Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) News

OSHA Announces Penalty Increases for 2024

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it is slightly raising civil penalty amount for 2024, effective Jan. 16. The Department of Labor’s OSHA said maximum penalties for serious and other-than-serious violations will increase from $15,625 per violation to $16,131 …

Dollar Tree Inc. Agrees to Improve Safety and Pay $1.35M in Fines: OSHA

Dollar Tree Inc. and subsidiary Family Dollar have entered an agreement with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to make operational changes within two years. The Department of Labor’s OSHA said it has cited the stores throughout the U.S. …

OSHA Probe of Teen Worker’s Fall Uncovers Other Wage, Child Labor, Safety Issues

A federal investigation into why a 17-year-old worker – who fell 24 feet from the roof of a New Castle, Pennsylvania, home improvement store in October 2022 – was doing work that violated child labor laws led to a wider …

Walmart Loses Challenge to OSHA Finding in Injury at New York Warehouse

Walmart Inc. violated federal workplace safety standards at its warehouse in Johnstown, New York, when it failed to prevent stored merchandise from falling onto – and seriously injuring – an employee in 2017, a federal panel has affirmed. The Feb. …

OSHA: Amazon Failed to Record Some Warehouse Injuries

Amazon failed to properly record work-related injuries at warehouses located in five states, a federal agency said Friday while announcing it issued more than a dozen citations during the course of its ongoing investigation of the company. The Occupational Safety …

OSHA Seeks $1.2M Fine From Demolition Firm in Fatal Boston Garage Collapse

A heavy equipment operator doing demolition on the eighth floor of the Government Center garage in downtown Boston died on March 26, 2022, when the partially demolished floor collapsed, and the 11,000-pound excavator and its operator fell 80 feet. It …

U.S. DOL Expands OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program

OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program targets employers who repeatedly disregard workers’ safety and health. In order to strengthen enforcement and improve compliance with workplace safety standards and reduce worker injuries and illnesses, the U.S. Department of Labor is expanding the …

OSHA Cites Maryland Contractor for 136 ‘Willful, Repeat, Serious’ Safety Violations

A Maryland residential framing contractor – cited for 136 willful, repeat, serious and other violations in 20 workplace safety inspections since 2020 – continues to expose its workers to falls from elevation, the construction industry’s most lethal hazard, inspectors with …

After Second Death by Fall in 3 Years, New York Roofer Faces Potential $1.3M Penalty

A Nanuet, New York roofing and siding contractor with a history of safety violations and penalties now faces an additional $1,343,363 in penalties after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it investigated another fatal fall …

Massachusetts Care Facility Employers Fail to Comply With OSHA Subpoena

An October 21, 2021, decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered UHS of Fuller Inc. and UHS of Delaware Inc. to pay the U.S. Department of Labor $30, 515.63 in attorneys’ fees after failing to …