Employer name: Franco Roofing, Inc., roof construction contractor, Yonkers, N.Y.

Inspection site: 58 Edgemont Road, Katonah, N.Y. 10536

Date inspection initiated: OSHA's Tarrytown Area Office began an inspection on Oct. 20, 2014, when OSHA inspectors who were driving by the worksite observed employees working without fall protection.

Employer name and location: Framing, siding, and roofing contractor K&F Construction Inc., P.O. Box 6013, Martinsburg, W. Va. 25402

Inspection site: Suncrest Village, 1000 Suncrest Village, Morgantown, W. Va. 26505, where K&F Construction employees performed roofing operations as part of the construction of three-story townhomes.

BRIDGETON, Mo. — A 58-year-old maintenance worker was killed after he was pinned between a scrap metal table and a railing at Hussmann Corp.'s Bridgeton facility, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found. OSHA said the company failed to prevent the table from lowering unintentionally. As a result, Hussmann received three willful and 12 serious safety violations after the Sept. 6, 2014, incident.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A worker alleging the existence of asbestos, mold and hygiene hazards led to an inspection of an Advance Auto Parts store in Kansas City, where the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found one repeated and 10 serious safety and health violations with fines of $60,000.

Employer name: Hi Temp Northlake LLC, operating as Bluewater Thermal Solutions in Northlake, Illinois, a subsidiary of Bluewater Thermal Solutions of Greenville, South Carolina. The company specializes in heat treating powder metal parts.

Inspection site: Bluewater Thermal Solutions, 75 E. Lake St. Northlake, Illinois

Date of Action: Feb. 26, 2015

Type of Action: Complaint

Name(s) of Defendant(s): Massey Wholesale Co. Inc., Massey Wholesale Co. SIMPLE IRA Retirement Plan, Larry W. Massey as executor of the estate of Mary S. Massey and Larry W. Massey

Date of Action: Feb. 23, 2015

Type of Action: Complaint

Name(s) of Defendant(s): Vic International Corp., Vic International 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, James Victor Green, Kelly Milligan, and Paul Kelley

Employer: Long Feng Corporation, doing business as New XO Market in Saipan and Tian Hong Market in Tinian

Site: Grocery store, poker arcade and coin laundry establishments in Saipan and Tinian

Employer: Paradise Inn Hawaii LLC, doing business as Tsukiji Fish Market Restaurant

Site: One restaurant location at the Ala Moana Shopping Center in Honolulu

Date of Action: Feb. 23, 2015

Type of Action: Complaint

Name(s) of Defendant(s): Vic International Corp., Vic International 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, James Victor Green, Kelly Milligan, and Paul Kelley

The President and his Administration are focused on promoting middle class economics to ensure that all Americans can contribute to and benefit from our American resurgence. Part of that effort requires empowering every American with the education and training they need to earn higher wages.

WASHINGTON — Youth who have been in the juvenile justice system often face numerous challenges as they attempt to enter the workforce and become productive citizens. The stigma that a juvenile record carries can close doors before they ever open. All too often, these hurdles continue into adulthood and become overwhelming barriers that sustain a cycle of crime and incarceration.

Date of Action: Feb. 26, 2015

Type of Action: Judgment and Order

Defendant: First Land Title Agency of New York Inc. Profit Sharing Plan

Allegations: The plan was established in January 2002, as a defined contribution plan for employees of the First Land Title Agency of New York Inc. in Central Islip, N.Y. The conviction of Andrew Knee, the plan’s trustee and only fiduciary, on a charge of grand larceny prohibits him from serving as an administrator, officer or fiduciary of any benefit plan covered under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

Date of Action: Jan. 26, 2015

Type of Action: Complaint

Names of Defendant: Daniel Byrnes and the Fort Orange Capital Management Profit-Sharing Plan

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the February 2015 Employment Situation report released today:

"The economic winds remained at our back in February, with the addition of 295,000 new jobs.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the March 2015 Employment Situation report released today:

Employer name: Menards Inc., 4777 Menard Drive, Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Investigation site: Menards Inc., operating as Midwest Manufacturing, 4801 N. 264th Street, Valley, Nebraska

On Sept. 29, 2014, the U. S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Omaha Area Office initiated a fatality inspection after a 54-year-old forklift operator was fatally injured while moving trusses in a warehouse owned by home improvement store, Menards Inc.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — If his employer had protected him properly as he worked in a 12-foot-deep trench to connect a new home's plumbing to the main sewer line, 31-year-old LeDonte McCruter could have returned home at day's end to spend time with the young nieces and nephews he adored. Instead, a kind man known for his quick smile died at a Birmingham work site when the trench around him collapsed and buried him alive on Aug. 31, 2014. Rescue workers tried for more than six hours to save McCruter, a day laborer.

DENVER — The death of a 52-year-old man, killed when a scrap metal baler started while he worked inside, could have been averted if his employer, Atlas Metal and Iron Corp., had made sure the machine was shut down properly, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has determined. After a September 2014 inspection that followed the incident, OSHA investigators found 12 safety violations at the Denver-based scrap-processing facility.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Since 2013, 294 workers have been killed by falls: a deadly fact that one roofing contractor appears willing to ignore as it was found putting the safety of its employees at risk by U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health inspectors once again.