Lone Star Bakery Inc., a private commercial bakery that employs about 500 workers, has been cited by OSHA for 32 serious, one repeat, and 16 other-than-serious violations following following a finger tip amputation incident on the pie processing line and …
Pocahontas Aluminum Co. Inc., a company that employs about 85 workers and manufactures aluminum window and door products, has been cited by OSHA with 19 alleged serious and five alleged repeat safety and health violations at the company’s facility in …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued eight violations against a Tyson Foods Inc. meatpacking plant in Lexington. The federal agency on Monday cited the plant for one repeat and seven serious violations. They include failing to cover an …
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit rejected a challenge by the National Roofing Contractors Association to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s December 2010 directive on the use of fall protection in residential construction. The directive withdrew …
United Furniture Industries, charged by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in February with safety violations, has paid its fine to the federal agency. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports OSHA reduced the original $66,000 penalty to $37,500. OSHA says …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed penalties of $46,935 for Quality Steel Corp. in Cleveland, Miss., where a worked died in 2010 in a forklift accident. OSHA said the propane tank manufacturer was cited for 19 safety violations. …
An inspector with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is charged in Kansas with lying about performing inspections at work sites. A three-count federal indictment made public Wednesday alleges Douglas W. McComb falsely indicated on OSHA reports that he had …
Federal labor officials have issued 10 safety citations at Tyson Foods’ plant in Jefferson. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the citations resulted from an inspection conducted in October. The agency says nine of the citations resulted from …
A citation and full penalty issued to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for inadequate crowd management following a November 2008 trampling death of a worker at one of the company’s retail locations in New York has been upheld by the Occupational Safety …
A roofing contractor in Wichita, Kan., has been cited for two willful and two serious alleged violations of federal safety standards. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed a total of $116,000 in penalties against Gerardo …