Employer name: Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLC
Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

Citations issued: May 5, 2016

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Employer name: Tritter Feefer Home Collection LLC

Investigation site: 200 East Lukken Industrial Drive, LaGrange, Georgia 30240

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on May 10 for one willful and four serious safety violations.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a final rule to modernize injury data collection to better inform workers, employers, the public and OSHA about workplace hazards. With this new rule, OSHA is applying the insights of behavioral economics to improve workplace safety and prevent injuries and illnesses. 

Employer name:        Angel Brothers Enterprises Ltd.

Inspection site:           2900 Sens Road, La Porte, Texas

Citations issued:        May 09, 2016

Employer name: Structural & Steel Products Manufacturing Ltd.

Inspection site: 3001 West Pafford St., Fort Worth, Texas

Citations issued: May 10, 2016

Employer name:         Angel Brothers Enterprises Ltd.

Inspection site:           2900 Sens Road, La Porte, Texas

Citations issued:        May 09, 2016

Employer name: Angel Brothers Enterprises Ltd.

Inspection site: 2900 Sens Road, La Porte, Texas

Citations issued: May 09, 2016

Employer name: Wright Pallet Inc., Lima, Ohio

Citations issued: May 2, 2016

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration

COSHOCTON, Ohio – An Ohio ethanol production facility faces $149,800 in federal penalties after federal inspectors found multiple violations of chemical and grain-handling standards at Three Rivers Energy LLC.

Employer name: Higher Ground Tactical LLC

Inspection site: 5402 Chestnut St., Emmaus, Pennsylvania

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued four willful, eight serious, and two other-than-serious citations on May 3, 2016.

BRAINTREE, Mass.  – Responding to a complaint from employees at a Taunton facility operated by one of the nation’s largest food service distributors, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that a check valve in the food plant’s pump room leaked about 9 pounds of anhydrous ammonia on Oct. 21, 2015. Inspectors also found the ammonia sensor in the pump room did not sound an alarm as expected.

Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Fehr’s Metal Building Construction, LLC

Employer name: Thomson Plastics Inc.

Inspection site: 130 Quality Drive, Thomson, Georgia 30824

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to Thomson Plastics on May 09 for one repeated and two serious safety violations.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced today the availability of a total of $4.6 million in funds in the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program.

Employer name: OG Plumbing LLC, 400 N. Ada St., Chicago

Inspection site: 1632 N. Western Ave., Chicago

Citations issued: April 25, 2016

Employer name: The Scoular Company
516 E Newton St., Tribune, Kansas 67879                           

Citations issued: May 2, 2016

Employer name: Cajamarca Construction Corp., 36 Prospect Street, Apt. 2F, Elizabeth, New Jersey

Inspection site: Residential construction project at 259 Halladay St., Jersey City, New Jersey

NEW YORK –  CSX Transportation Inc. violated the anti-retaliation provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act when it suspended an employee at its Selkirk locomotive shop after he notified management of numerous alleged safety hazards and FRSA violations, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.

NEW YORK – Responding to a report of an elevated blood lead level in a machinist at a Brooklyn brass plumbing fittings manufacturer, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that employees at Acme Parts Inc., lacked adequate protections against lead exposure, hearing loss and hazardous chemicals.

ARCADIA, Wis. ‒ Federal safety investigators have determined the amputation of a 23-year-old worker’s three fingertips was preventable if an Arcadia corrugated cardboard manufacturer had trained workers in proper safety procedures to prevent the chopping blade from operating while clearing a jam.