Employers name: Alton Industries Inc., 11 Carlton Drive, Eighty Four, Pennsylvania

Inspection site:  704 A&B Jonagold Road, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania

Citations issued: On March 22, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for one willful and one serious violation. 

WASHINGTON – Many characterize union organizing campaigns as debates between management and labor over the impact of unionization on businesses and workers. Today, employers commonly engage third-party consultants in crafting and delivering anti-union messages to workers. Workers often do not know when employers engage consultants behind the scenes to influence their decisions.

SAN ANTONIO – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited five Texas companies for failing to inform construction workers renovating a San Antonio building of the presence of dangerous asbestos, and allowing other hazards. In total, the companies now face $185,150 in fines.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In Nashville today, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Joseph A. Main highlighted the measurable improvements that have taken place in mine safety and health in the past five years.

VALMEYER, Ill. – Federal investigators found blunt force trauma killed a 46-year-old worker when a tree inadvertently hit him during logging operations on a remote 100-acre Mississippi River levy site in Valmeyer.

One of the nation’s most dangerous occupations, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 77 recorded deaths in the forestry industry in 2014.

State: Washington

Type of Award: National Dislocated Worker Grant

Award Amount Approved/Released: $697,182

Funding Awarded to: The Lummi Nation

Number of Workers Served:  Approximately 100

State: Wisconsin

Type of Award: National Dislocated Worker Grant

Award Amount Approved/Released: $615,090

Funding Awarded to: Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development

Number of Workers Served: Approximately 240

Employers name:  Kenneth Snider Inc., Hilltop Drive, Princeton, West Virginia

Citations issued: On March 15, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for one willful, 24 serious and two other-than-serious violations.

Employers name: J. Walter Miller Co., 411 East Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Citations issued: On March 11, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for 11 serious and one other than serious violations.

Employer name: Ultratec Special Effects Inc.

Inspection site: 148 Moon Drive, Owens Cross Roads, Alabama 35763

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on March 18 for four repeated, six serious and five other-than-serious safety violations.

Employer name: Vista Window Company LLC

Inspection site: 1701 Henn Parkway Southwest, Warren, Ohio

Citations issued: March 17, 2016

Employer name: D&J Enterprises Inc.

Inspection site: 2701 Frederick Road, Opelika, Alabama 36801

Participants: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, North Texas Exploration & Production Safety

WASHINGTON – A report released today under the labor chapter of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement by the U.S. Department of Labor raises significant concerns regarding the right to freedom of association in Peru’s non-traditional export sectors, which include exports of textiles, apparel and certain agricultural products. 

Traverse City, Michigan – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the president and fiduciary of the 401(k) plan of Emergency Consultants Inc., Traverse City, for failing to forward contributions to the plan as soon as reasonably feasible, in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

Employer name: CS Truck & Trailer Repair Services Inc.

Inspection site: 6575 Marshall Blvd., Lithonia, Georgia 30058 

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on March 11 for 19 serious and four other-than-serious safety and health violations.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Poultry workers are twice as likely to suffer serious injuries and six times more likely to get sick on the job than other private sector workers, facts that are leading federal safety and health inspectors in three Midwestern states to act to reduce musculoskeletal disorders and ergonomic stressors among at-risk workers.

Date of Action:  March 15, 2016

Type of Action: The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against Robert C. Tapscott and the Tapscott Group 401(k) Plan in Denver, Colorado, to seek appointment of an independent fiduciary to terminate the plan formally and enable the distribution of assets to plan participants.

Name(s) of Defendant: Robert C. Tapscott, Tapscott Group 401(k) Plan.

State: West Virginia

Type of Award: National Dislocated Worker Grant Incremental

Incremental Amount Released: $1,330,000

Total Award Amount Approved: $2,000,000

Funding Awarded to: WorkForce West Virginia

Number of Workers Served: Approximately 200

State: Pennsylvania

Type of Award: National Dislocated Worker Grant

Award Amount Approved/Released: $751,250

Funding Awarded to: Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry

Number of Workers Served: Approximately 978