Employer name and location: Seldat Distribution Inc., 15 Thatcher Road, Dayton, New Jersey.

Date investigation initiated: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated an investigation on Sept. 11, 2014, in response to a referral from the South Brunswick Fire Marshall reporting that an employee was electrocuted by an improperly wired, powered conveyer system.

Employer name: Toledo Refining Company LLC

Investigation site: 1819 Woodville Road, Oregon, Ohio

Date investigation initiated and what prompted inspection: On Sept. 2, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Toledo Area Office initiated an inspection of the petroleum refinery after a fire occurred in a heater at the facility, used to process crude oil. The refinery sustained some minor damage but no injuries were reported.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Employees at a Wallingford freight shipping terminal faced dangerous chemical, fire and explosion hazards on Oct. 6, 2014, as they tried to contain a highly flammable and explosive chemical spill without proper training and personal protective equipment, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigators have determined.

Company has failed to address previously issued OSHA citations, pay penalties

Employer name: Affordable Exteriors Inc., 17118 Harney Street, Omaha, Nebraska

Investigation site: 20505 Taylor Street, Elkhorn, Nebraska

ROBERTS, Wis. — Two years after pledging to address health and safety violations in a corporate settlement agreement after workers were exposed to serious machine, fall and respiratory hazards at its facilities around the country, U.S. Minerals Inc. employees in Roberts were faced with the same hazards, a September 2014 U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection found.

Elk Grove Village, Illinois-based contractor refuses to abide by OSHA standards

NEW YORK — Employees of a Duane Reade store on 6th Avenue in Manhattan would have been unable to exit the store swiftly and safely in the event of a fire or other emergency, a September 2014 inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found. As a result, OSHA has cited the company for one repeated and four serious violations of workplace safety standards. The retailer faces $77,400 in proposed fines.

ELIDA, Ohio — An employee complaint led inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration to a wood pallet manufacturing facility in Elida operated by A & D Wood Products, where they found workers at risk of amputation, explosion and other life-threatening hazards.

SEATTLE — He started working for the U.S. Postal Service as a mail carrier in 1995. Managers praised his work consistently and regularly promoted him, eventually to management positions. His career led him to become a Postal Service safety specialist, where he excelled as he provided safety advice at more than 300 small postal facilities and area offices throughout Washington. In 2008, everything changed after the safety specialist dared to help a co-worker stand up for her rights.

OSHA proposes $43,560 in fines for William Trahant Jr. Construction, Inc. of Lynn

Employer name: William Trahant, Jr. Construction, Inc., roofing contractor, Lynn, Mass.

Inspection site: 86 Congress St., Salem, Mass. 01970

Date inspection initiated: OSHA's Andover Area Office began an inspection on Oct. 27, 2014, in response to a complaint.

Employer name and location: EP Heller Co., which manufactures and services carbide steel cutting tools, is located at 21-25 Samson Ave. in Madison, New Jersey.

Date investigation initiated: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated an investigation on Oct. 8, 2014, in response to a complaint.

Employer name: Kingspan Insulated Panels operating as Kingspan Benchmark

Investigation site: 720 Marion Road, Columbus, Ohio

Corporate address: 726 Summerhill Drive, Deland, Florida

WATERVILLE, Kan. — He walked into the grain storage bin on his own two feet, but he left in an ambulance. The 35-year-old had been working for the Beattie Farmers Union Cooperative for about a year when one day he became entangled in an auger that was inadvertently turned on while he was cleaning out the bin. At the hospital, doctors amputated all the toes on his left foot. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigated the Aug.

Employer name and location: Bentley Laboratories LLC, which manufactures products for the beauty and pharmaceutical industries, is located in the Raritan Center at 111 Fieldcrest Avenue in Edison, New Jersey. Joulé Clinical & Scientific Staffing Solutions, a division of System One, provides staffing services to Bentley Laboratories and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

As many as 50 temporary workers were on site during peak season at Bentley's manufacturing facility in Edison.

Employer name: Arora Technologies doing business as ATI Foil Inc.

Inspection site: 2615 Memorial Parkway SW, Huntsville, Alabama 35811

Date inspection initiated: OSHA initiated the investigation on Aug. 6, 2014, after receiving a complaint.

Inspection findings:

Employer name: Transformers Construction Services Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, was subcontracted by A&G Construction Group Inc.

Inspection site: 153 Forest Edge Drive, St. Johns, Florida 32259

Date inspection initiated: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated the inspection on Oct. 1, 2014, as part of the agency's Regional Emphasis Program on Falls in Construction.

ESCANABA, Mich. — Once again, workers were exposed to dangerous amputation hazards while operating press brakes, which cut large metal pieces weighing up to 450 tons, because safety mechanisms were not in place at Basic Marine Inc. In the past six years, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors have found similar hazards three times at the Escanaba-based shipyard and boat fabricating facility where a worker's arm was amputated in 2008.

Employer Name: Angel Brothers Enterprises Ltd.

Inspection Site: Baytown, Texas

Date Inspection Initiated and What Prompted the Inspection: The complaint-driven investigation began August 2014 as part of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's National Emphasis Program on Trenching and Excavation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. —— Every day in this country, construction workers fall. One wrong step and they're tumbling down a steeply pitched roof, sliding or dropping off an unstable ladder, or left hanging from a scaffold. The difference between an unexpected stumble and tragedy is simple: fall protection.

Employer Name: Richardson Milling Inc.

Location: Dawn, Texas

Date Inspection Initiated and What Prompted the Inspection: The inspection, initiated in October as part of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Regional Emphasis Program for industries engaged in grain handling activities, has resulted in the issuance of 11 serious violations.

Investigation Findings: The investigation by OSHA's Lubbock Area Office resulted in citations for failing to: