A federal whistleblower investigation has found a Virginia subsidiary of one of the world’s largest building materials manufacturers fired a truck driver in September 2023 illegally after the employee raised safety concerns. The driver expressed concern that the loads and …
One of the East Coast’s largest auto recyclers and used parts suppliers has agreed to pay $868,000 in penalties related to 35 workplace safety violations at its Camden, New Jersey facility. The agreement with The Auto Store, operating as My …
A federal workplace safety investigation alleges that a Huntington, New York contractor could have prevented a roofer’s fatal fall at a Glen Cove worksite in April by following legally required safeguards designed to prevent falls. The Occupational Safety and Health …
One person was critically injured and four others were hurt when a wooden wall at a home under construction in Massachusetts collapsed on them Wednesday morning, authorities said. The construction workers were trapped in the collapse in Bedford at about …
When federal workplace safety inspectors returned to a Boston food plant in March 2023, they said they discovered the plant’s operator — Chinese Spaghetti Factory Inc. — still had not installed required safety guards on a dumpling machine’s rotating shafts, …
An employee’s first day of work at a southern New Jersey manufacturing facility ended tragically when he suffered the amputation of three fingers while operating a press brake without required safety guards, similar to violations cited by federal safety investigators …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports it has found that giant online retailer Amazon failed to provide adequate medical treatment for traumatic and chronic injuries at a fulfillment center in Castleton, New York. OSHA alleged that at least …
Federal workplace safety inspectors have again cited a Derry, New Hampshire contractor for not protecting their employees against potentially lethal falls, this time at worksites in Merrimack and Salem. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration reprted that its inspectors found …
On a Tuesday afternoon in the summer of August 2022, federal workplace safety inspectors responded to a police report that a 17-year-old worker had died after being pulled into a woodchipper at a work site near Allentown. An Occupational Safety …
Federal workplace safety authorities have fined a central Pennsylvania confectionary factory more than $14,500 following an accident last year in which two workers fell into a vat of chocolate. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Mars Wrigley in the …
