A Florida framing contractor has been sentenced to 48 months in prison and millions of dollars in fines and restitution after he failed to obtain workers’ compensation insurance and ignored safety practices, leading to deadly consequences. Despite six previous citations …
An explosion launched a van-sized boiler through the roof a St. Louis box company and slammed much of it down onto a laundry business across the street on April 3, killing three people and injuring four others, authorities said. One …
Federal regulators are proposing fines of more than $320,000 for safety violations for a Louisville, Ky., company whose employee died in a fatal fall in Illinois. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed the fine for Material Handling Systems. …
Businesses that are found in violation of federal occupational safety and health laws will pay more in penalties starting Aug. 1. Under a law passed by Congress last year, penalties that were last adjusted in 1990 are going up nearly …
The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its agencies will begin adjusting their penalties for inflation. Maximum penalties issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which have not been raised since 1990, will increase by 78 percent. The …
A medical marijuana dispensary in New Mexico has been fined for safety violations after an explosion badly burned two workers. The Albuquerque Journal reports that the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration spent about eight months investigating the July 23 …
Federal safety officials have cited a San Marcos, Texas, auto parts maker and its staffing employer for heat, noise and other workplace hazards. Corvac Composites LLC and Priority Personnel Inc. were fined a total of $43,000 by the U.S. Department …
An Auburn, Maine, company that makes automotive fabric products is facing more than $100,000 in federal fines for allegedly putting its employees in harm’s way. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday cited Formed Fiber Technologies Inc. for seven …
Fines totaling $187,620 have been proposed against four companies related to a deadly explosion at Omega Protein last year. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says in a news release that two temporary workers hired to cut and weld pipes …
Federal workplace safety regulators say a Manchester, Connecticut-based construction company faces fines of more than $100,000 for a series of violations of workplace safety and health standards. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says Rockville Construction LLC, responsible for the …
