WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has awarded $10.5 million in one-year federal safety and health training grants to 80 nonprofit organizations across the nation for education and training programs to help high-risk workers and their employers recognize serious workplace hazards, implement injury prevention measures and understand their rights and responsibilities.

OSHA investigators find 11 safety violations at Waukesha Iron & Metal

WAUKESHA, Wis. — A 52-year-old maintenance manager died of head and neck injuries after being struck by a forklift at metal recycling facility in Waukesha. Working without head protection, the man was hoisting an oxygen cylinder onto the forklift when the accident occurred.

MP Global Products faces $244K in penalties, placed in severe violator program

OSHA proposes nearly $80K in fines

Employer name: Tallahatchie Lumber and Mat Co. Inc.

Inspection findings: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the employer one willful, 22 serious and four other-than-serious safety citations. The agency initiated the investigation as part of its National Emphasis Program on Amputations.

Employer's name: Baze Chemical Inc., headquartered in Odessa, Texas

Citations issued: Aug. 31, 2015

BROWNSVILLE, Texas A 29-year-old man working at a Brownsville bowling alley died when his shirt collar tangled in a faulty pinsetter, strangling him as the machine twisted the collar tighter.

Hired part-time as a mechanic, Vidal Garcia had worked at Galaxy Bowling Center for four months before the accident on March 5, 2015. He was doing maintenance on an automatic bowling pinsetter, machine that picks up and clears fallen pins and sets them for the next bowler.

NEW YORK — For the second time in two years, a U.S. and international home decor manufacturer and distributor has shown that it lags in employee safety.

A U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection of New York-based Idea Nuova's 302 Fifth Ave. showroom found aisles clogged with merchandise, including beanbag chairs, and an emergency exit blocked by disco balls, desks and lamps, conditions that could prevent a swift workplace exit in an emergency.

Participants: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's El Paso Area Office and the Consulate General of Mexico in El Paso.

Participants: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Austin Area Office and the Consulate General of Mexico in Austin. Signing the agreement were R. Casey Perkins and Carlos Gonzales Gutierrez.

OSHA also finds combustible dust hazards that could have caused an explosion

OSHA cited Retriev Technologies for same hazards in 2012

Stephen Lessard of Maine ordered to correct hazards, pay $405K in penalties

Date of action: Aug. 24, 2015

Type of action: Judgment

Name of defendant: Lessard Roofing and Siding Inc., Lessard Brothers Construction Inc., and their successors and/or alter egos

LANCASTER, Ohio – Two years after agreeing to reduce workers' exposure to lead and cadmium, a Lancaster battery recycling facility continues to expose workers to dangerously high airborne concentrations of the metals – a leading cause of workplace illness – which can cause long-term damage to the central nervous, urinary, blood and reproductive systems.

Employer name: H & S Manufacturing Co. Inc., Marshfield, Wisconsin

Citations issued: Aug. 18, 2015

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Madison Area Office issued 13 safety and health violations to the farm machinery and equipment manufacturer. The violations include:

OSHA proposes penalties of nearly $120K for employer with history of safety violations

Employer name: American Air Filter Co. Inc., doing business as AAF International

Inspection site: 2624 Weaver Way, Atlanta, Georgia 30340

Employer name: Select Van and Storage doing business as Mayflower/United, 10511 S. Circle, Omaha, Nebraska

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued one serious, and one other-than-serious safety violation to the company by mail on Aug. 14, 2015.

Date of action: Aug. 6, 2015

Type of action: Sentencing

Name of defendant: Marcus Borden, a steel and roofing contractor, based in Russellville, Alabama

Allegations: On April 6, 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice charged Marcus Borden with making false statements and lying to U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors regarding an incident investigation at one of Borden's work sites in Cordova, Alabama, on March 18, 2013.

PAINESVILLE, Ohio — A 23-year-old machine operator making nuts and bolts suffered a partial amputation of his right middle finger when it was caught in a machine at a Painesville manufacturer. He had only three weeks' experience with the equipment when the injury occurred.

BOSTON — Before consumers get to choose products in the supermarket, workers in warehouses nationwide pack bulk quantities of merchandise onto wooden pallets and load them onto delivery trucks. The nature of this work puts the people who do it at risk for serious sprains, strains and other musculoskeletal injuries. One supermarket chain, Maine-based Hannaford Supermarkets, has chosen to address the issue.

Employer name: Voss Industries LLC

Investigation site: 2168 W. 25th Street, Cleveland, Ohio

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Cleveland Office issued 12 serious and one other-than-serious safety violations to Voss Industries LLC, an aircraft component and product manufacturer. The company received those citations, Aug. 7.

The serious violations include: