The Dixon Ticonderoga distribution center and imprinting plant in Macon faces a $64,000 penalty from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The agency says it found 11 serious safety violations and five serious health violations. The Telegraph reports that …
ExxonMobil Refining and Supply Co. in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for violations – 20 serious and two other-than-serious – for exposing workers to possible fires and explosions, …
Government attorneys defending job safety citations against SeaWorld said Wednesday that the theme park kept incomplete records of whale behavior that posed threats to trainers. The theme park is appealing the three citations and a $75,000 fine issued after a …
SeaWorld Orlando is fighting $75,000 in penalties from a federal job safety agency following last year’s death of a trainer who was grabbed by a killer whale and dragged under water. A hearing is set for Monday before an administrative …
The federal workplace safety agency has recommended $917,000 in fines for a Massachusetts adhesives manufacturer after an explosion there injured four workers. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday announced it had cited Bostik Inc. for what it alleged …
The Labor Department has cited an ExxonMobil refinery in Baton Rouge for allegedly exposing workers to fire hazards. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Tuesday that it has proposed $126,000 in penalties for alleged safety violations discovered during …
The U.S. Labor Department has cited New Iberia-based Estis Well Service LLC for alleged safety violations stemming from the death of a worker near Bayou Sorrel. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Tuesday that it has proposed more …
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 …
A piece of lab machinery that killed a Yale University student when it ensnared her hair was missing required safeguards, and the accident exposed problems with the school’s safety policies, federal safety investigators said in a letter to the school. …
Federal safety officials have ordered MetroNorth to pay nearly $142,000 in damages and promote a worker who accused the commuter railroad of discrimination. A spokeswoman says MetroNorth denies the worker’s accusations and will appeal. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration …