Employer name: Viscofan USA Inc.
Danville, Illinois

Citations issued: Sept. 21, 2016

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Peoria Area Office has cited Viscofan USA for one repeated and one serious safety violations.

Investigating reports of unsafe working conditions, the agency’s May 2016 investigation found Viscofan:

Employers’ names: JD Vigil Home Services Inc.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Big Valle Roofing
Fountain Springs, Colorado

Citations issued: Sept. 27, 2016

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. – Federal investigators have cited an Indiana landscaping company in the death of a 23-year-old ground crewman who died after being hospitalized with a core body temperature above 108 degrees. U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigators determined the employee collapsed after working more than nine hours in the direct sun when the heat index soared to 110 degrees near Poplar Bluff on July 22, 2016. His is one of 16 heat-related deaths reported to the OSHA since January 2016.

Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Turner Construction Company, area trade unions.

Background: OSHA and Turner Construction Turner Company established a partnership to protect workers on the CH2 Data Center project in Northlake. The partnership includes trade unions and 15 subcontractors, with a combined workforce of more than 500 employees. Construction of the $275 million 22.8 megawatt data center is expected to be complete in 2018.

Employer name: U.S. Postal Service
1720 Market St.
St. Louis, Missouri

Citations issued: Sept. 13, 2016

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s St. Louis Area Office has cited the U.S. Postal Service’s vehicle maintenance facility for one repeated and two serious safety violations.

Employer name: Koch Foods of Mississippi LLC

Inspection site: 108 Morris Tullos Drive
Morton, Mississippi 39117    

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the poultry processing producer on Sept. 16, 2016, for nine serious safety violations.

BOLIVAR, Ohio – One of the nation’s largest discount retailers continues to ignore federal workplace safety inspectors who have found repeated instances where the company endangers workers and customers alike by blocking exit routes with stacked merchandise.

Employer name: Wayne Lumber and Mulch Inc.

Inspection site: 8630 Route 152, Wayne, West Virginia      

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the company three willful, nine repeat, 12 serious and three other-than-serious violations on Sept. 2, 2016.

Participants: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s El Paso and Lubbock Area Offices, Permian Basin Service, Transmission, Exploration and Production Safety Network

Employer name: Cityview Construction Corp.
302 Main St.
Paterson, New Jersey

Inspection site: 520 Belleville Ave.
Belleville, New Jersey

Citations issued: On Aug. 19, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the company one willful violation, one other-than-serious violation and 14 serious violations.

Employer name: Chris Sawdo Construction LLC

Inspection sites: 548 Colorado Springs Way, St. Augustine, Florida 32092
478 Heron Landing Road, St. Johns, Florida 32259

Citations issued: OSHA issued citations to the employer on Sept. 09, 2016.  

READING, Pa. – In the last several months, workers at a Reading facility for children and youth in crisis became victims in at least 10 incidents of workplace violence, federal workplace safety and health inspectors have found.

In one incident, a worker suffered serious injuries after being kicked twice in the face, head and neck by one of the facility’s residents.

Employer name: Birdsboro Kosher Farms Corp.

Inspection site: 1100 Lincoln Road, Birdsboro, Pennsylvania          

Citations issued: On Sept. 2, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer for two willful and eight serious safety and health violations.

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 77 nonprofit organizations nationwide. The grants will provide training and education for workers and employers on the recognition, avoidance, and prevention of safety and health hazards in their workplaces.

THOMSON, Ga. – Federal safety inspectors often find that permanent and temporary employees in the auto parts industry face common workplace dangers such as falls, amputations and electrocution hazards – a trend  U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found continues at a Thomson manufacturer of BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Fiat-Chrysler, Subaru and General Motors parts.

STRASBURG, Ohio ‒ A Millersburg roofing contractor faces $94,064 in federal penalties after investigators observed nine employees atop a single-family Strasburg home without adequate fall protection systems in place.

PROSSER, Neb. - As he cleared soybean debris a 41-year-old elevator superintendent suffocated when his lifeline tangled in an unguarded and rotating auger. A federal investigation into the worker's death found multiple violations of federal safety standards for grain handling at the Cooperative Producers Inc. Hayland facility in Prosser.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Just weeks after a machine operator suffered third-degree chemical burns to his left foot after falling into an acid-etching tank heated to more than 170 degrees, federal inspectors posted an imminent danger notice at A-Brite Plating when they found workers climbing atop the same acid tanks at the Cleveland auto parts plating facility.

CONNEAUT, Ohio – For the fifth time since 2013, federal investigators have been called to an Ohio aluminum foundry to investigate the serious injury of a worker.

Employer name: TimkenSteel Corporation, 4511 Faircrest St., SW, Canton, Ohio

Citations issued: Sept. 7, 2016