Date of action: October 8, 2015

Type of action: Complaint

Name of defendants: Draeger Construction Inc.; Draeger Construction LLC; Draeger Construction Inc. Health and Welfare Plan; and Jeffrey Draeger, an individual

Date of action: Sept. 18, 2015

Type of action: Ruling on petition for enforcement of subpoena

Name(s) of defendant: LaserShip, Inc., dba LaserShip

Employer name: Interstate Resources Inc., doing business as RB Lumber LLC

Inspection site: 2366-2 Interstate Paper Road, Riceboro, Georgia 31323

Citations issued: Citations were issued on Oct. 19, 2015.

Investigation findings: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited RB Lumber for two repeated and two serious safety violations.

Participants: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Black & Veatch Construction Inc., Power Plant Management Services LLC, Mosser Construction Company, AZCO Inc., Go, Gradel Co., Evaptech Inc. and local trade unions

Strategic Partnership: Between Black & Veatch Construction Inc. and OSHA for the Oregon Clean Energy Center in Oregon, Ohio.

Employer name: Sugar Creek Packing Co., Fairfield, Ohio

Citations received: Oct. 16, 2015

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Cincinnati Area Office cited the food processing company for one repeated and 3 serious safety violations, following a July 2015 complaint inspection.

Employer names: Continental Contractors, Niles, Illinois and Local Roofing Inc., Gurnee, Illinois

Citations received: Oct. 16, 2015

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Chicago North Area Office cited a contractor and subcontractor for exposing workers to asbestos hazards while replacing a commercial roof in the 4200 block of N. Knox in Chicago.

Who: U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez Federal Reserve Chair Janet L. YellenU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erica L. Groshen

Date of action: Oct. 19, 2015

Type of action: Consent Judgment and Order

Names of defendants: Steven J. Watkins, Oxford Holdings Inc., and Aetna 401(k) Plan

WHITEHALL, Wis. — Ashley Furniture, the nation's largest retailer of home decor, faces $431,000 in proposed federal safety and health fines for failing to protect workers from moving machine parts at its Whitehall upholstery factory. This penalty is in addition to more than $1.8 million in fines issued earlier this year during inspections at other company facilities in Wisconsin.

BRIMLEY, Mich. — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees at Pendills Creek National Fish Hatchery faced atmospheric, water, amputation and asbestos hazards while working in tanks and pits, a recent federal safety and health investigation found.

Federal, state and local leaders, officials attend ribbon-cutting ceremony

WASHINGTON — Fifty-one years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, in which its preamble states: "the United States can achieve its full economic and social potential as a nation only if every individual has the opportunity to contribute to the full extent of his capabilities and to participate in the workings of our society."

Employer name: Harden Furniture Inc.

Inspection site: 8550 Mill Pond Way, McConnellsville, New York

Citations issued: Oct. 9, 2015

Employer's name: Boyles Construction Inc. in Little Rock, Arkansas

Citations issued: OSHA cited the company for one willful, seven serious and one other-than-serious violations on Oct. 14, 2015

Funding Recipient: International Labour Organization

Total Funding: $9.8 million

Purpose: Implement a project to support global and national efforts aimed at combating forced labor under the 2014 ILO Protocol and Recommendation on Forced Labor.

Location: Global

Date of Action: Oct. 2, 2015

Type of Action: Fair Labor Standards Act Lawsuit

Names of Defendants: Greenville Architectural Glass LLC, Gail A. Cooper

Employer name: CBS Pilings Solutions Inc., Riverside, Missouri

Citations received: Oct. 14, 2015

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Omaha Area Office cited the drilling contractor for three serious safety violations, after a 42-year-old worker was fatally injured on a job site in Lincoln, Nebraska on June 24, 2015.

Date of Action: Sept. 22, 2015

Type of Action: Preliminary Injunction

Names of Defendants: Foreclosure Connection, Inc. and its owner Jason Williams

Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division, Salt Lake City

Employer name: Koch Foods Inc., doing business at Aspen Foods Inc.

Citations received: Oct. 13, 2015

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Calumet City Area Office cited the Chicago poultry processing facility for one repeated and four serious safety violations.

Employer name: The Bellevue Manufacturing Company, Bellevue, Ohio

Citations issued: Oct. 14, 2015

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Toledo Area Office cited the Bellevue manufacturer of agricultural oil filters for 19 serious and one other-than-serious safety and health violations including exposing workers to amputation and machine hazards.

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