BRAINTREE, Mass. – Brian Caron died on the job on March 23, 2016, when he was fatally overcome by an ammonia leak caused by a burst pipe in the machine shop of his employer, Boston fish and seafood wholesaler Stavis Seafoods Inc.           

Employer name: E.T. & L. Construction Corp., a Stow, Massachusetts, heavy construction contractor.

Inspection site: Lowell St., between North Lowell and Bolduc streets, Methuen, Mass.

What prompted OSHA’s inspection: On June 15, 2016, two E.T. & L. Construction Corp. employees were working in a 12-foot deep trench when a concrete duct encasing utility wiring that was suspended above the trench collapsed into the trench, causing a cave-in.

Employer name: Carlson Enterprises

Inspection site: 1506 Rivergate Drive
Jacksonville, Florida 32223  

Citations issued: OSHA issued four citations to the employer on Sept. 22, 2016.

Employer name: Crown Equipment Corp.
2 Presidential Way
Woburn, Massachusetts

What prompted OSHA’s inspection: An employee sustained serious head injuries on July 13, 2016, when the rim of a split rim tire struck him when the tire exploded as he attempted to service the tire.

Employer name: Fast Carpentry I Inc.

Inspection site: 1360 98^th St.
Bay Harbor Island
Florida 33154

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to Fast Carpentry I Inc. on Sept. 20, 2016, for one willful and one repeated safety violation.

Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Trust, Alsip, Illinois

Employer names: Machinery Maintenance Rebuilders Inc.
Houston, Texas

Citations issued: Sept. 28, 2016

SPOONER, Wis. – When a Wisconsin explosive component manufacturer started a new production line at its Spooner facility, the company failed to comply with federal safety standards to protect its employees from the dangers of exposure to lead used in the production process, federal investigators say.

Employer name: Honey Cell Inc. Midwest
6480 Hamilton-Lebanon Road
Middletown, Ohio           

Citations issued: Sept. 16, 2016

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

Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association

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.

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

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

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.