The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration wants a southwestern Pennsylvania drilling company to pay $53,200 in fines for alleged safety violations even though they weren’t linked to a worker’s death. OSHA says Thursday it found 14 “serious” violations, including …
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking a $70,000 fine against an Eau Claire, Wis., company after a worker’s thumb was crushed in an accident. The agency says it has cited trailer-hitch maker Curt Manufacturing LLC for eight …
American Railcar Industries Inc., headquartered in Saint Charles, Mo., was cited for 10 serious safety violations after an employee was electrocuted while performing repair work on a tanker-style railcar July 25 at the company’s work site near Marmaduke, the Occupational …
A Louisiana-based construction company has been cited by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration for its work while replacing high-pressure gas lines in Newnan, Ga. The agency cited Eunice-based Sunland Construction Inc. with two willful violations for exposing workers …
A Labolt grain company is facing $95,000 in fines after federal investigators found more than a dozen safety violations. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the proposed penalties against LaBolt Farmers Grain Company Inc. on …
Federal workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a roofer who fell from a southwestern Illinois home. Authorities say 36-year-old Joel Ponce-Luna of O’Fallon died at a hospital Wednesday shortly after the fall at a job site in his …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard for 50 safety violations and has proposed penalties of $176,444. OSHA officials say in a news release that the penalties against Huntington Ingalls Industries and five subcontractors come …
Federal workplace safety officials have again cited a Laurel, Miss., manufacturer for unsafe practices. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Monday that it has accused Howard Industries of eight rule violations, which could carry a fine of up …
A northwestern Illinois company has gone out of business and paid nearly $270,000 in federal fines after two teenage workers suffocated in a July 2010 grain bin accident, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday. Two workers – 19-year-old …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Houston-based oil and gas contractor for two safety violations after a worker was electrocuted at a job site in Williston in May. Tom Deutscher with OSHA in …