OSHA News Releases – June 2012 (Archive)
June 2012
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA settles whistleblower case against Pilgrim's Pride in Mount Pleasant, Texas
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Spruill Products in Atlanta for repeat, serious safety and health violations; proposes more than $86,000 in fines
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA proposes $45,000 in fines to Southwest Feed Mills for safety hazards at Dallas grain handling facility
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA cautions on the dangers of using fireworks
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Labor Department's OSHA announces summer 'Construction Incident Prevention Initiative' in the District of Columbia
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Labor Department's OSHA announces summer 'Construction Incident Prevention Initiative' in Greater Philadelphia Area
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Labor Department's OSHA announces summer 'Construction Incident Prevention Initiative' in Central PA
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Labor Department's OSHA announces summer 'Construction Incident Prevention Initiative' in Northwestern PA
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Labor Department's OSHA announces summer 'Construction Incident Prevention Initiative' in Northeast Pennsylvania
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA establishes alliance with Cleveland Safety Forum to protect construction workers on the job
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - US Labor Department's OSHA fines 4 contractors more than $460,000 for exposing workers to falls, other safety hazards at Jersey City, NJ, construction site
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Shippensburg, Pa., iron foundry faces $49,000 in proposed fines from US Labor Department's OSHA for workplace safety hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Labor Department's OSHA announces summer 'Construction Incident Prevention Initiative' in Delaware
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Labor Department's OSHA announces summer 'Construction Incident Prevention Initiative' in West Virginia
- - OSHA National News Release - OSHA and NIOSH issue hazard alert on ensuring workers in hydraulic fracturing operations have appropriate protections from silica exposure
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Flushing, NY, contractor for fall and electrical hazards at Manhattan work site, proposes more than $94,000 in fines
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA announces safety stand-down at Oklahoma oil and gas exploration sites June 22-July 20
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites National Vinyl Products, for 30 safety and health violations at St. Genevieve, Mo., plants
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Alabama trucking company cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for serious safety violations and other hazards; $56,700 proposed in penalties
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Cummings Marine Service in Tennessee cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for putting workers at risk by failing to address workplace hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Stahl after 2 workers suffer finger amputations by unguarded machines at Wooster plant
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Pawtucket River Bridge reconstruction contractor, proposes $60,900 in fines for inadequate rescue and fall safeguards
- - OSHA National News Release - Norfolk Southern Railway Co. ordered by US Labor Department's OSHA to pay more than $800,000 after terminating injured workers
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Tribe Mediterranean Foods for safety violations following death of a worker in Taunton, Mass.
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Labor Department's OSHA wins jurisdictional dispute against Manatee School for the Arts in Palmetto regarding whistleblower case
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA to focus on crane hazards with safety stand-down at Florida construction sites June 19
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $49,000 in fines to Augusta, W.Va., lumber manufacturer for noise and safety hazards
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA and Altec Industries Inc. renew Alliance to help protect workers from fall, electrocution, tip-over and other hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA fines Fairless Hills, Pa., metal recycling company nearly $50,000 for worker overexposure to lead and arsenic
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Guardian West for failing to monitor workers' exposure to chromium, conduct medical evaluations at Illinois plant
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $69,000 in fines to Ohio-based Trans Tech Logistics for serious safety hazards at 2 West Virginia facilities
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Progressive Inc., an Arlington, Texas, manufacturing facility, for safety hazards; proposed fines total $58,000
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA seeks nominations for membership on its Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Zoto's International for chemical, electrical and mechanical hazards at Geneva, NY, plant
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Mississippi correctional facility cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for workplace violence and other hazards; more than $104,000 in fines proposed
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites VPP Group LLC after maintenance worker electrocuted at Norwalk, Wis., meat processing facility
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $48,000 in fines to Jr Stucco for fall and other hazards at Dripping Springs, Texas, work site
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Woodland Interiors Inc. in Georgia for lack of fall protection, proposes $43,400 in penalties
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Illinois Gun Works for exposing workers to lead, other hazards at Elmwood Park, Ill., plant
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Indiana-based Great Lakes Chemical in El Dorado, Ark., for exposing workers to bromine hazards
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Cobleskill, NY, Wal-Mart Super Center for repeat and serious safety hazards; proposes $52,600 in fines
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Missouri-based PAR Electrical Contractors for safety violations following worker fatality in Montana
- - OSHA News Release - Birmingham Region - US Labor Department's OSHA orders reinstatement of whistleblower
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA will hold meeting of the Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $193,000 in fines for stability, steel erection, cave-in, fall hazards at Kimball Union Academy site
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites North Billerica, Mass., contractor for violations following arc blast at Andover worksite that injured worker
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Heraeus Materials Technology for overexposing workers to lead, metal at West Conshohocken, Pa., facility
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites roofing contractor Woodridge Enterprises for lack of fall protection at 2 Illinois job sites
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Brown-Campbell Co. for 19 safety and health violations at Ohio plant
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites New Jersey-based Pinnacle Foods Group for 27 serious safety and health violations in Fayetteville, Ark.
- - OSHA Media Advisory - US Labor Department's OSHA to host Hispanic Safety Summit in Seaford, Del., June 10
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - US Labor Department's OSHA fines Clifton, NJ, stucco contractor more than $108,000 for exposing workers to fall hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites AZZ Galvanizing Services in Mississippi for 22 safety and health violations; proposes $78,500 in fines