Occupational Safety and Health Administration News

Rite Aid to Implement Safety Plan for Employees on Handling of Bloodborne Hazards

Drugstore chain Rite Aid has agreed to implement a program to better protect employees, including front-end customer service staff, against hazards related to bloodborne pathogens at all its approximately 370 stores in New Jersey and New York. The agreement follows …

Texas Wire Drawing Company Faces $299K in Fines After Fatal Workplace Accident

A federal investigation has found that a San Antonio, Texas wire drawing company could have prevented an employee from suffering fatal injuries by following required workplace safety standards. Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration …

OSHA Investigates Chemical Solvent Leak at GM-LG Battery Plant in Ohio

The U.S. workplace safety regulator said on Wednesday it was investigating a recent chemical solvent leak at an Ohio battery plant jointly owned by General Motors GM.N and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution 373220.KS. The joint venture, Ultium Cells LLC, …

Manhattan Crane Collapse Linked to Owner, Operator With Past Safety Violations

As authorities continue to investigate a crane collapse that rained thousands of pounds of steel debris onto a busy Manhattan thoroughfare Wednesday, the owner and operator of the failed crane are facing scrutiny over past safety failures. The tower crane, …

OSHA Wins Trademark Battle Against Safety Consulting Firm’s Logo

A workplace safety consulting firm will stop using the OSHA acronym and a stylized logo similar to the federal government’s trademarked Occupational Safety and Health Administration acronym and logo under an agreement approved by a federal judge. The government sued …

Department of Labor Withdrawing Proposal to Revoke Approval of Arizona’s OSHA Plan

The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to withdraw a proposal to reconsider and revoke final approval of Arizona’s for occupational safety and health. By withdrawing the proposal, this will leave the …

Oregon Hospital Issued Workplace Safety Fines

The Oregon State Hospital is facing a $54,000 fine for failing to investigate workplace injuries. The citation, brought by the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, alleges that from January 2021 to June 2022 the hospital didn’t investigate every time …

Worker Fatality at New Hampshire Wastewater Treatment Plant Under Investigation

An electric company employee working on a backup generator project at Keene, New Hampshire’s wastewater treatment plant suffered an injury and died, city officials said. The Hamblet Electric employee was fatally injured on Wednesday morning. Other employees used a defibrillator …

Department of Labor Reopens Comment Period on Arizona’s OSHA Plan

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reopening the comment period for an additional 60 days on the proposal to reconsider and revoke the final approval of Arizona’s State Plan for Occupational Safety and Health. The …

Texas Oilfield Company Charged With Workers Safety, Environmental Crimes

A federal grand jury in Midland, Texas, returned an indictment charging an oilfield company and an executive of the company with worker safety and environmental crimes. According to court documents, Aghorn Operating Inc. owns and operates oil wells and leases …