OSHA News Releases – All
June 2023
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Unsafe bargain: Dallas-area Family Dollar store endangered employees by allowing blocked storeroom exits, walkways, unsafely stacked boxes
- - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Dallas sign alliance to protect safety, health of Spanish-speaking workers
- - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, North Florida non-profit initiative align to safeguard agriculture, construction industries’ workers
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Federal investigators find Alabama tire shop did not follow procedures to protect workers from rim, tire failures after fatal explosion
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Hostess Brands faces $298K in penalties after federal investigators find company’s safety, training failures led to worker’s amputation injury
- - OSHA National News Release - Illinois pizza manufacturer faces $2.8M in penalties after investigation into 29-year-old sanitation worker’s death finds safety failures, lack of training
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Federal investigation finds Jacksonville treatment facility failed to improve worker safety procedures despite nearly 200 violent incidents in 2022
- - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor renews ‘Star Level’ designation of Raytheon Co. site in Tewksbury for workplace safety, health achievements
- - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor urges landscaping industry employers to stay focused on protecting employees from hazards as demands increase
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Department of Labor cites entertainment company in Orlando fireworks warehouse blaze, explosion in which 4 workers perished
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Wisconsin food manufacturer’s history of violations continues, federal investigators find safety failures led to two workers amputation injuries
- - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - 16 Colorado employers recognized for recording zero worker injury and illnesses on the job in 2022
- - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - Utah employers recognized for recording zero worker injury and illnesses on the job in 2022
- - OSHA National News Release - ACTUALIZADO: El Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos insta a los empleadores a tener un plan para proteger a los trabajadores al aire libre de los peligros asociados con la mala calidad del aire
- - OSHA National News Release - UPDATED: US Department of Labor urges employers to have a plan to protect outdoor workers from hazards associated with poor air quality
- - OSHA News Brief - OSHA reconoce técnico de Black Hills Energy en Cheyenne, Wyoming, como líder de los Programas de Protección Voluntaria del año
- - OSHA News Brief - OSHA reconoce el lugar de trabajo de Phillips 66 en Casper, Wyoming, por 10 años de participación continua en los Programas de Protección Voluntaria de la agencia
- - OSHA News Brief - OSHA recognizes Phillips 66’s Casper, Wyoming worksite for 10 years of continuous participation in agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs
- - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Albuquerque alliance seeks to protect safety, health of West Texas’ workers
- - OSHA News Brief - OSHA recognizes Black Hills Energy technician in Cheyenne, Wyoming, as Voluntary Protection Programs leader of the year
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Federal investigators find trench lacked required cave-in protection that could have prevented Burr Ridge contractor’s fatal injuries
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Worker’s complaint leads Department of Labor to again find Dollar Tree exposing employees to blocked aisles, trips, falls, slowing safe exit
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - La queja de un trabajador lleva al Departamento de Trabajo a encontrar nuevamente a Dollar Tree exponiendo a los empleados a pasillos bloqueados, tropiezos, caídas, salidas seguras
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Investigadores federales encuentran que la zanja carecía de la protección requerida para derrumbes que podría haber evitado las lesiones fatales del contratista de Burr Ridge
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Federal safety inspectors find Illinois contractor with long history of violations again exposing employees to dangerous workplace hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Inspectores federales de seguridad encuentran que un contratista de Illinois con un largo historial de violaciones expone nuevamente a los empleados a peligros mortales en el lugar de trabajo
- - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - US Department of Labor lauds two South Dakota employers for recording zero worker injuries, illnesses in 2022
- - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - US Department of Labor lauds three North Dakota employers for recording zero worker injuries, illnesses in 2022
- - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - El Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos ordena al servicio de ambulancia en helicóptero de Dakota del Sur que reincorpore al mecánico que informó preocupaciones de seguridad y presentó una queja ante la FAA
- - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. elogia a tres empleadores de Wyoming por registrar cero lesiones y enfermedades de trabajadores en 2022
- - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - US Department of Labor orders South Dakota helicopter ambulance service to reinstate mechanic who reported safety concerns, filed FAA complaint
- - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - US Department of Labor lauds three Wyoming employers for recording zero worker injuries, illnesses in 2022
- - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - El Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos elogia a 9 empleadores de Montana por registrar cero lesiones y enfermedades de trabajadores en 2022
- - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. elogia a dos empleadores de Dakota del Sur por registrar cero lesiones y enfermedades de trabajadores en 2022
- - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - US Department of Labor lauds 9 Montana employers for recording zero worker injuries, illnesses in 2022
- - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor invites businesses, workers to share best workplace safety, health practices
- - OSHA National News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos invita a empresas y trabajadores para compartir las mejores prácticas de seguridad y salud en el lugar de trabajo
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Federal workplace safety inspectors find Illinois contractor continues to expose roofing workers to deadly fall hazards, despite 2019, 2022 violations
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Inspectores federales de seguridad en el lugar de trabajo encuentran que un contratista de Illinois continúa exponiendo a los trabajadores de techos a peligros mortales de caídas, a pesar de las violaciones de 2019, 2022
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Illinois contractor ignored city’s safety warnings about deadly trench hazards, federal inspectors cite five willful, serious violations, propose $77K in penalties
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - Contratista de Illinois ignoró las advertencias de seguridad de la ciudad sobre peligros mortales en zanjas, inspectores federales citan cinco violaciones graves y deliberadas, proponen $77,000 en multas
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. encuentra a Dollar General en el oeste de Texas Exponiendo a los empleados a riesgos de incendio, otros problemas
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor finds Dollar General in West Texas exposing employees to fire hazards, other concerns
- - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor announces 15 members of Advisory Committee on Construction Safety, Health
- - OSHA Trade Release - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. anuncia 15 miembros del Comité asesor sobre seguridad y salud en la construcción
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Department of Labor finds Dollar General continues to discount safety after inspections in Alabama, Florida yield 8 repeat violations, $1M penalties
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - El Departamento de Trabajo determina que Dollar General continúa desconsiderando la seguridad luego de que las inspecciones en Alabama, Florida mostraran 8 violaciones repetidas y multas de hasta $ 1 millón
- - OSHA News Release - San Francisco Region - El Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos proporcionará expertos en seguridad y salud de los trabajadores en las áreas más afectadas en Guam por el tifón Mawar para proteger a los trabajadores de recuperación
- - OSHA News Release - San Francisco Region - US Department of Labor will provide worker safety, health experts in areas hardest hit in Guam by Typhoon Mawar to protect recovery workers
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. encontro que Dollar General bloqueó las salidas de emergencia, permitió otros riesgos de seguridad en 4 tiendas del sur de Pensilvania
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Department of Labor finds Dollar General blocked emergency exits, allowed other safety hazards at 4 southern Pennsylvania stores
May 2023
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor finds fire, electrical, other hazards in inspections at two southeast Oklahoma Dollar General stores putting workers at risk
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor investigation finds Columbus children’s hospital exposed nurses, other employees to workplace violence
- - OSHA National News Release - O Departamento do Trabalho dos EUA anuncia mais de US$12 milhões em subsídios disponíveis para concessões de treinamento para a saúde e segurança dos trabalhadores
- - OSHA National News Release - Departament Pracy Stanów Zjednoczonych ogłasza ponad 12 milionów dolarów dotacji dostępnych na szkolenia w zakresie bezpieczeństwa i hygieny pracowników
- - OSHA National News Release - 美国劳工部宣布为工人安全和健康培训拨款超过1200万美元
- - OSHA National News Release - Bộ Lao động Hoa Kỳ công bố khoản tài trợ hơn 12 triệu đô la dành cho phát triển môi trường làm việc an toàn và khoẻ mạnh cho người lao động
- - OSHA National News Release - Nine inspections in four states find Dollar General exposed workers to obstructed exits, fire, electrical hazards; carry $3.4M in new penalties
- - OSHA National News Release - Depatman Travay Ameriken an anonse plis pase $12M sibvansyon ki disponib pou fòmasyon nan sekirite ak sante travayè yo
- - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces more than $12M in grant funding available for worker safety, health training grants
- - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor offers webinar for grantee, applicants for federal grants to increase workplace safety training programs
- - OSHA News Brief - Lubbock Mayor Payne recognizes ‘Digging Deep in Lubbock Workshop 2023’
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor again finds resin manufacturer exposing employees to respiratory hazards, risk of explosion at Kenton facility
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA encourages stakeholders to share feedback on effectiveness of leading indicators to improve, develop resource tool
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - US Department of Labor places New Jersey manufacturer in Severe Violator Enforcement Program after worker suffers serious, preventable amputation
