The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed more than $155,000 in fines against a Utica company that employed a 24-year-old worker killed when he was buried in a cottonseed silo. Craig Bernier died May 11 after sinking into the …
Federal regulators have proposed $126,500 in penalties for a south-central Nebraska grain elevator that’s accused of safety violations. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the Cooperative Producers Inc. elevator in Franklin had committed six violations. …
A federal workplace-safety organization has cited a Waukesha sandblasting company for 42 safety and health violations, including four repeat health violations. The citations against Neman Painting & Sandblasting LLC were announced Wednesday by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The …
Tennessee’s workplace safety agency has issued a report faulting construction at the Gatlinburg Wastewater Treatment plant where a wall collapsed, killing two workers. Thursday’s report from the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration found the walls of a basin at …
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 …
A company that operates Market Basket supermarkets faces over $589,000 in possible fines over workplace safety violations at two New Hampshire stores. The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited DeMoulas Supermarkets Inc., doing business as Market …
A Stollings, West Virginia, welding company is facing more than $59,000 in fines after federal investigators found more than two dozen safety violations. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced the proposed penalties against Mollett …
Authorities are investigating the death of a drilling company employee at a site near Eldorado. The accident occurred Thursday afternoon at a site owned by Big Giant Drilling. Jackson County Sheriff Roger Levick told the Altus Times the man was …
The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana says a 22-year-old Gulf Island Fabrication employee died when he was hit in the head by a cable that came loose while moving metal sheet piling. The Courier reports that Mark Naquin of …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered a Wisconsin grain company to increase safety training for grain bin employees and pay a fine of $550,000. Burlington-based Cooperative Plus Inc. was cited for 14 willful, 23 serious and two …