The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for a total of 24 alleged repeat and serious violations of workplace safety and health standards at its supercenter store No. 2859 in Rochester, NY.
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Joseph Main gave the mining industry credit for its role in the overall improvement in the compliance level at mines across the country, but said bringing all mines into compliance should be the goal of the entire industry.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA yesterday launched the third phase of an outreach and enforcement program designed to strengthen efforts to prevent mining fatalities.
Containers of flammable liquids left open -- and near a lighter -- blocked fire exits and no training in the use of fire extinguishers were just some of the violations found by OSHA at a Syracuse, NY metal finishing plant after an employee was injured there on September 20th.
A Deleware construction company got its day in court, and was ordered by an administrative law judge to pay penalties assessed by OSHA for trenching violations.
After suffering a traumatic arm amputation in a confined space, a Jennie-O Turkey employee had to walk down a flight of stairs and 200 feet across a production floor to get the attention of a co-worker for assistance.
Cranes without brakes and band saws without guards were among the violations found by OSHA at a Houston, Texas company -- after an employee gave the agency the heads up.
Workers used flare gun to re-light explosive gases
December 24, 2011
Pelican Refining Company LLC was sentenced this week in federal court to pay $12 million for felony violations was sentenced this week to pay $12 million for felony violations of the Clean Air Act and obstruction of justice charges.
New rules adopted Wednesday by the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the disclosure of company safety information will affect mine operators as well as the financial industry, according to an AFL-CIO blog post.
Three separate incidents resulting in severe injuries to workers lead to an OSHA investigation and eventually, to citations against Boomerang Tube LLC in Liberty, Texas.