHA Trade Release - Department of Labor seeks nominees for Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health by Jan. 6
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA unveils winners of the ‘Beat the Heat’ photo contest
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Department of Labor fines New Jersey bakery $385K after inspectors find workers still exposed to safety hazards at Paterson facility
- - OSHA National News Release - Statement by Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety, Health on occupational injuries, illnesses in 2023
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Crystal Lake contractor faces $287K in fines after exposing framing workers in Elburn to potentially deadly fall risks 3 times in less than a month
- - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor encouraged by decline in worker death investigations
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Department of Labor seeks reinstatement, back wages from Pennsylvania manufacturer that allegedly fired worker for raising safety concerns
October 2024
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Department of Labor finds construction contractors failed to protect rigger from fatal 30-story fall at Fort Lauderdale high-rise
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - Department of Labor investigation into worker’s fatal grain engulfment finds Missouri farm cooperative lacked adequate rescue equipment
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Judge affirms serious violations against Rochester roofing contractor that exposed workers to 4-story falls from Village of Newark municipal building
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to host meeting on whistleblower protections, railroad worker safety concerns with Federal Railroad Administration on Oct. 29
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor investigation of worker’s serious injuries finds Texas furniture manufacturer failed to install required machine guards
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Department of Labor finds Massachusetts waterproofing contractor’s safety failures led to employee’s crushing death in Hanson collapse
- - OSHA News Release - Birmingham Region - Department of Labor investigation of 33-year-old worker’s fatal injuries finds Huntsville countertop company failed to protect employees from stone slabs
- - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor releases new inspection guidance to protect workers in animal slaughtering, processing industries
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Department of Labor cites Kumho Tire Georgia $271K in penalties, finds 15 safety violations in wake of 57-year-old worker’s fatal injury
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Federal judge orders CSX Transportation reinstatement, $453K payment for pair of employees illegally terminated after raising safety concerns in 2017
- - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor urges Florida emergency, response workers; public to recognize, avoid hazards created by hurricanes Milton, Helene
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health meetings in-person, online Oct. 29-30
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Federal workplace safety investigation finds Janesville recycling company continues to expose workers to dangerous levels of lead, cadmium
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Pinellas Park boat manufacturer faces $328K in penalties after Department of Labor follow-up inspection finds significant safety issues ignored
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - Department of Labor investigators find Nebraska grain cooperative exposed workers to combustible dust, multiple hazards at Hemingford elevator
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - AB Specialty Silicones must pay $1.3M federal penalty, implement comprehensive safety programs after 2019 Waukegan plant explosion
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - Department of Labor expands grain handling safety emphasis program to address continued deaths, injuries in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
- - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - Department of Labor orders railroad to reinstate employee, pay $200K in back wages, damages after retaliation for safety complaints
- - OSHA Trade Release - Department of Labor completes restructuring of OSHA regional offices, adds new Birmingham region to improve operations
September 2024
- - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor urges workers, public in Florida, Georgia, Alabama to be aware of hazards in recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Department of Labor orders Maryland trucking company to pay nearly $29K in back wages, damages; reinstate driver who refused unsafe load
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor finds manufacturer ignored machine safety requirements during investigation of worker’s amputation
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA announces meeting of Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health on Oct. 17
- - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor seeks nominations for membership on Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
- - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces $12.7M in grants awarded to promote workplace safety, health training, education
- - OSHA Statement - OSHA issued the following statement regarding its emergency response rulemaking and volunteer emergency responders:
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Department of Labor orders subsidiary of global building materials supplier to reinstate, compensate driver who raised safety concerns
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Federal workplace safety inspectors find shipyard workers exposed to fire, asphyxiation hazards while making repairs to cargo ship in Ashtabula
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Department of Labor finds Wisconsin animal food plant exposed workers to explosion, fire, respiratory hazards from airborne dust, cites 24 violations
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Federal safety inspection finds Sun Prairie contractor again failed to protect workers from potentially deadly hazards at home sites
- - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor launches Severe Injury Report dashboard, providing interactive view of injuries across states
August 2024
- - OSHA National News Release - Biden-Harris administration’s proposed rule to protect indoor, outdoor workers from extreme heat’s dangers opens for public comment
- - OSHA National News Release - Chicago countertop maker faces dozens of violations, $1M in penalties for not protecting workers, including 2 with incurable lung disease, from silica dust
- - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor, Mexican Embassy kick off Labor Rights Week 2024, commemorate Consular Partnership Program’s 20th anniversary
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor orders Little Sunshine Playhouse operator to reinstate employee fired for reporting food safety concerns to state health officials
- - OSHA National News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo llega a un acuerdo con una planta avícola de Hattiesburg para mejorar las medidas de seguridad después de que un joven de 16 años sufriera lesiones mortales
- - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor reaches settlement with Hattiesburg poultry facility to enhance safety measures after 16-year-old suffers fatal injuries
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor cites leading convenience store chain for serious violation after gunmen shoot cashier in Orlando robbery
- - OSHA News Brief - Federal court finds upstate New York eye doctor, practice illegally fired employee who reported lack of COVID protections to state health officials
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Metro-Chicago contractor again found ignoring federal safety regulations, exposing employees to deadly fall hazards at Frankfort worksite
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Adidas America faces nearly $400K in penalties for uncorrected, recurring fall hazards found in 2021 at Orange County, New York, warehouse
