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April 2022

  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor to hold public meeting to provide overview of OSHA initiatives to protect workers from heat hazards
  • - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - St. Louis steel manufacturer lowers injury rates by investing in safety training, equipment to protect workers on the job
  • - OSHA National News Release - Secretary Marty Walsh issues statement remembering fallen workers, reaffirming commitment to worker safety on Workers Memorial Day
  • - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - US Department of Labor finds St. Louis recycling facility exposed workers to fall, machine hazards, places company in Severe Violator Program
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor calls on Amazon to improve severe weather emergency procedures following warehouse collapse
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor finds Hearthside Food Solutions violates federal safety procedures for 20th time in 5 years
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor to mark Workers Memorial Day, remembering lives lost; stress the high cost of ignoring workplace safety, health standards
  • - OSHA National News Release - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. marca el Día de Conmemoración de los Trabajadores, recordando las vidas perdidas; enfatiza el alto costo de ignorar las normas de seguridad y salud en el lugar de trabajo
  • - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - US Department of Labor, United Support & Memorial for Workplace Fatalities to sign alliance to raise awareness of workplace safety
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor initiative seeks to protect Wisconsin workers from machine hazards in food processing plants
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor workplace fatality investigation finds contractor sent 2 workers back into Austin trench after partial collapse
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces proposal to reconsider, revoke final approval of Arizona’s State OSHA Plan after pattern of failures
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor renews ‘Star Level’ designation of Raytheon Global Headquarters for workplace safety, health achievements
  • - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - US Department of Labor emphasis program seeks to identify, reduce silica dust hazards in Denver’s cut stone, stone products industry
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor finds Illinois contractor exposed roofing workers to deadly fall hazards twice in 10 days at separate job sites
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor cites Clearwater construction contractor after fatal incident on the Pinellas Gateway Express project
  • - OSHA News Release - Birmingham Region - US Department of Labor, Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association renew alliance to promote worker safety
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor places El Paso metal fabricator in Severe Violator Program after 10th incident in 5 years
  • - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - US Department of Labor, AGC of South Dakota sign alliance to educate workers, employers on construction’s deadly hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - Readout: Secretary Walsh tours Alabama’s Spanish Fort Water System, discusses department’s efforts to protect workers from heat-related hazards
  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - US Department of Labor cites roofing and siding contractor for willfully exposing employees to fall hazards at Hampden, Maine worksite
  • - OSHA National News Release - Secretary Walsh joins Vice President Kamala Harris to announce first ever national emphasis program to protect workers from indoor and outdoor heat hazards
  • - OSHA National News Release - El Secretario Walsh y la Vicepresidenta Kamala Harris anuncian el primer programa nacional de énfasis que protege a los trabajadores de los peligros de calor en interiores y exteriores
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor cites Wisconsin manufacturer after machine seriously injures worker
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor to hold virtual meeting to solicit public input on OSHA whistleblower program improvements
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor renews ‘Star Level’ designation of Pfizer Andover for workplace safety, health achievements
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor’s OSHA, industry partners to promote workplace safety during national work zone awareness week in Georgia
  • - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - US Department of Labor proposes $796K in fines for Missouri contractor who continued to expose workers to cave-in hazards in unprotected trench
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA initiates enforcement program to identify employers failing to submit injury, illness data
  • - OSHA News Release - San Francisco Region - US Department of Labor orders San Jose trucking company to pay damages, back wages after investigation finds retaliation for reporting safety concerns
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor, industry leaders focus on weather safety, struck-by hazards during 2022 Stand Up 4 Grain Safety Week, April 4-8

March 2022

  • - OSHA News Release - Birmingham Region - US Department of Labor recognizes Seattle construction management company for excellence as a workplace safety ‘Star’
  • - OSHA National News Release - Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh addresses President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces proposed rule to amend federal occupational injury, illness recordkeeping regulation
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor proposes $198K in penalties to Grand Junction foundation repair company for willful, serious trenching safety violations
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor issues $139K in penalties to address workplace safety deficiencies after six workers injured in flash fire
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor cites Pensacola custom cabinetmaker again after inspectors find workers exposed to fire risks
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor urges workers, employers, public to recognize hazards, ensure safety after recent storms in Texas, Louisiana
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor reopens rulemaking record, schedules public hearing on proposed final rule to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 exposure
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor issues $167K in penalties to address workplace safety deficiencies after 29-year-old worker’s electrocution at Clinton TVA
  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - US Department of Labor cites Massachusetts manufacturer for safety violations after hot liquid plastic burns worker
  • - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - US Department of Labor sues New York ophthalmologist, practice for firing employee who reported COVID-19 hazards
  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - US Department of Labor cites Rhode Island concrete supplier for serious safety, health violations following worker fatality
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor cites Pennsylvania hot tub manufacturer for continuing to expose workers to dangerous chemicals
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor orders ammo manufacturer to reinstate employee who voiced concerns about stock transactions, pay $597K in damages, back wages, costs
  • - OSHA News Brief - Pennsylvania plastic recycler faces $88K in fines for exposing workers to combustible dust hazards following US Department of Labor inspection
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor investigation of amputation injury finds serious, repeat violations at Greensboro US Postal Service facility
  • - OSHA National News Release - Federal judge orders Juan Quevedo-Garcia, one of New Jersey’s most flagrant OSHA violators, to pay $2M in penalties
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor cites Appleton contractor – twice in 6 months – for exposing roofing workers to deadly fall hazards, as penalties mount
  • - OSHA News Release - San Francisco Region - Preventable tragedy: US Department of Labor investigation of zip-line worker’s fatal fall finds workplace safety failures
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor fines New Jersey auto parts seller $1.2M for 33 workplace safety, health violations following worker’s serious hand injury
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor cites North Carolina electrical construction company after two 19-year-old apprentices fatally electrocuted in Adger
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor announces enforcement, effort for focused inspections in hospitals, nursing care facilities treating COVID-19 patients
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA publishes interim final rule for handling retaliation complaints under the Taxpayer First Act
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces $3.2M in Susan Harwood grants for workplace safety, health training on infectious diseases, including COVID-19
  • - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - US Department of Labor initiative seeks to protect Midwest workers from dangers of hazardous noise levels, including permanent loss
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor finds pipelayer exposed to potential trench collapse on residential construction site in Batavia, Ohio
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor, Brasfield & Gorrie Construction to promote workplace safety, health at Alabama construction site
  • - OSHA News Release - San Francisco Region - US Labor Department orders Calabasas private aviation provider to pay $958K to former worker who suffered retaliation for reporting safety concerns
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - Federal inspection finds West Virginia brick manufacturer exposed workers to respirable crystalline silica hazards at Martinsburg plant

