May 6, 2015

OSHA News Brief: DHC Contracting knowingly put workers at risk of trench collapse hazards at Guyton, Georgia work site [05/06/2015]

Employer name: James Marlowe, doing business as DHC Contracting, Statesboro, Georgia

Inspection site: At the time of the inspection, workers were installing a replacement manhole at the South Effingham Waste Water Effluent Pump Station on Hodgeville Road, Guyton, Georgia 31312

May 5, 2015

ETA News Brief: Grants fund continued recovery efforts related to 2013 Colorado storms

State: Colorado

Type of Award: National Emergency Grant incremental funding

Incremental Award Released: $637,464

Total Award Amount Approved: $4,609,937

Funding Awarded to: Colorado Department of Labor and Employment

Number of Workers to Be Served: About 230

May 5, 2015

'My Disability Is One Part of Who I Am'

2015 Theme Announced for Octobers National Disability Employment Awareness Month

WASHINGTON — Planning for National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2015 is underway, and the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy today announced the official theme for the October observance: "My Disability Is One Part of Who I Am."

May 5, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Employees of Utica, New York, steel and pipe manufacturer face laceration, crushing, exit access and fall hazards [05/05/2015]

Employer name: Pacemaker Steel & Piping Co. Inc., provider of steel, aluminum and other metals and pipe to the construction trade.

Inspection site: 501 Main St. Utica, New York 13501

May 5, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Sabel Steel Service Inc. exposes workers to unsafe levels of lead, fall and electrical shock hazards [05/05/2015]

Employer name: Sabel Steel Service Inc.

Inspection site: 2811 Day Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36103

Date inspection initiated: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated the inspection on Nov. 4, 2014, as part of the agency's Regional Emphasis Program on Lead.

May 5, 2015

OSHA News Release: Workers found on unsafe scaffolding at fast food restaurant in Lilburn, Georgia [05/05/2015]

LILBURN, Ga. — Employers who ignore safety in search of profit put their workers at risk. This idea was apparent to safety and health inspectors as they drove by a Bojangles' restaurant under construction in Lilburn in October 2014.

May 5, 2015

ETA News Brief: Grants fund continued recovery efforts related to 2013 Colorado storms [05/05/2015]

State: Colorado

Type of Award: National Emergency Grant incremental funding

Incremental Award Released: $637,464

Total Award Amount Approved: $4,609,937

Funding Awarded to: Colorado Department of Labor and Employment

Number of Workers to Be Served: About 230

May 4, 2015

Record numbers of construction workers expected to get prevention message in 2015 National Fall Safety Stand-Down

OSHA partners with thousands of businesses to save lives by preventing falls in construction

WASHINGTON Today is a day like any other. The sun rose. People went to work to build our homes, our businesses and our bridges. By day's end, not all of them will go home. Each year, hundreds of workers die and thousands more suffer serious injuries because they fell and lacked the right safety equipment or knowledge to prevent it. For constructions workers, falls are the leading cause of death.

May 4, 2015

US Labor Department sues defunct Oregon wood manufacturing company and its owner to restore retirement plan assets

Date of Action: May 1, 2015

Type of Action: Complaint

Names of Defendants: Charles W. Buller; Park Place Wood Products Inc.; and the Park Place Woods Products Inc. Retirement Savings Plan

May 4, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Mississippi's Suburban Plastics fails to correct workplace hazards following OSHA inspection [05/04/2015]

Employer name: Suburban Plastics Co.

Inspection site: 1000 Enterprise Drive, Grenada, Mississippi 38901

Date of inspection: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated a follow-up inspection on Jan. 6, 2015.

May 4, 2015

OSHA News Release: Roofer's death could have been prevented with personal safety gear [05/04/2015]

KNOB NOSTER, Mo. — A 30-year-old roofer's life was cut tragically short in November 2014 after he suffered severe head trauma in a fall. A father of two young boys, the man was found unresponsive below a 32-foot extension ladder he was using to renovate a roof at a two-story building at Missouri's Whiteman Air Force Base.

May 4, 2015

OSHA News Release: Lack of protective equipment for Republic Steel plant electrician results in 1st and 3rd degree burns after arc flash [05/04/2015]

BUFFALO, New York — An electric technician at the Republic Steel Corp. steel manufacturing plant in Blasdell was removing wiring from a fan motor in an overhead crane on October 16, 2014, when an ungrounded electrical conductor touched a grounded surface causing an arc flash. The electric technician sustained third degree burns on her hand and first degree burns on her face.

May 4, 2015

EBSA News Brief: US Labor Department sues defunct Oregon wood manufacturing company and its owner to restore retirement plan assets [05/04/2015]

Date of Action: May 1, 2015

Type of Action: Complaint

Names of Defendants: Charles W. Buller; Park Place Wood Products Inc.; and the Park Place Woods Products Inc. Retirement Savings Plan

May 1, 2015

Confined spaces rule could protect nearly 800 construction workers a year from serious injuries and reduce life-threatening hazards

Construction protections now match those in manufacturing and general industry

WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a final rule to increase protections for construction workers in confined spaces.

May 1, 2015

US Labor Department sues Doylestown, Pennsylvania staffing company and its president to recover employee contributions owed to a 401(k) plan

Date of Action: April 17, 2015

Name(s) of Defendants: Steven F. Sonstein,  Cobalt Staffing Inc. and Cobalt Staffing Inc. 401(k) Plan

May 1, 2015

ETA News Brief: Job Corps awards $41M to Management and Training Corp. to operate Wind River center [05/01/2015]

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration today announced the award of a $41 million, five-year contract to operate the Wind River Job Corps center in Fremont, Wyo. Wind River will be the newest facility in the Job Corps program, which serves disadvantaged young people. The center will feature a state-of-the-art energy technology program, the first of its kind in the nation. The first students are expected to arrive at Wind River Job Corps by the end of 2015.

Contract Amount: $41,408,859

April 30, 2015

WHD News Release: BabyVision Inc. willfully violates federal wage and hour law, obstructs investigators and threatens employees [04/30/2015]

NEW YORK — A Poughkeepsie-based maker and distributor of baby apparel and accessories denied 49 workers overtime pay and then attempted to thwart federal investigators by hiding workers and threatening them if they spoke to U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division agents.

April 30, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Workers exposed to amputation hazards at Vista Window Company [04/30/2015]

Employer name: Vista Window Company LLC.

Investigation site: 1701 Henn Parkway, Warren, Ohio

Date investigation initiated and what prompted inspection: On Oct. 22, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Cleveland office initiated an inspection at Vista Window Company LLC after receiving a complaint alleging unsafe working conditions. This was the first OSHA inspection at the Warren-based company which manufactures vinyl windows.

April 30, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Workers exposed to amputation hazards at Clearwater Paper Neenah [04/30/2015]

Employer name: Cellu Tissue Neenah operating as Clearwater Paper Neenah

Investigation site: 249 North Lake Street, Neenah, Wisconsin

April 30, 2015

OSHA News Brief: OSHA again cites Tip Top Roofing for failing to provide workers fall protection [04/30/2015]

Stand Down Fact Sheet

Employer name: Tip Top Roofing & Construction 2030 Coltonville Road, Sycamore, Illinois

Investigation site: 161 John Street, DeKalb, Illinois