A construction company has dropped its appeal of federal workplace safety officials’ determination that it was negligent in a trench collapse in Boise, Idaho, that killed two workers and injured a third. U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health …
SeaWorld – whose safety practices have been under scrutiny since an animal trainer was killed in 2010 by an orca at its Orlando, Florida, park – has now been cited for not adequately protecting its killer-whale trainers at its park …
Officials say six Chicago-area companies have been cited after workers allegedly were exposed to asbestos and other hazards while renovating a suburban school. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the exposure occurred during the summertime renovation of the Chute …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Graham Lumber Co. in Fulton, Miss., for two safety violations following the April death of a worker who got entangled in a conveyor belt. OSHA says in a news release the worker, …
An employee of Atlantic Coast Asphalt, a part of Hubbard Construction Co., entered a hot liquid asphalt tank to cut out a section of piping when they became trapped by the tar substance at the company’s plant in Jacksonville. The …
A Butte, Mont., company has paid a $2,000 fine for failing to make a timely report of an employee’s death last fall. Big Sky Rentals employee Jay F. Bickford was in the bucket of a lift on Oct. 18 when …
A flavoring manufacturer in Oakdale, La., has been cited by the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a fire last year severely burned a worker. OSHA on Monday cited Carol Callahan, doing business as Natural Advantage, for …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration says a New Hampshire textiles company is facing $115,000 in fines for 21 serious violations of workplace safety standards at its Hampton plant. OSHA started investigating Foss Manufacturing Co. in …
A federal workplace safety agency is accusing a Chicago, Ill., contractor of failing to protect employees from possible cave-ins while working in trenches. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the company for what it says were three safety violations. …
Federal safety officials have cited Ford Motor Co.’s Buffalo, N.Y. plant for alleged asbestos violations. The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fines of $41,800. OSHA officials say inspectors found eight violations. One involved a pipefitter who …