Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Workers Defense Project

Employer name: AJ New Construction and Repair Inc.

Inspection site(s): 506 Heron Landing Road, St. Johns, Florida 32259
1684 W. State St., Jacksonville, Florida 32209

Citations issued: OSHA issued citations to the employer on Aug. 26, 2016.

Participants: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Corpus Christi Area Office and the Mexican Consulates in Brownsville and Laredo, Texas.

Employer name: D.R. Horton Inc.
Garcia Carpentry LLC

Inspection site: The Meadows at Heath Brook, 4904 SW 58^th Place, Ocala, Florida 34474

Citations issued: OSHA issued citations to the employers on Aug. 15, 2016

BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana residents – emergency workers, employers and the public – recovering from the impact of the recent floods 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:  Liqui-Box Corporation, Ashland, Ohio

Citations issued: Aug. 11, 2016

BELLEVILLE, Ill. ‒ Illinois contractor Robert Barringer III’s long history of putting his workers in danger of debilitating or fatal falls at his company’s job sites continues, this time at a residential home under construction in Glen Carbon.

Employer name: U.S. Postal Service LLC, doing business as Silver Spring MPO Carr Annex Hotel

Inspection site: 8827 Monard Drive, Silver Spring, Maryland       

Citations issued: On Aug. 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued one other-than-serious violation and five repeated violations to the company.

Employer name: National Manufacturing Co. Inc.

Inspection site: 12 River Road, Chatham, New Jersey            

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for 10 serious safety violations on July 25, 2016.

Employer name: Oprandy’s Fire & Safety Equipment Inc.
49 Brookline Ave.
Middletown, New York

The company sells installs and services fire extinguishers and suppression equipment. 

Inspection site: 49 Brookline Ave., Middletown, New York

DALLAS – A gruesome employee injury led federal workplace safety inspectors to discover the nation’s largest meat and poultry processor endangered workers by exposing them to amputation hazards, high levels of carbon dioxide and peracetic acid without providing personal protective equipment. 

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Department of Labor is launching a new pilot process in its Western region. The “Expedited Case Processing Pilot” allows a complainant covered by certain statutes to ask the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to cease its investigation and issue findings for the department’s Office of Administrative Law Judges to consider.

Employer name: Furia Roofing Co. Inc., 2 Monhegan St., Clifton, New Jersey

Inspection site: 699 Route 46 East, Teterboro, New Jersey         

Citations issued: On Aug. 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for one repeat and three serious violations.

NEWARK, Ill. – For the second time in two years, federal safety inspectors found workers risking amputations and other serious injuries as they fed parts by hand into an unguarded mechanical press brake at an Illinois trailer manufacturing plant. They also found the company failed to protect welders and other employees from harmful ray emissions during welding operations.

ANDOVER, Mass.  – Dorchester-based contractor Roof Kings LLC exposed employees to life-threatening falls – more than 45 feet off the ground – over a three-day period as they worked at a Haverhill church, federal workplace safety and health inspectors found.

Employer name: Liberty Master, Inc., 903 Curtis Lane, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Inspection site: 1735 Mulberry Way, Yardley, Pennsylvania          

Employer name: Mattocks Five Inc., doing business as Albion Mill

Inspection site: 73 Canal St., Albion, Pennsylvania

Employer name: Henry RAC Holding Corp.

Inspection site: 59 East 1st St., Bayonne, New Jersey        

DENVER – After hailstorms in residential areas, roofing contractors may come knocking – offering to make repairs on damaged roofs. Homeowners anxious to protect their property and their wallets should be aware that some companies put profits before their employees’ safety and well-being, and could wind up costing their customers even more.

PITTSBURGH – Twice in about a month, United States Steel Corp. gave seven employees tasks that exposed them to asbestos, a widely recognized hazard associated with serious and fatal health risks including lung cancer, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.