OSHA News Releases – January 2010 (Archive)

January 2010

  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes nearly $55,000 in fines against Legacy Builders in Quincy, Mass., after Boston scaffold collapse injures workers
  • - OSHA Media Advisory - Secretary Hilda L. Solis and agency heads to discuss US Labor Department's fiscal year 2011 budget through live Web chat on Monday, Feb. 1
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA proposes recordkeeping change to improve illness data
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $57,000 in penalties against Triangle Grading and Paving for trench safety violations at Fort Bragg, NC
  • - OSHA Trade Release - Updated OSHA guidance helps protect late-night retail workers from workplace violence
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA releases workplace injury and illness information
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules informal stakeholder meetings on combustible dust
  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Methuen, Mass., contractor faces nearly $167,000 in US Labor Department OSHA fines for cave-in hazards at Quincy and Lynnfield, Mass., worksites
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Labor Department's OSHA proposing more than $135,000 in penalties against Atlanta stone countertop manufacturer for health hazards
  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $90,500 in fines against Fibrelite for fire and explosion hazards at Pawcatuck, Conn., plant
  • - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $71,000 in fines against Schweizer Aircraft Corp. for hazards at Horseheads, NY, plant
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA proposes $217,500 in penalties against fire log manufacturer following employee being injured
  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Bridgeport, Conn., contractor for cave-in hazard at Stamford, Conn., worksite
  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $54,000 in fines against Star Service Corp. for East Boston, Mass., scaffolding and fall hazards
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Mueller Industries subsidiaries in Fulton, Miss., for safety and health violations, proposing $683,000 in penalties
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor releases 6 high-value datasets surpassing 1st open government target
  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $97,500 in fines against C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. for recurring electrical and crushing hazards
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Labor Department's OSHA recognizes ConocoPhillips, Bossier Operations for excellence in safety and health
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA announces 'OSHA Listens' public meeting to solicit comments and suggestions from stakeholders
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites CITGO Refining and Chemicals in Corpus Christi, Texas, for alleged workplace safety violations
  • - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - MillerCoors Grain Elevator in Golden, Colo., recognized by US Labor Department's OSHA for excellence in occupational safety and health
  • - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - Delta Air Lines, DAL Global Services in Colorado Springs, Colo., again recognized by US Labor Department's OSHA for safety and health excellence
  • - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $233,500 in fines against Home Goods for exit access hazards at Long Island, NY, store
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA booklet outlines hexavalent chromium standards
  • - OSHA Trade Release - Fechas de la conferencia de DOL/OSHA sobre la Seguridad y Salud de los trabajadores Latinos
  • - OSHA Trade Release - DOL/OSHA schedules conference on Latino worker safety and health
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites 3 companies for failing to protect workers' safety while constructing gas pipeline meter stations in Mississippi
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Gordon, Ga., maintenance and repair railcar company with serious safety and health violations following fatality
  • - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites two employers following confined-space deaths at Queens, NY, recycling facility
  • - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - US Labor Department's OSHA fines Camden chocolate processing plant following worker fatality
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor secures back wages for fired whistleblower in Corpus Christi, Texas
  • - OSHA Trade Release - New OSHA videos provide respirator and facemask safety guidance
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Fort Lauderdale, Fla., shipping container company with repeat and serious safety violations
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA announces informal public hearings on hazard communication rule
  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $55,200 in fines to Pembroke, Mass., contractor for Randolph, Mass., cave-in hazard
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Labor Department's OSHA joins employers and workers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Tennessee for 'Electrical Safety Stand-Down' Jan. 11
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes 41 safety and health violations against Georgia peanut processor in Sylvester and Blakely, Ga.
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA proposes more than $1.4 million in penalties in connection with fatal explosion in Houston