BOSTON — The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Donald Pottern, doing business as Crown Furniture, of West Springfield, for allegedly firing a worker who filed a safety complaint with the department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

DECATUR, Ill. — Lincoln Rehabilitation Center has paid 138 employees $66,983 in unpaid wages because of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. The investigation found that the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to compensate employees for all hours worked, including pre- and post-shift work, and improperly exempted some employees from overtime requirements.

CHICAGO — Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co. has been ordered to reinstate a conductor and pay him more than $244,000 in back wages and damages following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA found that the company was in violation of the whistleblower provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act for terminating an employee in Flint, Mich., for failing to perform an inspection of a passing train under hazardous safety conditions.

CENTRALIA, Ill. — Big 3 Precision Products Inc., which manufactures industrial machine products, has been cited for five safety violations by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The complaint investigation found a willful violation of forklift standards for allowing employees to stand or pass under the elevated portion of forklifts at the Centralia facility. Proposed penalties total $63,000.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A 51-year-old roofer fell 17 feet to his death on Nov. 14, 2013, while performing roofing work on condominium at 57 Main St. in Stockbridge, Mass. An investigation by the Springfield Area Office of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that his employer, Lee-based Fairview Contractors Inc., failed to provide fall protection and guardrails that would have prevented the fall from occurring.

BLUE RIDGE, Ga. — Blue Ridge Manufacturing LLC was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 20 serious safety and health violations for exposing workers to safety hazards following an inspection at the company's truck body manufacturing facility in Blue Ridge. The agency initiated the March 2014 inspection because of a complaint. Penalties total $64,400.

ANDOVER, Mass. — Workers at a Salisbury manufacturing plant were at risk of being caught in machinery or crushed, based on findings in an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Andover Healthcare Inc., a maker of coated fabrics and adhesives for the health care industry, faces $93,200 in proposed fines for two repeat and seven serious violations.

Clifford Replacement Windows & Siding and distribute assets

Date of Action: April 9, 2014

Type of Action: Consent Judgment

Names of Defendant: Timothy J. Clifford, Jr., Patrick D. Clifford, Clifford Replacement Windows & Siding, Inc., CRW Inc. 401(k) Plan in Mount Prospect, Ill.

BAYONNE, N.J. — Bayonne Dry Dock and Repair Corp. and Coastwide Material Supply Corp., based in Bayonne, paid $720,000 in unpaid wages and liquidated damages to the U.S. Department of Labor for distribution to 224 workers who worked for the firms at the Military Ocean Terminal in Bayonne.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Bennett Building Systems LLC, which builds metal and wooden structures, such as barns, carports and garages, has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for eight violations, including one willful violation, six serious violations and one other-than-serious violation. The agency initiated the November 2103 inspection at the company's facility on Dixon Airline Road in Augusta because of a complaint. The proposed citations total $89,000.

NEW YORK — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs today announced that federal contractor Parsons Brinckerhoff agreed to settle allegations of hiring discrimination on the basis of race and ethnicity involving 247 job applicants who were rejected for assistant engineer positions at the company's New York City headquarters. The affected class comprises 152 Asian American, 51 Hispanic, 29 African American, 3 Native American and 12 mixed race applicants.

WASHINGTON — The craftsmanship of machining and carpentry students at the Gary Job Corps Center in San Marcos, Texas, will be on full display at a U.S.

Employment Benefits Plan of Remodel King Construction in Rapid City, SD

Date of Action: May 6, 2014

Type of Action: Complaint

Names of Defendant: Remodel King Construction Inc., Scott D. Sogge, Remodel King Construction Inc. SARSEP Plan

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Following the death of 23-year-old construction worker Kyle Brown, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that his employer, Watertown-based general construction contractor MTL Design Inc., failed to provide and ensure the use of fall protection safeguards that would have prevented his death. OSHA cited the company for a willful and a serious violation.

BOISE, Idaho — After a worker was seriously injured from a fall at a construction site, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited TKO Inc., doing business as TKO Custom Homes, with three serious and one willful violation related to fall hazards. OSHA began its inspection of the Twin Falls-based company in November 2013. The employer faces $27,600 in proposed fines for the violations.

Western Steel Erection 401(k) Plan to restore more than $5,900 in benefits

Date of Action: May 6, 2014

Type of Action: Consent Judgment and Order

Names of Defendant: Stephanie J. Jochims and Robert C. Jochims

Allegations: The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment ordering Stephanie J. Jochims, the former owner of Western Steel Erection, Inc., and her husband Robert C. Jochims, to restore $5,957 in employee retirement contributions and loan repayments to the Western Steel Erection 401(k) Plan. The company was located in Long Lake, Minn.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A Stamford-based contractor faces $196,000 in fines for two willful and 12 serious violations following an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Cesar Mendoza, d.b.a.

COSHOCTON, Ohio — A follow-up inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration at San Cast Inc. found workers still exposed to amputation and fall hazards at the Coshocton, Ohio, casting and foundry facility. The facility was previously cited after a worker suffered a leg amputation in June 2013. OSHA has issued 17 additional violations, carrying proposed penalties of $155,900 as a result of the November 2013 inspection.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A Stamford-based contractor faces $196,000 in fines for two willful and 12 serious violations following an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Cesar Mendoza, d.b.a.

MINNEAPOLIS — Workers at the Hibachi Buffet Inc. will be paid a total of $117,152 in back wages following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. The investigation revealed violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping provisions. Kitchen workers typically worked 60 hours per week for a fixed monthly salary, often earning far less than the legally required minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.