SUSSEX, Wis. ‒ A rotating airlock blade severed a 30-year-old worker’s three fingertips as he cleaned the machine at a Sussex subsidiary of organic food manufacturer Nature’s Path Foods Inc., an incident federal safety investigators found could have been prevented if the machine had been powered down fully.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the subsidiary, Nature’s Path USA II LLC, for the same violation in 2012.

LANSING, Ill. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered Polar Service Centers to reinstate and pay $190,547 in back wages and damages to a safety manager at its Lansing facility. The action comes after a federal investigation found the commercial tank trailer company violated the whistleblower provisions of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act.

Employer name: Southeast Forest Products Inc., doing business as Southeast Pallet & Box Co.

Inspection site: 4596 Washington Ferry Road, Montgomery, Alabama 36108

Employer name: Oaxaca Mexican Products, 100 8^th St., Passaic, New Jersey

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for one willful, 20 serious and three other-than-serious violations on May 3, 2016.

Employer name: Kellenberger Plumbing & Underground, Elgin, Illinois

Inspection site: 2708 Showplace Drive, Naperville, Illinois

Citations issued: May 2, 2016

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.

Employer name: M&M Construction LLC, doing business as Michael Jones Contracting
1912 Constitution Drive, Fairmont, West Virginia

Inspection site: Locust Avenue, Fairmont, West Virginia

Citations issued:  The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued two willful and eight serious citations on April 29, 2016.

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: Cinch Connectors Inc.

Inspection Site: 6900 South Bentsen Rd., McAllen, TX 

Citations issued: May 6, 2016

Employer name: Atlantic Coffee Industrial Solutions LLC

Inspection site: 3900 Harrisburg Blvd., Houston

Citations issued: May 11, 2016

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. 

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: 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:         Angel Brothers Enterprises Ltd.

Inspection site:           2900 Sens Road, La Porte, Texas

Citations issued:        May 09, 2016

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.

Employer name: Structural & Steel Products Manufacturing Ltd.

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

Citations issued: May 10, 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

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.

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.