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OSHA Cites Mississippi’s Grenada Stamping for Safety Violations

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Grenada, Miss., company for 26 safety violations and has proposed penalties of $113,400. OSHA officials say in a news release that the penalties against Grenada Stamping and Assembly Inc., doing business …

State Cites Virginia City for Sanitation Worker’s Death

The state has cited Norfolk, Va., for 19 serious safety violations stemming from the death of a city worker who was crushed inside a recycling truck. A report from the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry says the violations include …

Thousands of Maryland Drivers Ticketed for Phone Use

Maryland police agencies have issued thousands of tickets to drivers for using hand-held cellphones behind the wheel in the year since a ban took effect. Records from more than 70 police agencies in the state that participate in the Electronic …

Texting and Driving Enforcement Challenges N.D. Highway Patrol

While the number of citations given by state troopers for texting and driving has steadily increased in Minnesota, the North Dakota Highway Patrol says enforcing its own recently enacted texting law has been a challenge. The North Dakota Highway Patrol …

Distracted Alabama Drivers Rack Up Over 270 Tickets

The Montgomery Police Department has cited 274 drivers for violating a distracted driving ordinance that was enforced starting a year ago. The Montgomery Advertiser reports the city council passed the ordinance in August 2010, and after a 30-day grace period, …

Fines Issued in Deadly Blast at Massachusetts Dealership

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has leveled fines in connection with a deadly explosion at a car dealership in West Springfield. The Republican newspaper of Springfield reports that OSHA has fined Fuentes Enterprises, Inc., a contractor working for …

OSHA Cites AMF Bowling Centers Facility in Dallas, Texas

AMF Bowling Centers Inc. was cited for three serious and three repeat violations following the death of a worker at the company’s 300 Dallas facility on Belt Line Road in Addison, according to The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety …

OSHA Cites Bushnell Illinois Tank Co. in Nebraska

Bushnell Illinois Tank Co., doing business as Schuld/Bushnell in Valley, was cited for a number of violations following an inspection at the company’s facility; prompting proposed penalties of $142,400, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA’s inspections …

Seat Belt Enforcement Campaign Cites 21,000 in Kentucky

Kentucky officials report more than 21,000 motorists were cited recently for not wearing seat belts during a special two-week enforcement period. But the Transportation Cabinet’s Office of Highway Safety reports officers also made 1,347 drunken driving arrests, 1,381 felony arrests …

Texas Bakery Cited Twice in 4 Months by OSHA

Lone Star Bakery Inc. received citations for 18 serious and three repeat safety and health violations at Plant 2 of the company’s facility on U.S. Highway 87 East in China Grove, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). …