December 17, 2015

Camden Park exposes employees to serious workplace safety hazards

Employer name: Waverly Entertainment Inc., doing business as Camden Park, at 5000 Waverly Road in Huntington, West Virginia.

Citations issued: On Dec. 10, 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for 40 serious and five other-than-serious violations.

December 17, 2015

OSHA News Brief

Employer name: Jose Luis Hernandez

Citations issued: Dec. 17, 2015

December 16, 2015

Judge issues order of civil contempt against United Associates Lighting Corp., in Matthews, North Carolina, for failing to provide documents

Date of action: Dec. 8, 2015

Type of action: Order of Civil Contempt and Coercive Daily Fine

Names of defendants: United Associates Lighting Corp. and Roscoe Wagoner

December 10, 2015

US Labor Department, Dollar Tree reach settlement agreement to implement enhanced safety measures nationwide

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Dollar Tree Stores Inc. have reached an agreement that settles all safety and health citations issued against the company.

December 10, 2015

U.S. Department of Labor obtains default judgment to terminate ThreeSource, Inc. 401(k) Plan, distribute assets to participants

Date of Action: Dec. 9, 2015

Type of Action: Default Judgment

Names of Defendants: Martin R. Bothwell III and ThreeSource Inc. 401(k) Plan

December 10, 2015

WHD News Release: Southern California flooring contractor pays more than $458K in back wages, damages to 127 workers following US Labor Department investigation [12/10/2015]

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Drivers experience frustrations when stuck in congested traffic areas, such as Los Angeles. Sometimes, other factors test their tolerance, such as spending multiple hours behind the wheel each day for work and not getting paid for all that time, as required by law. That is what happened to 127 workers in Riverside.

December 10, 2015

WHD News Brief: Painting contractor in Phoenix to pay nearly $200K in back wages, damages and penalties following US Labor Department investigation [12/10/2015]

Employer: Arizona Painting Company LLC

Site: 3235 N. Arizona Avenue, Suite D-10, Chandler, Arizona 85225

December 10, 2015

OSHA News Release: US Labor Department, Dollar Tree reach settlement agreement to implement enhanced safety measures nationwide [12/10/2015]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Dollar Tree Stores Inc. have reached an agreement that settles all safety and health citations issued against the company.

December 10, 2015

OSHA News Brief: OSHA issues notices to West Haven, Connecticut VA Medical Center for exposing workers to new and recurring hazards [12/10/2015]

Employer name: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Connecticut Health Care System, 950 Campbell Ave., West Haven, CT 06516

Notices issued: On Dec. 1, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued notices to the medical center identifying 12 repeat, seven serious and three other-than-serious safety and health violations.

December 9, 2015

OSHA News Release: OSHA fines Columbus, Ohio, wire manufacturer $131K after 2 workers suffer amputations, company ignores machine safety procedures [12/09/2015]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two workers suffered partial amputation of their left middle fingers in separate incidents at Columbus-based ITC Manufacturing because the company failed to protect them from machinery operating parts. The injuries occurred just months after the electrocution of another worker when he touched live wires at the company's facility.

December 9, 2015

OSHA News Release: Statement from Assistant Secretary of Labor Dr. David Michaels on roofing company owner's guilty plea today to charges related to employee's fatal fall [12/09/2015]

PHILADELPHIA — Roofing company owner James J. McCullagh pleaded guilty today to one count of willfully violating an Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulation causing death to an employee, four counts of making false statements, and one count of obstruction of justice.

December 9, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Workers exposed to high levels of methylene chloride, multiple hazards at Colona, Illinois, truck repair facility [12/09/2015]

Employer name: Lyon LLC, Watseka, Illinois

Citations received: Dec. 3, 2015

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Peoria Area Office cited the metal fabrication company for 15 serious safety and health violations.

December 9, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Bickmore, West Virginia, logging company cited for exposing workers to safety hazards [12/09/2015]

Employer name: Ray Clearing Inc. is a logging company located at 86 Landmark Drive in Bickmore, West Virginia. The inspection was conducted at Imperial Coal Tract in Cabin Creek, West Virginia.

Citations issued: On Dec. 4, 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for 22 serious and one other-than-serious violation.

December 9, 2015

OSHA News Brief: OSHA cites Vallencourt for exposing workers to cave-in hazards while installing water and sewer lines in Jacksonville [12/09/2015]

Employer name: Vallencourt Inc.

Inspection site: Pennsylvania Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida 32207

December 9, 2015

OSHA News Release: Worker wrongfully terminated after workplace injury, company ordered to pay more than $332K in back wages and damages, as well as attorney's fees[12/09/2015]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — RCL Wiring LP, which operates as Idaho & Sedalia Transportation Company, harassed and terminated a signal shop technician in retaliation for reporting a work-related injury in violation of the Federal Railroad Safety Act, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigators determined. OSHA has ordered the company to give the employee his job back and pay more than $332,469 in back wages and damages, as well as reasonable attorney's fees.

December 9, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Electronics recycler over-exposes workers to lead, fined more than $56K [12/09/2015]

Employer name: Echo Environmental Waverly LLC, Waverly, Ohio

Citations received: Dec. 8, 2015

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Cincinnati Area Office cited the electronic recycling company for six serious and three other-than-serious health violations.

December 9, 2015

OSHA News Brief: OSHA cites AWS Roofing for exposing workers to fall hazard [12/09/2015]

Employer name: AWS Roofing Services Inc.

Inspection site: 2607 Hill Street, New Smyrna Beach, Florida 32168

Citations issued: Citations were issued to the employer on Dec. 8.

December 9, 2015

OFCCP News Release: US Labor Department alleges hiring discrimination by Indiana federal contractor that manufactures portable military meals [12/09/2015]

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — A federal contractor that manufactures portable meals for the U.S. Department of Defense and other government agencies discriminated systematically against qualified men seeking entry-level production jobs, the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs alleges in a lawsuit filed today.

December 9, 2015

ILAB News Release: US and Honduras sign landmark labor rights agreement [12/09/2015]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez and Honduran Minister of Labor Carlos Madero have signed an historic agreement on labor rights that underscores their governments' shared commitment to making trade work for workers.