The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Howard Industries for 17 safety and health violations following the January death of a worker who was electrocuted while calibrating a transformer test station. Authorities say the worker was testing electrical transformers …
Caterpillar Inc. in East Peoria has been hit with proposed penalties of $66,000 for three safety violations for failing to follow proper procedures to lock out and tag out the energy sources of equipment, according to OSHA. This follows an …
A health inspection of Delta Granite and Marble Inc.’s facility on Sable Lane, where employees fabricate marble and granite counter tops, resulted in citations for 10 serious and one other-than-serious violation, according to OSHA. Proposed penalties total $42,000. The company …
Hobbs Bonded Fiber Inc.’s company facility in Waco was cited with 29 serious violations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Proposed penalties total $161,100. Violations include: failing to develop and implement a respiratory program …
Tyson Foods Inc. has contested a $70,000 fine levied by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration following the collapse of a silo that killed a man at Tyson’s feed mill in Nashville. OSHA issued the fine June 1 after finding …
The North Carolina Department of Labor has cited a Concord company for workplace rules infractions after an employee died in a fall. The Salisbury Post reported Wednesday that the Occupational Health and Safety Division has fined Sysco Guest Supply $12,500 …
Officials say rescue workers had a difficult time reaching the body of a man killed in a central Pennsylvania trench collapse because the hole was unstable. Manheim Township Fire Chief Rick Kane says the walls of the trench were not …
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. will challenge allegations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that the company committed safety violations at its plant in Tupelo. Cooper Tire spokeswoman Michelle Zeisloft tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that the company …
Arreola Masonry has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) with three serious and three repeat safety violations for exposing workers to fall hazards at the company’s work site in Cedar Park, Texas. …
Liquid Feed Commodities Inc., located in Fremont, has been cited for 20 serious and one other-than-serious violation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Proposed fines total $79,200. OSHA’s inspection of Liquid Feed Commodities was …