ATLANTA — 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 to act in four Southeastern states to reduce musculoskeletal disorders and ergonomic stressors affecting industry workers.

ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced its summary of U.S. mining deaths from July 1 through Sept. 30, 2015 shows seven fatalities occurred in industry accidents. In the first nine months of 2015, 25 fatalities occurred, eight fewer than in the same period in 2014.

PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division is conducting a statewide building and heavy construction survey in New Hampshire to collect data on wages paid to workers on all active building and heavy construction projects in New Hampshire between April 1, 2014, and March 31, 2015. This survey is not limited to federally funded construction projects. The information provided will help establish prevailing wage rates, as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts.

Employer: DirecTV

Site: Washington

GRAYLING, Mich. — Workers in the hotel industry are hard-working people who greet us with a smile as they welcome us. Many of these workers earn low wages and often struggle to meet basic needs. This challenge is made even more difficult when employers fail to pay them properly for the jobs they perform.

U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found significant minimum wage and overtime violations at the Ramada Hotel Grayling, operated by Wellston, Michigan-based Satnaam Ji Inc.

Employer's name: Peak Roofing Inc. in Abilene, Texas

Citations issued: Oct. 21, 2015

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Labor Department has issued new guidance regarding economically targeted investments (ETIs) made by retirement plans covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. ETIs are investments that are selected for the benefits they create in addition to the investment return to the employee benefit plan investor.

Date of action: Oct. 19, 2015

Type of action: Consent Judgment and Order

Names of defendants: Steven J. Watkins, Oxford Holdings Inc., and Aetna 401(k) Plan

Date of action: October 8, 2015

Type of action: Complaint

Name of defendants: Draeger Construction Inc.; Draeger Construction LLC; Draeger Construction Inc. Health and Welfare Plan; and Jeffrey Draeger, an individual

Date of action: October 8, 2015

Type of action: Complaint

Name of defendants: Draeger Construction Inc.; Draeger Construction LLC; Draeger Construction Inc. Health and Welfare Plan; and Jeffrey Draeger, an individual

Date of action: Sept. 18, 2015

Type of action: Ruling on petition for enforcement of subpoena

Name(s) of defendant: LaserShip, Inc., dba LaserShip

Employer names: Continental Contractors, Niles, Illinois and Local Roofing Inc., Gurnee, Illinois

Citations received: Oct. 16, 2015

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Chicago North Area Office cited a contractor and subcontractor for exposing workers to asbestos hazards while replacing a commercial roof in the 4200 block of N. Knox in Chicago.

Employer name: Interstate Resources Inc., doing business as RB Lumber LLC

Inspection site: 2366-2 Interstate Paper Road, Riceboro, Georgia 31323

Citations issued: Citations were issued on Oct. 19, 2015.

Investigation findings: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited RB Lumber for two repeated and two serious safety violations.

Participants: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Black & Veatch Construction Inc., Power Plant Management Services LLC, Mosser Construction Company, AZCO Inc., Go, Gradel Co., Evaptech Inc. and local trade unions

Strategic Partnership: Between Black & Veatch Construction Inc. and OSHA for the Oregon Clean Energy Center in Oregon, Ohio.

Employer name: Sugar Creek Packing Co., Fairfield, Ohio

Citations received: Oct. 16, 2015

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Cincinnati Area Office cited the food processing company for one repeated and 3 serious safety violations, following a July 2015 complaint inspection.

Who: U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez Federal Reserve Chair Janet L. YellenU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erica L. Groshen

Date of action: Oct. 19, 2015

Type of action: Consent Judgment and Order

Names of defendants: Steven J. Watkins, Oxford Holdings Inc., and Aetna 401(k) Plan

WHITEHALL, Wis. — Ashley Furniture, the nation's largest retailer of home decor, faces $431,000 in proposed federal safety and health fines for failing to protect workers from moving machine parts at its Whitehall upholstery factory. This penalty is in addition to more than $1.8 million in fines issued earlier this year during inspections at other company facilities in Wisconsin.

BRIMLEY, Mich. — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees at Pendills Creek National Fish Hatchery faced atmospheric, water, amputation and asbestos hazards while working in tanks and pits, a recent federal safety and health investigation found.

Federal, state and local leaders, officials attend ribbon-cutting ceremony

WASHINGTON — Fifty-one years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, in which its preamble states: "the United States can achieve its full economic and social potential as a nation only if every individual has the opportunity to contribute to the full extent of his capabilities and to participate in the workings of our society."