OSHA News Releases – December 2012 (Archive)
December 2012
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Xsport Fitness in Libertyville, Ill., for failing to provide workers with personal protective equipment
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Labor Department's OSHA fines Union, NJ, contractor $41,580 for repeat electrical hazards at Fort Lee, NJ, work site
- - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites chemical manufacturer AC and S Inc. in Nitro, W. Va., following July worker fatality
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. demanda al National Council of La Raza Action Fund Inc. (NCLR), ordenando la reincorporación del denunciante despedido ante una demanda por exposición al moho
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Worldwide Oilfield Machine in Houston for exposing workers to amputation and electrical hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Lowe's Home Centers Inc. in Killeen, Texas, for exposing workers to electrical, other safety hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Fiberglass Structures Inc. with 12 safety violations for exposing Laurel, Mont., workers to hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA files petition against SeaWorld of Florida to comply with subpoenas during follow-up inspection.
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA schedules stakeholder meetings to discuss preventing injuries and fatalities from vehicle backovers
- - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Keene, NH, contractor cited in fatal fall at school construction site agrees to correct hazards, expand worker training after US Labor Department actions
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites US Postal Service for worker's heat-related death in Independence, Mo.
- - OSHA Media Advisory - US Labor Department's OSHA, McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. and Georgia Tech Research Institute form construction safety partnership
- - OSHA National News Release - Secretary of Labor announces new members of Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Labor Department's OSHA fines Timken Co. $170,500 after complaint inspection finds 12 safety violations at Canton, Ohio, steel mill
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Lawrenceville, Ga.-based roofing company with a willful violation for exposing workers to fall hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Lawrenceville, Ga.-based roofing company with a willful violation for exposing workers to fall hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Labor Department's OSHA renews strategic partnership to decrease musculoskeletal injuries in northeast Wisconsin foundries
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Bontrager Excavating Ltd. in Uniontown, Ohio, for failing to protect workers in trench
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Certifit Inc. with safety violations for exposing workers to electrical and fall hazards in San Antonio
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA extends temporary enforcement measures in residential construction through March 15
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA releases online tool to help protect workers exposed to cadmium
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Pilgrim's Pride Corp. with repeat and serious violations for exposing workers to hazardous chemicals at Lufkin, Texas, facility
- - OSHA Statement - Statement by Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on death of James Hodgson
- - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor sues DKS Structural Services in Huntsville, Ala., for firing employee who refused to enter unprotected 15-foot-deep trench
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Amerimex Motors & Controls in Houston for exposing workers to hazardous chemicals, other safety hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Honeywell Electronic Chemicals for multiple process safety management violations in Mansfield, Texas
- - OSHA Media Advisory - US Labor Department's OSHA, McCarthy Building Cos. and Georgia Tech Research Institute partner on expansion project at Emory University Hospital
- - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA requests recommendations to update its construction industry standards
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - US Labor Department's OSHA issues new fact sheet on mold hazards and safeguards for workers during Sandy cleanup
- - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites CPI-Lansing LLC for exposing workers to grain bin hazards at Red Cloud, Neb., facility; proposes fines of $144,400
- - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Pandrol USA in Bridgeport, NJ, for willful and serious violations, proposes $283,500 in penalties
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Labor Department's OSHA renews partnership with electrical contractor groups to prevent workplace injuries and fatalities
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor's OSHA establishes alliance with Wisconsin Agri-Business Association to address grain industry hazards
- - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Labor Department's OSHA cites ATW Automation with 9 safety violations following worker's death at Dayton, Ohio, manufacturing facility