Date of action: Nov. 15, 2015

Type of action: Complaint and request for jury trial

Names of defendants: Eastern Awning Systems Inc. and Stephen P. Lukos

Allegations: Eastern Awning Systems Inc. manufactures retractable fabric patio awnings in a plant located at 843 Echo Lake Road in Watertown, Connecticut; Stephen P. Lukos is the company's owner, president and director.

Employer name: Americraft Carton Inc., Norwalk, Ohio

Citations received: Nov. 23, 2015

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Toledo Area Office cited the paperboard packaging plant for seven serious safety violations.

OSHA opened an inspection of the Norwalk plant after receiving a complaint alleging unsafe working conditions that exposed workers to amputation and other hazards.

MCCOMB, Ohio — A 41-year-old worker cleaning product waste from a factory floor suffered severe scalp injuries and multiple lacerations when a machine caught her hairnet, resulting in her hospitalization for four days. This is the third serious injury involving machine hazards reported this year by Hearthside Food Solutions LLC, which bakes cookies and crackers for national brands.

NEW YORK — A receptionist fired illegally at a Bronx hair salon in June 2012 for telling her colleagues about the hazards of a formaldehyde-containing straightener the salon used will be compensated for unlawful retaliation, and her former employer will take corrective action, according to a federal consent judgment obtained by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Employer name: Midvale Paper Box Co. Inc. located at 19 Bailey Street in Plains, Pennsylvania.

Citations issued: On Nov. 25, 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for one willful, two failure-to-abate, six repeat, and thirteen serious violations.

SEAFORD, Del. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration launched an investigation on May 28, 2015, after learning of a worker amputation at Seaford Ice Inc. The agency found that the employee fell into an unguarded conveyer opening while breaking ice, which resulted in the amputation of both of his legs below the knee.

Employer name: Ned Stevens Gutter Cleaning and General Contracting Inc., at 11 Daniel Road East in Fairfield, New Jersey.

The inspected worksites were 349 Windsor Terrace in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and 728 9th Street in Carlstadt, New Jersey.

Citations issued: On November 24, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for two repeat and four serious violations.

Employer name: St. John Cemetery Corp., 80-01 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, New York 11379, which owns and operates five cemeteries throughout the greater New York City area.

Reason for inspection: An employee of St. Charles/Resurrection Cemeteries in Farmingdale, New York, was seriously injured on May 7, 2015, when the walls of the grave opening in which he was working collapsed and buried him up to his waist.

Employers' names: North Texas Contracting Inc. and K&S Contractors

Citations issued: Nov. 19, 2015

Employers' names: Ramco Erectors Inc. and Isabel Facundo Garcia

Citations issued: Nov. 23, 2015

Employer name: Speedway LLC Inc., 6020 South Salina St., Syracuse, NY 13205

Reason for inspection: An employee working alone late at night at a company gasoline station/convenience store in South Syracuse was shot in the leg on May 10, 2015, during an armed robbery.

Employer name: United Hospital Supply Corp. manufactures metal cabinets for laboratories and offices and is located at 4422 Route 130 South in Burlington, New Jersey.

BLOOMER, Wis. — For the fourth time in three years, a Bloomer roofing contractor was found ignoring laws — twice by federal inspectors and twice by state inspectors — and putting them at risk by allowing them to work without fall protection equipment. In the latest instance, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors observed seven Affordable Exteriors LLC employees working at heights of up to 25 feet at a Weston residential site without fall protection equipment.

Employer name: Jose M. Hernandez Cruz, doing business as JA Siding Construction Services LLC

Inspection site: 2132 Shale Lane NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30318

Citations issued: Citations were issued on Nov. 20, 2015.

Employers' names: FBZ Broadway LP, One Eighty Construction Inc. and Roscoe Properties Inc., all owned by Jason Berkowitz

Citations issued: Nov. 19, 2015

BATON ROUGE, La. — As paramedics rescued a construction worker trapped under dirt from a trench collapse, his co-worker and friend, 24-year-old Isidro Martinez, was not as fortunate. Martinez, a husband and father, lost his life in the unprotected trench.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — As Davide Nascimento worked on the installation of a sewer line in an excavation on Hazardville Road in Longmeadow on July 31, 2015, a portion of roadway above the excavation collapsed and broke a six-inch water main pipe. Water from the pipe filled the excavation rapidly, trapping Nascimento, 28, who drowned.

Employer name: The Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1201 Broad Rock Blvd. in Richmond, Virginia.

Notices issued: On Nov. 6, 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued notices to the medical center after identifying four willful, two serious, and eight other-than-serious safety violations.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking public comment on an updated version of its voluntary Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. First published in 1989, the guidelines are being updated to reflect modern technology and practices.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking public comment on an updated version of its voluntary Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. First published in 1989, the guidelines are being updated to reflect modern technology and practices.