February 2022

  • - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - US Department of Labor cites Long Island contractor for 9 willful safety violations following employee’s fatal fall
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor cites Ohio contractor for exposing roofers to deadly fall hazards for 6th time since 2018
  • - OSHA National News Release - Discounting Safety: Alabama, Georgia inspections show Dollar General continues to ignore workplace safety, putting employees’ safety at risk
  • - OSHA News Release - San Francisco Region - US Department of Labor announces Pacific Coast Safety Fest, March 14-17
  • - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - US Department of Labor recognizes Montana hydroelectric plant for excellence in workplace safety, health
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor urges healthcare facilities, providers to implement effective safety, health programs amid soaring injury rates
  • - OSHA National News Release - US Department of Labor announces proposed rule to update powered industrial trucks standard for general industry, construction
  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - US Department of Labor cites employer – involved in 2021 double fatality in downtown Boston – for new trench violations at East Boston worksite
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor sues Florida security contractor who terminated worker who raised coronavirus, firearm storage safety concerns
  • - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - As workers’ injury and illness rates soar, US Department of Labor urges healthcare facilities, providers to employ effective safety, health programs
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor schedules meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, Feb. 22
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - Investigation into worker’s fatal fall finds Henderson sawmill, pallet manufacturer exposed workers to willful, serious hazards
  • - OSHA News Brief - US Department of Labor investigation finds methylene chloride, other workplace hazards at Bergen County manufacturing facility

January 2022

  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA alliance provides important workplace safety updates for technical guide assessing robot systems
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor seeks nominations for employee representative on Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor cites Pomp’s Tire Service after Abbotsford worker suffers fatal trauma while attempting to mount tire on rim
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor proposes $145K in fines after worker suffers fatal injury at Chicago-area pizza manufacturer
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor cites Florida company after worker clearing brush dies as temperatures neared 100 degrees in national forest
  • - OSHA National News Release - Departments of Labor and Education, Federal Communications Commission, National Telecommunications and Information Administration announce members of Telecommunications Workforce Working Group
  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - US Department of Labor cites Watertown, Connecticut, manufacturer for 48 safety, health violations following employee’s death
  • - OSHA News Release - New York City Region - US Department of Labor cites Montefiore Medical Center for inadequate workplace violence safeguards for employees
  • - OSHA News Release - Chicago Region - US Department of Labor cites Ohio auto-parts supplier after employee dies, several hospitalized following coronavirus exposure at Sanoh America
  • - OSHA National News Release - Statement from Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh on Supreme Court ruling on OSHA emergency temporary standard on vaccination, testing
  • - OSHA Trade Release - U.S. Department of Labor announces annual adjustments to OSHA civil penalties
  • - OSHA Trade Release - OSHA, ‘Elevator Industry Safety Partners’ renew alliance to address safety hazards with elevators, similar industry devices
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor finds federal helium enrichment unit failed to follow safe chemical handling procedures in Amarillo, Texas
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor, Choate Construction to promote workplace safety, health at Savannah historic district project
  • - OSHA News Release - Denver Region - US Department of Labor finds Idaho utility contractor put workers at risk by failing to provide lifesaving training on excavation hazards
  • - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate renew alliance to protect, educate Mexican, Hispanic workers, employers in Kansas, Missouri on safety
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor reminds specific employers to submit required 2021 injury, illness data by March 2, 2022
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor cites chemical company after two workers die, one sickened following exposure to respiratory hazards
  • - OSHA News Release - Philadelphia Region - US Department of Labor secures $1M settlement with New Jersey aluminum foundry to resolve long-standing worker safety, health violations

December 2021

  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration releases video highlighting 50 years of protecting America’s workers, ensuring safer workplaces
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor cites two contractors after 25-foot fall fatally injures one carpenter, seriously injures another at Bradenton Beach project
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - Contractor faces possible incarceration for failing to abide by court’s orders after willfully, repeatedly subjecting roofing workers to serious safety hazards
  • - OSHA News Release - Boston Region - Federal court orders care facility employers to pay attorneys’ fee to US Department of Labor after failing to comply with OSHA subpoena
  • - OSHA Trade Release - US Department of Labor schedules meeting of the Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, Feb. 15, 2022
  • - OSHA News Release - Kansas City Region - US Department of Labor finds Leawood contractor continues to expose workers to asbestos, other hazards at historic Kansas City site
  • - OSHA News Release - Dallas Region - US Department of Labor proposes $204K in fines after worker suffers amputation at Arkansas wood flooring plant
  • - OSHA News Release - Atlanta Region - US Department of Labor cites global spice importer after worker suffers partial finger amputation at Jackson facility, levies $146K in penalties