Dollar General to Pay $12M Penalty, Improve Safety July 16, 2024 Discount store operator Dollar General has agreed to pay $12 million in penalty for alleged safety violations that led to...
Amazon Fined for Worker Safety Violations in Three States February 3, 2023 By Spencer Soper US federal workplace safety regulators fined Amazon.com Inc. more than $60,000 for putting warehouse employees at risk for lower back...
2 Contractors Face $690K OSHA Fines Over Mezzanine Collapse, Asbestos at Boston Plant November 14, 2022 Two Massachusetts contractors are facing a combined $690,000 in penalties for alleged safety errors that led to worker injuries during...
OSHA Cites Roofing Firm as ‘Severe Violator’ of Worker Safety Rules April 22, 2022 A Maine roofing and siding contractor willfully exposed its employees to fall hazards at a Hampden, Maine residential construction site...
Lawsuit Accuses United Airlines of Refusing Employee Exemptions to Vaccine Mandate September 27, 2021 By Daniel Wiessner United Airlines Inc is facing claims that it unlawfully denied religious and medical exemptions from a requirement that employees receive...
Rarely-Used Emergency Workplace Rule Is Key to Biden Vaccine Plan September 15, 2021 By Tom Hals and Daniel Wiessner U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan requiring more than 100 million Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19 relies on a rarely...
How Biden Vaccine Mandate Will Test OSHA September 14, 2021 By David Shepardson The U.S. agency in charge of the Biden administration’s new rules requiring COVID-19 vaccination at many private workplaces faces stiff...
Biden’s Vaccine Plan Puts OSHA in Spotlight; Expected to Trigger Legal Challenges September 13, 2021 By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker and Andrea Shalal President Joe Biden’s sweeping new vaccine requirements have Republican governors threatening lawsuits. His unapologetic response: “Have at it.” The administration...
Alabama Construction Co. Fined $30K by Labor Department Over Fall Hazards November 6, 2019 The U.S. Department of Labor says it’s fined a construction company approximately $32,000 for not properly protecting against falls at...
OSHA Fines Alabama Steel Firm $320K Over Safety Hazards November 27, 2018 An Alabama steel company is being fined more than $320,000 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration over hazardous working...