Employer name: K.R. Swerdfeger Construction Inc. and Pate Construction Co. Inc.

Inspection sites: Pueblo and Penrose, Colorado

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A leading maker of soap and shampoo for hotels and retail sale exposed workers to chemical and fire hazards and blocked emergency exit routes, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found in a November 2014 inspection. A company that provided it the manufacturer with temporary employees was cited for chemical-related hazards.

Employer name: BluSky Restoration Contractor Inc.

Inspection site: Greenwood Village, Colorado

Date inspection initiated and what prompted the inspection: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated the inspection in January 2015 under the agency's Fall Prevention initiative after an OSHA official witnessed workers exposed to fall hazards.

WHO: David Bates, director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Oklahoma City Area Office State Sen. Susan Paddack State Rep. George Young

WHAT: Workers' Memorial Day Candlelight Vigil

WHEN: April 28, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. CDT

WHERE: The Oklahoma State Capitol Fourth Floor Rotunda 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105

WHO: Nancy Smith, deputy regional administrator for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Denver Jack Cox, president, IBEW, Local 68 Mike Gleiforst, International Union of Elevator Constructors Wade Thornburg, Rocky Mountain Arsenal Project

WHAT: Workers' Memorial Day name-reading

WHEN: April 28, 2015, 10:00 a.m. MDT

WHERE: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union Hall 5660 Logan St. Denver, Colorado 80216

9 employees injured in May 2014 fall in Providence, Rhode Island

BOSTON — Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, will implement ongoing safety enhancements in aerial acts to protect employees against injuries like those sustained by its aerialists during a May 4, 2014, performance in Providence, Rhode Island. Feld Entertainment Inc., headquartered in Palmetto, Florida, owns the circus.

Employer name: Bekaert Corp.

Inspection site: Van Buren, Arkansas

Date inspection was initiated and what prompted the inspection: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration opened the inspection in December 2014 based on a complaint alleging unguarded machinery and lead exposures.

Employer name: Mid-America Steel Products Inc., doing business as American Sports Medical Industries

Site: Corning, Arkansas

Date inspection initiated: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration began its December 2014 inspection from a complaint alleging unguarded machinery and amputation hazards.

9 employees injured in May 2014 fall in Providence, Rhode Island

BOSTON — Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, will implement ongoing safety enhancements in aerial acts to protect employees against injuries like those sustained by its aerialists during a May 4, 2014, performance in Providence, Rhode Island. Feld Entertainment Inc., headquartered in Palmetto, Florida, owns the circus.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Falls are the leading cause of death in the construction industry, with hundreds of workers dying each year and thousands more facing catastrophic, debilitating injuries. Yet, lack of proper fall protection remains the most frequently cited violation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

OXFORD, Ohio — Florjan Nilaj and Gazmend Vukaj left their Michigan homes and traveled 260 miles south to Oxford for a commercial painting job never thinking that Oct. 24, 2014, might be the last day of their lives.

The two men, 25-year-old Nilaj and 40-year-old Vukaj, were seven stories above ground on an electric two-point scaffold. They were painting a 123-foot-tall water tower when the scaffold's hoist failed, and a nylon suspension rope broke. As the scaffold collapsed, the two men fell to their deaths.

ATLANTA — A 56-year-old woman suffered a broken left wrist and severe lacerations after coming into contact with moving parts of a high-volume Lebanon machine, a machine used to assemble air filters, at American Air Filter Co. Inc. in Atlanta.

HOUSTON — Piled boxes at dangerous heights and blocked exit routes were two of the hazards found at the Houston location of the national discount retailer Dollar Tree Stores Inc. The hazards, both of which led to repeated citations, were found during an investigation by U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors. OSHA proposed $116,200 in penalties for two repeated and four serious violations at the West Gray Street store.

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. — For the third time in three years, an Elk Grove Village maker of metal home siding products ignored safety rules for machines. By doing so, the company put workers at risk of cuts, lacerations and amputations.

Acting on a complaint, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors identified one repeated and five serious safety violations at Rollex Corp.'s metal siding manufacturing plant in October 2014. The company faces $103,000 in proposed penalties.

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — Gerald Moran had completed numerous framing jobs like the one at a new Government Street residence in Ocean Springs. Unlike past jobs, this one claimed his life. On Nov. 3, 2014, Moran and two workers installed balcony ceiling planks when Moran lost his balance and fell more than 20 feet. He sustained fatal injuries and died eight days later.

Employer name: MFB Holdings LLC, doing business as M.F. Blouin, a manufacturer of acrylic and wooden sign holders and displays

Inspection site: 710 Main St. Rollinsford, New Hampshire 03869

REDDICK, Fla. — Electrician's apprentice and lifelong Oxford resident Christopher Lee Dasher was testing and repairing electrical transformers at a substation in Reddick when he was electrocuted by more than 10,000 volts. Dasher, a 36-year-old husband and Duke Energy Florida Inc. worker, was a person who lived to make others happy.

Employer name: Johnson Controls Battery Group Inc.

Investigation site: 10300 Industrial St., Holland, Ohio

Date investigation initiated and what prompted inspection: On Nov. 25, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated a follow-up inspection at Johnson Controls Battery Group. The wet and dry battery manufacturer was previously inspected by OSHA in April 2012.

Employer name: M&M Manufacturing Co. LLC

Site: Houston, Texas

Date initiated: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated the March 2015 inspection after receiving a report of an amputation at the facility under the new OSHA recordkeeping and reporting requirements that became effective January 1, 2015.

New Jersey-based painting contractor faces more than $41K in OSHA fines

Employer name: Allied Painting Inc., a painting contractor based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Inspection site: Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge, Fall River, Massachusetts 02720