Employers: Lorraine Cerezo Lim doing business as LQC Care Home and Richlee Care Home
Luzviminda Cerezo doing business as White Oaks Manor, Cerezo Residential Care Home and Ross Senior Care Home

Sites: 427 Richlee Drive, Campbell, California
2064 Cherry Ave., San Jose, California
2991 Faircliff Court, San Jose, California
1573 Willow Oaks Drive, San Jose, California
2858 Ross Ave., San Jose, California
1680 White Oaks Ave., Campbell, California
2934 Jessie Court, San Jose, California

WASHINGTON – A Chantilly-based technology company contracted to install audio-visual equipment at government installations nationwide will pay $1.53 million in back wages and benefits to 140 information technology professionals in federal consent findings.

ATLANTA – In 2014, 2,630 workers suffered from heat illness while 18 died from heat stroke and related causes on the job – all of which was preventable.

To raise awareness about these dangers, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, employers and trade associations will conduct a one-hour Safety Stand-Down at construction sites and workplaces in eight Southern states from June 27 to July 1, 2016.

In the week ending June 18, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 259,000, a decrease of 18,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 277,000. The 4-week moving average was 267,000, a decrease of 2,250 from the previous week's unrevised average of 269,250.

Employer name: DOLGENCORP LLC, doing business as Dollar General Store #398

Inspection site: 30 East Independence St., Shamokin, Pennsylvania

FRANKLIN, Ohio – A federal workplace safety and health inspection found workers exposed to the risks of amputation, hearing loss and respiratory damage at A&B Foundry & Machining Inc. due to same hazards identified by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration at the Franklin foundry in 2012.

Employer name: K-T Galvanizing Company Inc.

Inspection site: 2500 Chambers Street, Venus, TX 76084

Citations issued: June 17, 2016

WASHINGTON – States across the nation have the opportunity to expand registered apprenticeship programs that provide pathways for American workers from all backgrounds to acquire the skills and knowledge needed for good-paying jobs in fields such as information technology, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, building trades, cybersecurity and business services, through a new U.S. Department of Labor grant competition announced today.

Employer: Junior’s Inc., doing business as Junior’s Supper Club

Site: 2601 NW Expressway, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Employer name: MillerCoors Fort Worth brewery

Inspection site: 7001 South Freeway, Fort Worth, Texas 76134

Citations issued: June 17, 2016

Employer name: Trailer Component Manufacturing Inc., operating as Buyers Product Company
Mentor, Ohio

Citations issued: June 20, 2016

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued three repeated and eight serious violations to Trailer Components Manufacturing, which operates as Buyers Product Company. 

Employer name: High Country Elevators Inc.

Worksites: 62784 US-491, Dove Creek, CO 81324

Citations issued: June 10, 2016

Employer name: Americold Logistics
Carthage, Missouri

Citations received: June 16, 2016

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Employer name: Bolivar Enterprises LLC, 902 Central Ave., Union City, New Jersey

Citations issued: On June 3, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for nine serious violations.

WILLMAR, Minn. – Jennie-O Turkey Store Inc. has agreed to hire 53 women and pay $491,861 in back wages to 339 female job applicants denied entry-level jobs at its Willmar turkey-processing facility. The company’s action resolves a U.S. Department of Labor lawsuit alleging the global turkey products producer discriminated in its hiring practices.

Employers: Alpha Services, LLC
Eco Group, LLC

Sites: 1141 North 3^rd St., Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
10936 SW Marilyn, Tualatin, Oregon

Employer name: Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov, 638 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, New York, constructing a six-story school and office building at 642 Bedford St. in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.

Citations issued: On June 3, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov for 21 serious violations of workplace safety standards.

PIEDMONT, Mo. ‒ Twice in less than a month, two workers at an Ajinomoto Windsor Inc. facility suffered amputation injuries because their employer failed to install adequate safety guards to keep operator’s hands out of machine danger zones, inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found. The agency cited the food manufacturer for similar machine hazards at the Piedmont facility in 2013.

NEWARK, Ohio – A Newark food additive manufacturer’s failure to handle hazardous materials and respond properly to an emergency led to an explosion that injured four workers, including two contractors who scaled an 8-foot security fence topped with triple-strand barbed wire to escape the fireball.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – A simple task for an employee at Wegmans Food Market Inc.’s commercial bakery in Rochester instead resulted in a needless and severe injury. As the worker cleaned an operating conveyor belt and roller on Dec. 16, 2015, her hand was caught between the belt and the roller and the machine pulled it in. She sustained broken bones in her hand and arm.