Employer name:  U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Correctional Institute Allenwood

Inspection site:  Main Access Road and State Route 15, White Deer, Pennsylvania

Notices issued: On Jan. 22, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a notice to the medium security federal correctional facility after inspectors identified one willful violation.

CLEVELAND, Ohio ‒ The death of a 30-year-old worker from acute methylene chloride exposure could have been avoided if his employer had protected him properly from dangerous exposure to the toxin in the paint remover he used to deglaze a bathtub in a Cuyahoga County public housing complex, federal investigators determined.

ANDOVER, Mass. – A Framingham contractor with a history of safety violations has again exposed its employees to potentially fatal fall hazards at one of its worksites, this time in Woburn.

Inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found employees of A S General Construction Inc. risked falls of more than 26 feet from an unguarded roof and an improperly constructed and erected ladder-jack scaffold at the 51 Pleasant St. job site.

Employer name:  Lake Compounce Family Theme Park, 822 Lake Ave., Bristol, Conn., sister company of Palace Entertainment Holdings LLC, Newport Beach, California

Citations issued:  On Jan. 15, 2016, the Hartford Area Office of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the Lake Compounce Family Theme Park for 18 serious violations of workplace safety standards.

Employer name: Rich Products Corp., Brownsville, Texas

Citations issued: Jan. 22, 2016

BEREA, Ohio ‒ More than 30 workers were at-risk of amputation and other injuries daily while manufacturing nuts and bolts at a Berea factory. Federal inspectors found Telefast Industries Inc. failed to install guards and use recommended safety procedures to prevent workers from coming in contact with operating parts of machinery, violations for which inspectors previously cited the company in 2014.

NEW YORK – All the truck driver wanted was a safe vehicle to operate. His employer fired him instead.

In so doing, Brindi Trailer Sales and Services Inc. of Meridale, New York, and owner Robert Urbina Brindi violated the anti-discrimination provisions of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.

Employer name: Subfloor Systems Inc., Hurst, Texas

Citations issued: Jan. 20, 2016

ATLANTA – When U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors returned to an Atlanta food manufacturing facility and found previously cited hazards had reoccurred, the management of Schwan’s Global Supply Inc. took an unusual step.

Employer name: Frontier Ag Inc.

Citations received: Jan. 15, 2016

ATLANTA – As they recover from the impacts of severe storms and tornadoes, Florida’s emergency workers, employers, and the public at-large should be aware of the hazards they may encounter and take necessary steps to stay safe, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges.

Employer name: Berlin Builders Inc., 141 Rte. 130, Suite 192, in Cinnaminson, New Jersey

Inspection site: Residential construction project at 1202 Dekalb St. in Norristown, Pennsylvania

Citations issued: On Jan. 15, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for three repeat and one serious safety violations.

Employer name: Mississippi Polymers Inc.

Inspection site: 2733 South Harper Road, Corinth, Mississippi

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on Jan. 14 for 11 serious safety violations.

Employer name: A and S Tree Service Inc., PO Box 477, Clay, West Virginia

Inspection site: 222 Sweet Grape Run, Walton, West Virginia

Citations issued: On Jan. 6, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for two willful, 11 serious and three other-than-serious violations.

LINCOLN, Neb. ‒ A newly hired, 39-year-old worker who fell through a roof in October 2015 and later died, could have been saved if his employer provided required fall protection, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.

Employer name: A-1 Excavating Inc., Bloomer, Wisconsin

Inspection site: Valley Ridge Road, Middleton

Citations issued: Jan. 14, 2016

Employer name: Genpak LLC

Inspection site: 7621 Bill Joseph Parkway, Hope Hull, Alabama

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on Jan. 13 for two repeated, six serious and one other-than-serious safety violation.

Employer name: Amazon Fulfillment Services

Site: 50 New Canton Way, Robbinsville, New Jersey

Citation and hazard alert letters issued: On Dec. 21, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Marlton Area Office issued one other-than-serious citation. On Dec. 30, 2015, one ergonomic-related hazard-alert letter was issued. Additionally, OSHA issued a medical-related hazard-alert letter on Jan. 7, 2016.

WEST CHESTER, Pa. – A 30-year-old construction worker returned from a holiday weekend on July 6, 2015, ready to install gutters on new apartment and condominium buildings at 1323 West Chester Pike in West Chester. It was his first day on the job site, and his last as a builder.

As a rough terrain  forklift raised a makeshift platform on which he stood up three stories to the roof, the platform toppled and the man fell 40 feet onto the rubble below. The worker suffered serious and permanent injuries, including paralysis from the waist down.

Employer name: Amtech Southeast LLC

Inspection site:  1142 Highway 14, Elmore, Alabama

Citations issued: On Jan.07, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued Amtech Southeast two repeated and one serious safety citation.