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Mo. company charged in employee’s death

November 23, 2015

A Missouri contractor faces federal charges in the death of an employee, who plunged more than 30 feet to his death at a Kansas City construction site in July, 2015.

Bumble Bee to pay $6 million over death of employee in tuna oven

August 13, 2015

In the biggest-ever settlement in California over workplace safety violations involving a single victim, Bumble Bee Foods will pay $6 million in the death of an employee who was accidentally cooked in a 270 degree industrial oven.

A CPR Blog post

Kill a worker? You're not a criminal. Steal a worker's pay? You are one.

Rena Steinzor

July 23, 2015

Labor Secretary Tom Perez came into office pledging to create good jobs and take on the economic injustice that oppresses blue-collar workers, from raising the minimum wage and restoring unpaid overtime to combatting wage theft.

Roofing company owner charged in employee's fatal fall

James J. McCullagh allegedly lied to OSHA, told workers to lie as well

June 19, 2015

The owner of a Pennsylvania roofing company was indicted by the U.S. Attorney's office in Philadelphia with making false statements, obstructing justice and willfully violating OSHA fall protection standards in connection with the fatal fall of an employee in June 2013.

Movie set death leads to prison sentence

March 10, 2015

The death of a 27-year-old camera assistant on a movie set in rural Georgia has resulted in a jail sentence for the film’s director. The two year sentence for Randall Miller came after Miller pleaded guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and criminal trespassing in a plea deal that got charges dropped against his wife and business partner, Jody Savin.

OSH Act violation sends company president to federal prison

Two workers died from exposure to hydrogen sulfide

November 20, 2013

The former president of Port Arthur Chemical and Environmental Services LLC (PACES) has been sentenced for occupational safety crimes which resulted in the death of an employee. Matthew Lawrence Bowman, 41, of Houston, was sentenced last month to 12 months in federal prison, after pleading to violating the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) and making a false statement.

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