ANDOVER, MA – A pet supply store in North Andover operated by a subsidiary of one of the nation’s largest pet care companies routinely exposed employees to live and dead rodents as well as their droppings and urine, a federal workplace safety inspection has found.

GREEN BAY, WI ‒ Federal safety inspectors responded to a Green Bay rendering plant after an employee  suffered severe burns when a pump seal released steam and hot oil as workers tried to clear a blockage in January 2023.

MIAMI – A U.S. Department of Labor investigation into the electrocution of a 32-year-old worker in Miami found the lineman’s employer failed to make certain its crews working near overhead power lines followed required safety measures.

Participants:      U.S. Department of Labor’s

                            Occupational Safety and Health Administration

NORFOLK, VA – A federal whistleblower investigation has determined that Maersk Line Limited — one of the world’s leading providers of marine cargo services — suspended and terminated a seaman illegally after the seaman reported numerous safety concerns about a company vessel to the U.S. Coast Guard.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a notice of proposed rulemaking to clarify the personal protective equipment standard for the construction industry.

WASHINGTON - El Departamento del Trabajo de EE.UU. ha anunciado hoy una norma definitiva que obligará a determinados empleadores de sectores designados de alto riesgo a presentar electrónicamente a la Administración de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional del Departamento la información sobre lesiones y enfermedades que ya están obligados a mantener.

La norma final entrará en vigor el 1 de enero de 2024 y incluye ahora los siguientes requisitos de presentación:

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a final rule that will require certain employers in designated high-hazard industries to electronically submit injury and illness information – that they are already required to keep – to the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

WILKES-BARRE, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an alliance between its Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center that will promote workplace safety and health and educate Northeast Pennsylvania’s industrial employers and workers.

Who:               U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration

North Dakota Safety Council

What:             Alliance renewal

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today launched a national emphasis program to prevent workplace hazards in warehouses, processing facilities distribution centers, and high-risk retail establishments.

BRASHEAR, MO ‒ Not yet a month on the job, a 21-year-old working at a sawmill operation site in Brashear was learning how to operate a Hurdle saw on Jan. 11, 2023, when he suffered fatal injuries after getting caught and pulled into the vertical edger blades as they spun.

TAMPA, FL – Federal workplace safety inspections at two Tampa-area Dollar General stores found the company again exposing employees to fire hazards and other unsafe conditions, continuing the long history of disregard for worker safety by one of the nation’s largest discount retailers.

MARLTON, NJ – A series of inspections by the U.S. Department of Labor has found a Newark-based construction contractor defying federal safety regulations by exposing employees to more than 20 violations, including potentially deadly falls, at six southern and central New Jersey work sites in early 2023.

VERONA, MO – Less than two years after an investigation found dozens of serious safety and health violations at a Verona chemical plant, workplace safety inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor identified 16 violations, including those that put employees at risk of exposure to toxic substances such as ethylene oxide.

SALINA, KS ‒ In a trench 9 feet below the surface, a worker employed by Precision Plumbing LLC was connecting a plumbing line to the municipal sewer in Salina in January when he was buried under dirt and rocks after a trench wall collapsed.

Participant:        

AMVAC Chemical Corp.

410 Simpkin Lane

Marsing, Idaho

SEATTLE – The U.S.

Participants:  Wagner Smith Equipment Company

                        5701 Highpoint Parkway

PAGO PAGO, AS ‒ A Pago Pago building construction company’s long history of violations of federal workplace safety and health laws continued after inspections at two American Samoa work sites where the employer exposed workers to numerous dangerous hazards.