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Illinois Roofing Contractor Cited Eighth Time for Safety Violations

For the eighth time since 2020, federal workplace safety inspectors have cited a Lake Zurich, Illinois roofing contractor for exposing workers to falls from elevation, the leading cause of fatal and serious injuries among people employed in the construction industry. …

Illinois Contractor Faces $287K Fine for Safety Violations

Federal inspectors have cited 595 Construction LLC – a Crystal Lake, Illinois contractor with a history of exposing employees to fall hazards – for eight safety violations after finding employees framing a residential structure without required protections three times at …

Flooring Manufacturer Fined $300K for Exposing Texas Workers to Safety Violations

While one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of commercial flooring and surfaces — including recycled rubber products used throughout the nation in playgrounds, fitness centers and sports fields — touts its products’ safety and environmental benefits, a U.S. Department of …

Ohio Pork Processing Plant Faces 43 Violations for Ammonia Exposure

A Sandusky, Ohio pork processing facility exposed workers to a release of ammonia gas, leading the U.S. Department of Labor to open two inspections and issue 43 violations of federal regulations. Investigators with the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration …

Illinois Construction Contractor Fined $264K for Safety Violations

An Illinois construction contractor – with a history of ignoring federal safety regulations – has again been found exposing workers to deadly fall hazards on a jobsite in Naperville. Inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health …

Ohio Meat Processing Plant Faces $277,000 in Proposed Penalties for Safety Violations

A federal investigation into how a 35-year-old worker suffered severe leg burns, degloving of their foot and other injuries after falling into corrosive chemicals in May 2023 has found that an Ohio meat processing plant’s safety failures exposed employees to …

Ohio Auto Parts Company Cited for Safety Violations

A Clayton, Ohio company was cited for exposing workers to fires and failing to train them on initial stage fire identification and use of fire extinguishers after federal safety investigators received a referral from a local fire department that responded …

Roofing Contractors Face $336K in Penalties for Safety Failures, Worker Death

A workplace safety investigation into the June death in Neville Island, Pennsylvania, of a 19-year-old roofing worker found two commercial contractors willfully failed to use fall protection systems that might have saved his life. Instead, the worker fell 30 feet …

New York Contractor Faces $244K in Penalties for Exposing Workers to Fall Risks

Three federal safety inspections at a Suffern, New York, condominium complex confirmed a Rockland County roofing contractor repeatedly exposed residential roof workers to potentially deadly falls from heights of 18 to 20 feet. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety …

New York Contractor Faces $374K in Penalties After Fatal Worker Fall

A federal workplace safety investigation has found a Queens, New York, construction contractor failed to provide and ensure the use of effective fall protection safeguards that would have prevented the death of a worker who fell about 60 feet from …