Wreckage Complicates Job of Investigators of Chocolate Factory Deadly Blast March 29, 2023 By Michael Rubinkam Investigators looking for the cause of a deadly explosion that leveled part of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory faced an even...
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,...
Texas Church Ordered to Pay Back Wages After Concerns About Rodents, Insects March 17, 2023 After a nutrition specialist employed at a Dallas, Texas childcare facility raised concerns about rodents, spiders and other insects in...
Investigators Cite BP Training, Safety Failures in Ohio Refinery Deaths March 17, 2023 By Laura Sanicola BP BP.L violated U.S. process safety rules and did not train workers properly at its Toledo, Ohio refinery, contributing to...
Texas Oil & Gas Company Filed $39K After Employee Suffers Fatal Exposure March 16, 2023 Federal investigators found an oil and gas company employee suffered fatal exposure to hydrogen sulfide while working near a sump...
OSHA Cites Long Island Thermometer Maker Over Mercury Exposure in Workplace March 10, 2023 Federal workplace safety inspectors have cited a New York thermometer manufacturer for overexposing its employees to mercury at its West...
General Contract Fined $154K After Painter Fatally Falls 21 Feet Off Balcony March 8, 2023 A 51-year-old painting contractor at a residential apartment complex in Cleveland stepped onto a third-floor balcony and it tilted suddenly,...
Owner, Employee Charged With Manslaughter in Worker’s Death in Trench Collapse March 6, 2023 A construction company owner and an employee were charged with manslaughter Friday in connection with a trench collapse in Connecticut...
New Hampshire Roofing Contractor Faces $234K in OSHA Penalties March 1, 2023 Federal workplace safety inspectors have again cited a Derry, New Hampshire contractor for not protecting their employees against potentially lethal...
Texas Dental Practice to Pay Back Wages to Workers Fired for Raising COVID Concerns February 23, 2023 Two workers at a North Texas dental practice will share $15,706 in back wages to be paid by the dentists...