Employer name: Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

Inspection site: 19740 Highway 90, Live Oak, Florida 32060

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on July 25 for 14 serious and eight other-than-serious safety and health violations. This inspection fell under OSHA’s Regional Emphasis Programs for Poultry Processing Facilities.

Employers: David Hovannisian and J&V Properties Inc., two property management companies jointly doing business as JD Home Rentals

Location: 2975 E. Belmont Ave., Fresno, California

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of workers who prepare and serve meals for Capitol Hill lawmakers and their staffs in the U.S. Senate cafeterias will receive more than $1 million in back wages after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found their employers failed to pay prevailing wages required of federal contractors.

Employer name: New Alliance
9620 S. Railroad Ave.
Bridgeport, Nebraska                         

Citations issued: July 22, 2016

Employer: DCO Custom Builders LLC  

Site: 800 West Shell Drive, Suite H, Nogales, Arizona

Participants: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Wage and Hour Division; the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board.

AUBURN, Ala. – Federal inspectors concluded an inspection of an automobile auto parts manufacturer and found that permanent and temporary employees faced the dangers of being caught-in machinery, hit by objects and the risk of amputation at the Pyongsan America Inc. facility in Auburn. Pyongsan manufactures heating, ventilation and air conditioning hoses for Hyundai, Kia, Chrysler and General Motors.

PHILADELPHIA – Richard Mendelson, Occupational Safety and Health Administration regional administrator in Philadelphia, today issued the following statement on OSHA’s settlement with U.S. Steel:

Employer: Atwater Construction Company, Inc.

Sites: 22640 N. 21^st Ave., Phoenix, Arizona

Employer name: Air Liquide Large Industries US LP

Inspection Site: 5880 Up River Road, Corpus Christi, Texas 78408

Citations issued: July 20, 2016

Type of Action: Fair Labor Standards Act consent judgment

Names of Defendants: Best Aire Compressor Services Inc.
Thomas Russell

Date of Action: July 19, 2016

Type of Action: Consent judgment and order

Names of Defendants: “National Pension Plan,” also known as the International Association of Machinists’ National Pension Fund

Gary Allen, Thomas Connery, Philip Gruber, Warren Mart, Robert Martinez Jr.

Alfred Nelson, Robert Roach, Burton Trebour and Lynn Tucker

Employer name: Chaparral Boats Inc.

Inspection site: 300 Industrial Blvd., Nashville, Georgia 31639        

In the week ending July 16, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 253,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 254,000. The 4-week moving average was 257,750, a decrease of 1,250 from the previous week's unrevised average of 259,000.

State: Missouri

Type of Award: National Dislocated Worker Grant

Initial Amount Approved: $3,280,823

Incremental Amount Awarded: $2,277,823

Funding Awarded to: Missouri Division of Workforce Development

Number of Workers Served: Approximately 309

State: Iowa

Type of Award: National Dislocated Worker Grant

Incremental Amount Awarded: $518,643

Total Funds Awarded to Date: $1,037,286

Funding Awarded to: Iowa Workforce Development

Number of Workers Served: Approximately 650

ARLINGTON, Va. – A federal rule to protect the nation’s miners from exposure to dangerous levels of coal mine dust is having a significantly positive impact in Phase II, a recent sampling by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration shows.

Employer name: Evraz Inc. NA

Worksite: 1612 E. Abriendo Ave., Pueblo, Colorado 81004

Citations issued: July 15, 2016

AVENTURA, Fla. – A federal workplace safety inspection of the Macy’s department store in Aventura by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found employees at risk due to repeated and serious violations related to blocked exits, improper housekeeping and electric shock hazards.