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....
United Ethanol Cited After Worker Dies in Wisconsin Corn Bin October 31, 2013 United Ethanol LLC has been cited for 15 health and safety violations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
OSHA Fines Trucking Company $113K After Worker Fatality in Arkansas October 31, 2013 Sherman Brothers Trucking Inc., doing business as Team Transport Inc., has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...
Agency Won’t Release SeaWorld Trainer-Killer Whales Safety Protocols October 25, 2013 By Mike Schneider A federal agency is refusing to release SeaWorld’s new safety protocols for trainer interactions with killer whales despite a judge’s...
Shutdown Sidelines Safety Inspectors of Workplaces, Mines, Nursing Homes and More October 9, 2013 By Brian Wingfield, Jim Snyder and Mark Drajem The partial shutdown of the U.S. government has sidelined thousands of inspectors who monitor everything from air and water pollution...