An automotive steel manufacturer in Ohio faces more than $222,000 in proposed penalties for continuing to expose workers to amputations, other hazards at its Canton facility, federal workplace safety officials say. OSHA placed Republic Steel in its Severe Violator Enforcement …
Federal safety officials have fined a metal heat treatment company based in Bowling Green, Ohio, $1,326,367 for exposing its employees to severe workplace hazards. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said Dowa THT America Inc. …
Federal safety officials have proposed $213,411 in penalties against an Ohio manufacturer for amputation hazards at the company’s workplace. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited ArtiFlex Manufacturing for exposing workers at its Wooster location …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited JK Excavating & Utilities Inc. after an employee suffered fatal injuries in a trench collapse in Ohio. OSHA has proposed penalties of $202,201 and placed the company in …
A Chicago manufacturer of rigid metal, plastic, and hybrid containers faces $503,380 in proposed penalties after inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) responded to four separate reports of workers suffering injuries at the …
Federal safety officials say that less than three weeks after being cited for exposing workers to unsafe trenches, investigators saw a Chicago plumbing contractor exposing the same four-man crew to trenching hazards as they worked on sewer and water utilities …
A federal safety agency has proposed more than $411,000 in penalties against the operator of a south-central Nebraska grain elevator where a worker was killed. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a news release that Cooperative Producers Inc. …
Federal safety and health investigators say employees of an Ohio gun shop may face life-long health damage because their employer continues to expose them to lead hazards and has failed to establish a respiratory protection program. The U.S. Department of …
Named a “severe violator” by federal safety officials, a frozen seafood distributor operating a plant in Brownsville, Texas, has been hit with $155,000 in fines over workplace safety hazards. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for 11 …
Furniture manufacturer, MooreCo Inc., and Milwaukee-based Manpower Group US Inc., a staffing agency, have been cited by federal safety regulators for exposing temporary workers to workplace hazards at a MooreCo plant in Temple, Texas. Combined penalties total $161,000. Twice in …