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor finds East Texas pallet manufacturer continues to defy federal safety regulations, expose workers to amputation hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor finds southeast Oklahoma contractor’s history of safety violations contributed to fatal trench collapse near Shawnee
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor investigation of trench fatality finds El Paso contractor repeatedly, willfully failed to follow federal safety measures
July 2024
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules online hearing on proposed Emergency Response Standard
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Chicago-area framing contractor continues to expose employees to deadly fall hazards as violations multiply, federal fines reach new heights
- - OSHA News Release - Birmingham Region - Department of Labor finds appalling disregard of safety standards by building contractor in collapse of Boise airport hangar that killed 3 workers
- - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor investigation leads major maritime cargo shipping operator to change reporting policy for employees
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Framing contractor again found exposing workers to deadly fall hazards, twice in less than 2 weeks at Perrysburg worksites; faces $199K in fines
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Department of Labor cites South Jersey water tower painting contractor for 3 willful, 19 serious violations after investigation of worker’s 80-foot fall
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Investigators find continued safety failures by US subsidiary of global meat casing manufacturer contributed to 2 employees’ suffering severe injuries
- - OSHA Trade Release - Department of Labor seeks nominations for membership on National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Department of Labor cites Winter Haven contractor for willfully exposing workers again to potentially deadly falls
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor finds global ink, coatings maker failed to properly protect employee from flash fire incident in Lisbon
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Federal investigators find Franksville waste management company’s inadequate safety measures led worker to suffer severe injuries
- - OSHA News Release - Birmingham Region - Department of Labor obtains landmark federal court injunction protecting employees who report workplace injuries from employer retaliation
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor finds one of the largest makers of reclaimed rubber flooring exposed Austin-area employees to willful, serious safety violations
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Illinois contractor continues pattern of exposing construction workers to deadly fall hazards, employees observed in danger four times since January
- - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor announces settlement with Dollar General requiring corporate-wide safety investments in stores nationwide
- - OSHA National News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo anuncia un acuerdo con Dollar General que exige inversiones en seguridad en las tiendas de todo el país
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Department of Labor cites Connecticut contractor for workplace safety violations found in fatal New Canaan trench cave-in investigation
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor cites severe safety violator again after inspection finds workers at Vinton steel plant exposed to serious workplace hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Investigations find contractor repeatedly put employees in unguarded trenches that collapsed, trapped, injured workers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor finds Alabama concrete contractor failed to protect 65-year-old employee fatally struck by 4-ton container near Tuscaloosa
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Four years after double fatality, Houston-area tank cleaning contractor cited for same hazards that claimed another employee’s life
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Department of Labor finds Pennsylvania roofing contractor willfully exposed own children to potentially deadly falls at Mechanicsburg site
- - OSHA National News Release - La administración Biden-Harris anuncia una propuesta de norma para proteger a los trabajadores de espacios interiores y al aire libre del calor extremo
- - OSHA National News Release - Biden-Harris administration announces proposed rule to protect indoor, outdoor workers from extreme heat
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor cites Georgia sawmill for willfully exposing workers to hazards after investigation of 24-year-old employee’s fatal injuries
- - OSHA News Release - San Francisco Region - US Department of Labor finds Northern Arizona VA Healthcare System again failed to protect employees from serious, potentially deadly patient violence
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor finds Houston metal powder coating company exposed workers to dozens of serious safety hazards
June 2024
- - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor announces $12.7M funding opportunity to support delivery of employee safety, health training, education
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor investigation finds Hubbard castings company could have prevented molten metal leak from fatally burning employee
- - OSHA News Release - Region - Department of Labor cites Arcadia labor contractor after farmworker suffers fatal illness while harvesting oranges with heat index over 90
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Worker’s fatal fall in Chenango County preventable if Tennessee-based contractor had provided employees fall protection equipment, training
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor cites contractor for lacking required fall protection that contributed to 54-year-old employee’s fatal fall
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Department of Labor cites Boaz mobile home manufacturer after 62-year-old worker suffers fatal trauma after 10-foot fall
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor finds Woodbury resin maker’s safety failures contributed to 37-year-old technician’s fatal injuries
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor finds American Home Protect, Porch Group fired employee who reported deceptive practices to leadership
- - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor to offer whistleblower program webinar to educate Southeast stakeholders, employers, workers on federal protections
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - After Sandusky pork processing facility workers seek medical treatment for ammonia exposure, federal investigators identify 43 safety violations
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor finds global pet products maker’s safety failures contributed to employee’s severe facial burns from molten plastic
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Department of Labor urges Florida recovery workers, public to guard themselves against hazards amid flood cleanup
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Illinois contractor exposes employees to deadly fall hazards twice in 2 months at homes under construction in Hanover Park subdivision
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Department of Labor cites Long Branch contractor for 32 violations in 4-month span for willfully exposing employees to deadly fall hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Federal judge upholds Department of Labor order for crane company to pay truck driver terminated for refusing to violate federal safety rules
May 2024
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - Federal judge affirms 2022 citation, penalties against United Airlines for failing to protect employee seriously injured when 737 crushes footb
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Federal investigation into worker’s death finds Appleton pallet manufacturer failed to train employees, address machine safety hazards cited in 2019