April 30, 2014
The federal government says Republic Steel has agreed to pay $2.4 million in a settlement and address alleged health and safety violations at three Ohio facilities and one in Blasdell, N.Y. A statement from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration …
April 25, 2014
A Minnesota-based agriculture company was fined $211,000 by federal safety regulators who said Wednesday it had repeatedly failed to ensure workers weren’t exposed to grain-dust hazards in Montana. CHS Inc. was cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for …
August 15, 2013
Republic Steel is facing more than $1.1 million in federal fines for two dozen safety violations at its manufacturing plant in Canton, Ohio. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday that the Canton-based company failed to provide workers enough …
June 13, 2013
A construction company has agreed to pay $16,000 in fines for safety violations following the death of a worker at a northern Indiana highway project. The Indiana Department of Labor says it found safety violations after 30-year-old Arthur Kerns was …
May 30, 2013
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed over $290,000 in fines for a Massachusetts contractor, alleging a lack of protection for falls at a work site in New Hampshire. OSHA has proposed fining Twin Pines Construction Inc., in Everett, …
March 1, 2013
Federal workplace safety officials are recommending $41,000 in fines for a western Pennsylvania company where a mechanic was killed when he was pinned by a paving roller. Officials at Export Fuel Co., about 20 miles east of Pittsburgh, did not …
February 8, 2013
Federal safety officials have fined a Michigan-based metal-making company almost $275,000 for alleged safety violations in Wisconsin. Grede Wisconsin Subsidiaries LLC is accused of exposing workers to hazardous dust at its iron foundry in Browntown, a village in southern Wisconsin. …
December 4, 2012
A California mental hospital has been fined more than $27,000 for failing to implement worker safety measures. The Los Angeles Times state worker safety officials fined Atascadero State Hospital for failure to prevent patient assaults on staff at the central …
December 3, 2012
Federal workplace safety officials have cited a chemical company for dozens of violations and propose $545,000 in fines after a vapor release temporarily closed a northeast Ohio plant and a nearby highway. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Wednesday …
November 1, 2012
A Farg, N.D., contractor faces $21,000 in proposed penalties for a construction incident that killed a 30-year-old man. The Forum reports that Trevor Skarphol of Fargo was killed in May when a 28-foot steel beam fell on him while he …