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

                      SNF Polychemie Inc., Dolton, Illinois                           

WHAT:          OSHA Voluntary Protection Program site-based, star-level designation

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

                        Holder Construction

                        Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation

What:             Strategic partnership agreement

Participants:      U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational

                Safety and Health Administration

                Holder Construction Group LLC

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

                                    IEW Construction Group

Participants:            

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

Georgia Department of Public Health

Mental Health America of Georgia

What:  Mental Health Safety Stand-Down

Participants:            

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

Holder Construction Group LLC

Georgia Tech On-Site Consultation Program

What:  Safety partnership agreement

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has begun a National Emphasis Program to prevent falls, the leading cause of fatal workplace injuries and the violation the agency cites most frequently in construction industry inspections.

WASHINGTON – An ongoing investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found Amazon failed to provide adequate medical treatment for traumatic and chronic injuries at a fulfillment center in Castleton, New York.

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

Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association Inc.

Wisconsin Safety and Health Consultation Program 

What:             Safety alliance

PITI, GUAM ‒ A federal inspection found that a ship repair company might have prevented the death of a rigger at the Port of Guam in November 2022 had they followed legally required safety standards for operating cranes.

BOSTON, MA – A federal administrative law judge has determined that UHS of Delaware Inc. and UHS of Fuller Inc. exposed their employees at Fuller Hospital in Attleboro to workplace violence without adequate protections in 2019, particularly at times when hospital staffing was low. Fuller Hospital is a 102-bed behavioral health facility that provides acute inpatient hospitalization for adolescents and adults.

PROVIDENCE, RI – Dollar Tree Stores Inc.’s failure to provide safe work conditions at two Rhode Island stores – violations of U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards – exposed employees to serious risks and injuries.

Participants:

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

Moss & Associates LLC

University of South Florida On-Site Consultation Program

What:  Strategic Partnership agreement

Participants:

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

Brasfield & Gorrie Construction

What: Safety alliance agreement

WASHINGTON – On April 28, 1970, the nation first observed Workers Memorial Day at a time when an estimated 38 people died on the job in the U.S. each day. More than a half century later, this annual tribute endures as do the determined efforts of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Mine Safety and Health Administration to help protect the lives of our nation’s workers.

Participants:

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

Moss & Associates LLC

University of South Florida On-Site Consultation Program

What:             Safety partnership agreement

WINTER GARDEN, FL – Federal workplace safety inspectors have found Dollar General Corp., one of the nation’s largest discount retailers, exposing its employees and others to unsafe conditions again, this time in Winter Garden, Florida. 

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

Ringland-Johnson Construction Company

Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council

GREENWOOD, MS – Had federal workplace safety regulations been followed at a LeFlore County soybean farm, a South African teenager employed by its operator would have returned home and not suffocated inside a grain bin in October 2022.

PRESCOTT, AZ – Federal safety inspectors found that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs endangered maintenance workers at its healthcare facility in Prescott by allowing them to work on steam lines without ensuring they followed required safety procedures.