Keep Away from Small Farms, Lawmakers Tell Safety Agency OSHA February 4, 2014 By Henry C. Jackson Small farms have been off-limits to the federal agency that oversees workplace safety for decades. But lawmakers in North Dakota...
OSHA Findings Contested in Williams Olefins Explosion in Louisiana January 27, 2014 Officials say Williams Olefins is contesting six workplace safety violations and $99,000 in civil penalties federal regulators proposed for a...
2 Companies Cited After Texas A&M Structure Collapse December 24, 2013 Federal officials have fined two construction companies for safety violations related to this summer’s collapse of a barn frame at...
Worker’s Head Injury Leads to $90K Fine for Ohio Manufacturer December 18, 2013 Ohio-based McNeil Group, doing business as Pinnacle Metal Products, has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
Democrats Question Government Contracts to Firms with Safety, Labor Violations December 17, 2013 By Sam Hananel The federal government awards billions of dollars in contracts each year to companies that routinely violate safety, health and wage...
Left and Right Are Both Wrong About Regulation: Viewpoint December 5, 2013 By Cass R. Sunstein, Bloomberg View In 1981, President Ronald Reagan instructed federal agencies that they could issue regulations only after demonstrating that their benefits justified...
India-Based Company Fined $77K for Amputation Hazards at Arkansas Plant November 26, 2013 The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Welspun Tubular LLC in Little Rock, Ark., for...
$300K Awarded to 2 Terminated Ohio Truck Drivers November 26, 2013 Under the terms of a consent judgment, a now defunct North Canton, Ohio-based company, Star Air Inc., and owner Robert...
Dallas Employers Face $97K in Penalties Following Forklift Deaths November 25, 2013 The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Georg Fischer Central Plastics LLC and Nationwide Plastics...
Manufacturer Faces Nearly $148K in Fines for Amputation Hazards in Ohio November 1, 2013 Napoleon Spring Works Inc., a manufacturer of garage door hardware, has been cited $147,600 in proposed penalties by the U.S....