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Department of Labor, Shipbuilders Council of America renew alliance to promote safe, healthful workplaces in Mid-Atlantic shipyard industry
- - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - US Department of Labor finds contractor exposed workers to trench hazards after investigation into 23-year-old worker’s fatality in Aurora
- - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - US Department of Labor finds Colorado contractor exposing workers to trench cave-ins, including one that caused teenager’s fatal injuries
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor cites 2 employers after workers show elevated levels of inorganic arsenic at Georgia chemical manufacturing facility
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Federal court issues consent judgment requiring Luzerne County manufacturer to pay former employee $13K in whistleblower case
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA to hold public meeting June 15 to discuss modernizing, improving, expanding its Voluntary Protection Programs
- - OSHA News Brief - Department of Labor finds Texas Children’s Hospital failed to protect employees after security guard suffers serious assault by patient
- - OSHA News Release - Birmingham Region - Federal court finds US Postal Service wrongfully fired employee who reported workplace injury, violated federal worker protections
- - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor partners with Georgia agencies, employers to promote safety stand-downs to address workplace mental health awareness
- - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Holder Construction Group LLC partner to promote safety at data center project
- - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor partners with Holder Construction Group LLC to promote workplace safety during Trilith community project in South Atlanta
- - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces national emphasis program to reduce, prevent workplace falls, a leading cause of workplace fatalities
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules meeting of Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health on May 24
April 2023
- - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor finds Amazon failed to provide injured employees proper medical treatment at Castleton, New York, fulfillment facility
- - OSHA Trade Release - National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health to meet May 31
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Judge finds UHS of Delaware Inc., UHS of Fuller Inc. denied workplace violence protections to Fuller Hospital employees
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Department of Labor investigation of fatal trench collapse in Brazoria County finds contractor failed to follow federal excavation safety measures
- - OSHA News Release - San Francisco Region - US Department of Labor finds Guam Shipyards failed to follow federal safety standards after investigation into rigger’s November 2022 death
- - OSHA National News Release - Department of Labor cites Dollar Tree Inc. for obstructing exits, unsafely storing materials at Rhode Island stores in Providence, Pawtucket
- - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Moss & Associates LLC to promote workplace safety, health during construction of Central Florida hotel
- - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Brasfield & Gorrie Construction to promote safety at Alabama construction site
- - OSHA National News Release - Dollar General again found exposing employees to fire, entrapment hazards, after federal workplace safety inspection at Orlando-area store
- - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor to honor workers whose jobs claimed their lives, recommit to protecting workers as nation marks Workers Memorial Day
- - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor partners with Moss & Associates LLC to promote workplace safety during Pasco County Jail project in Central Florida
- - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor announces new members of Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Department of Labor finds City of Delray Beach retaliated against inspector for reporting cross-contamination between tap water, reclaimed sewage
- - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, Ringland-Johnson Construction partnership will promote workplace safety during Rockford’s Hard Rock Casino project
- - OSHA News Brief - Consulting firm earns renewed ‘Star’ designation, US Department of Labor recognition of its lengthy commitment to safe, healthy workplaces
- - OSHA Trade Release - Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos anuncia el lanzamiento del concurso "Vence el Calor"
- - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor announces launch of ‘Beat the Heat’ contest
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor finds Mississippi farm willfully disregarded safety standards after South African guest worker suffocates in storage bin
- - OSHA News Release - San Francisco Region - US Department of Labor finds Arizona veterans’ healthcare facility exposed employees to potentially deadly hazards on steam lines
- - OSHA National News Release - ‘Danger Vu’: Federal inspection again finds Dollar General exits, walkways blocked, boxes stacked unsafely, workers at risk in Texas, Wisconsin
- - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor, WeCount! align to educate vulnerable agricultural, construction, domestic workers in South Florida on workplace safety, health
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Federal safety investigators find Alabama paper mill willfully bypassed safety regulations, leading to fatal electrocution of 36-year-old worker