Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Workplace Safety Agency July 2, 2024 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a challenge by an Ohio company to the power of the...
New Jersey Contractor to Pay $13K Penalty After Worker’s Fatal 5-Story Fall May 29, 2024 The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports it has reached a settlement agreement with a New Jersey contractor...
Construction Workers Had Little Warning as Baltimore Bridge Collapsed. Why? April 5, 2024 By Claudia Lauer and JAKE OFFENHARTZ In the moments before the cargo ship Dali rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge and sent it crumbling into...
Court Orders Sports Bar, Owner to Pay $359K for Retaliating Against Employees February 9, 2024 A federal court has ordered a Milford, Connecticut, sports bar and its owner to pay employees a total of $359,485...
OSHA Announces Penalty Increases for 2024 January 16, 2024 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it is slightly raising civil penalty amount for 2024, effective Jan. 16. The...
Dollar Tree Inc. Agrees to Improve Safety and Pay $1.35M in Fines: OSHA August 23, 2023 By Chad Hemenway Dollar Tree Inc. and subsidiary Family Dollar have entered an agreement with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to...
OSHA Probe of Teen Worker’s Fall Uncovers Other Wage, Child Labor, Safety Issues March 23, 2023 A federal investigation into why a 17-year-old worker – who fell 24 feet from the roof of a New Castle,...
Walmart Loses Challenge to OSHA Finding in Injury at New York Warehouse February 28, 2023 Walmart Inc. violated federal workplace safety standards at its warehouse in Johnstown, New York, when it failed to prevent stored...
OSHA: Amazon Failed to Record Some Warehouse Injuries December 19, 2022 Amazon failed to properly record work-related injuries at warehouses located in five states, a federal agency said Friday while announcing...
OSHA Seeks $1.2M Fine From Demolition Firm in Fatal Boston Garage Collapse September 28, 2022 A heavy equipment operator doing demolition on the eighth floor of the Government Center garage in downtown Boston died on...