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: Peconic Recycling & Transfer Corp., 560 Commerce Rd., Cutchogue, N.Y.

Citations issued: On Dec. 29, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Peconic Recycling for one willful and 11 serious violations of workplace safety standards at the company’s recycling facility in Cutchogue.

BOSTON – A settlement agreement between the U.S. Department of Labor and Mass Bay Electrical Corp. commits the East Boston electrical contractor to extensive corrective action to prevent future deaths and injuries and establishes a training fund in the memory of Joseph Boyd III and John Loughran, who were killed when a crane toppled in Bourne on April 12, 2014.

BOSTON – A settlement agreement between the U.S. Department of Labor and Mass Bay Electrical Corp. commits the East Boston electrical contractor to extensive corrective action to prevent future deaths and injuries and establishes a training fund in the memory of Joseph Boyd III and John Loughran, who were killed when a crane toppled in Bourne on April 12, 2014.

Employer name: Fukuvi USA Inc., Huber Heights, Ohio

Citations received: Dec. 21, 2015

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Cincinnati Area Office cited the plastic extrusion manufacturer for one willful safety violation for failing to install machine guarding on a puller machine.

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. 

NAPLES, Fla. – Had his employer taken the necessary steps to fully protect him, a 32-year-old construction worker might not have suffered deadly injuries in a fall at a Naples building site on Sept. 26, 2015.

Selvin Velasquez, a residential framer, was working at a new residence at Marbella Isles on Monticello Boulevard when he lost his balance and fell from 19 feet to the ground below. Velasquez was transported to a hospital where he later succumbed.

CONCORD, N.H. — Litchfield contractor Michael Cahoon, who does business as High & Dry Roofing, knows he must protect his employees against falls and other hazards at his jobsites. Yet, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited him repeatedly for putting workers in danger of deadly and disabling falls, most recently in Manchester.

Employer name: Latite Roofing and Sheet Metal LLC

Inspection sites: 9617 NW 7th Circle, Building #3; 9741 NW 7th Circle, Building #5; and 9710 SW 7th Circle, Building #10, Plantation, Florida 33324.

Citations issued: Citations were issued to the employer on Dec. 29.

Employer name: Dollar General Corp. is headquartered at 100 Mission Ridge in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. The inspected store is located at 2222 Texoma Parkway, Sherman, Texas.

Citations issued: Dec. 31, 2015

Employer name: Susquehanna Supply Company Inc., is headquartered at 2 Rose Street in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The inspected location was a work site just outside Little Fishing Creek on State Route 4021 Eyers Grove Road in Millville, Pennsylvania. The bridge repair and construction company was contracted by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to rehabilitate a small steel-frame bridge over the creek.

Employer name: Dealer Installations Services Inc.

Citations issued: Dec. 21, 2015

ST. LOUIS — Two years after a worker died by electrocution at a steel plant owned by St. Louis Cold Drawn, inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found the company continues to expose its workforce, predominantly consisting of Asian immigrants with limited English speaking skills, to amputation, electrical and other hazards daily.

DALLAS — Texas residents — emergency workers, employers and the public — recovering from the impact of the tornado in North Texas 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.

ATLANTA — Georgia residents — emergency workers, employers and the public — recovering from the impact of severe weather 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.

Date of action: Dec. 7, 2015

Type of action: Order denying respondent's motion

Names of defendant: Central Transport LLC

Date of action: Dec. 7, 2015

Type of action: Order denying respondent's motion

Names of defendant: Central Transport LLC

Employer name:  RESCO Products Inc., doing business as Worldwide Refractories, is located at 6^th & Center Streets in Tarentum, Pennsylvania.  The company is a manufacturer of dolomitic brick and specialty refractory products, which are used to line ladles in the steel industry.

The corporate headquarters is located at 2 Penn Center West, Suite 430 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.