WASHINGTON – Resolving 1,753 safety violations at five northern West Virginia mines and an initial assessment of $5.1 million in federal fines, an administrative law judge has approved a settlement between the mines' new owner and the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Type of Action: Family Medical Leave Act Consent Judgment

Names of Defendants: Management Registry, Inc. doing business as Malone Staffing

ATLANTA — Sarah Jones, a 27-year-old camera assistant, was killed while trying to escape an oncoming freight train during the filming of a scene on Feb. 20, 2014, for the movie "Midnight Rider," a biopic based on the life of musician Gregg Allman. Eight other workers were injured.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Film Allman LLC in August 2014 for one willful and one serious safety violation for exposing employees to struck-by and fall hazards.

Employer name: Total Wall Inc., 390 Viking Circle, Rio, Wisconsin

Citations issued: Sept. 11, 2015

WASHINGTON — Last month, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez met a young Camden man named Donny during a visit to New Jersey to tour the facilities of YouthBuild Camden. Before YouthBuild, Donny felt he was on the wrong path and headed toward a life on the streets.

Judge approves settlement, Murray to pay $3.3 million in penalties

WASHINGTON — Resolving 1,753 safety violations at five northern West Virginia mines and an initial assessment of $5.1 million in federal fines, an administrative law judge has approved a settlement between the mines' new owner and the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Employer name: Scott Wheeler Development LLC, PO Box 712, Hurricane, West Virginia. The worksites were located on Riverwalk Drive and in the Breckenridge Subdivision in Ona, West Virginia.

Citations issued: On Sept. 9, 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the company for one willful, two repeated and three serious violations.

Date of action: Sept. 3, 2015

Type of action: Decision and Order

Name of defendant: American Recycling & Manufacturing Co., Inc.,

Employer name: Ross Logging, PO Box 119, Seth, West Virginia. The worksite was located on Leatherwood Road in Elkview, West Virginia.

Citations issued: On Sept. 9, 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued two willful, eight serious, and one other-than-serious safety citations.

Employer name: High Structural Erectors LLC, 1915 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The inspection site was at the Route 84 East Bridge, between Matamoras, Pennsylvania, and Port Jervis, New York.

Citations issued: On Sept. 3, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the company one general duty clause citation for exposing employees to heat stress conditions.

Participants: U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Community Living

State: Missouri

Type of Award: National Dislocated Worker Grant

Initial Amount Released: $1,003,000

Total Award Amount Approved: Up to $3,280,823

Funding Awarded to: Missouri Division of Workforce Development

Number of Workers to Be Served: About 175

DALLAS — Investigators from the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division made sure to keep their eyes on the back door when they showed up at Hiep Thai Markets' stores in Garland and Arlington. The business, a repeat violator of federal wage and hour laws, had sent workers out the rear exit previously to keep them from speaking to agents during two prior investigations. Cheating workers out of wages and frustrating investigators seems to be their business practice.

Employer names: Dyke Industries Inc., Staff Right Inc., and Koosharem LLC, doing business as Select Staffing

Inspection site: 6600 Best Friend Road, Norcross, Georgia 30071

Citations issued: Citations were issued on Sept. 10, 2015.

Employer name: Country Vision Cooperative 709 Mill Street Reedsville, Wisconsin

Investigation site: W2468 County Road E Chilton, Wisconsin

Citations issued: Sept. 14, 2015

Employer name: Stampcoat Inc. doing business as El Paso Tool & Die in El Paso, Texas

Citations issued: Sept. 14, 2015

Employer name: Al Star Recycling LLC in Houston, Texas

Citations issued: Sept. 9, 2015

Funding Recipient: Catholic Relief Services

Total Funding: $13 million

Purpose: Implement a project to help at-risk youth in El Salvador and Honduras develop market-relevant skills and secure good employment.

Location: El Salvador and Honduras

Employer: Adair County, Oklahoma.