August 3, 2015

OSHA News Brief: OSHA cites Chaney Roofing Maintenance for exposing workers to fall hazards [08/03/2015]

Employer name: Chaney Roofing Maintenance Inc. 7040 State Route 101 Clyde, Ohio

Investigation site: 10300 W. US-224 Findlay, Ohio

Date investigation initiated and what prompted inspection: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Toledo Area Office issued a safety citation to Chaney Roofing Maintenance Inc., July 22. OSHA opened an investigation of the contractor after observing workers exposed to fall hazards while roofing an Art-Van Furniture Store, June 16.

August 3, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Worker suffers severe burns at Bellevue, Ohio, plastic company [08/03/2015]

Employer name: Wilbert Inc., Belmont, North Carolina

Investigation site: Wilbert Inc., operating as Wilbert Plastic Services 635 Southwest Street Bellevue, Ohio

July 30, 2015

WHD News Release: Cable installation company pays more than $350K in overtime wages to 246 workers after US Labor Department investigation [07/30/2015]

PHOENIX — For 246 current and former employees of an Arizona cable installation company, a fair day's pay for a fair day's work is finally ringing true as their employer has pay them a total of $350,150 in back wages after failing to pay them overtime rates, as required by federal law.

July 30, 2015

OSHA News Release: Steel roller fatally crushed maintenance worker, safety guards ignored [07/30/2015]

MILWAUKEE — Proper safety guards would have stopped a 1,500-pound steel roller before it crushed and killed a 59-year-old maintenance worker, but his employer did not use them, a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection has found.

July 30, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Plastics company exposes workers to combustible dust, corrosive chemicals and other safety hazards [07/30/2015]

Employer name: BWay Corp.

Location: Bryan, Texas

Date citations issued: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the citations on July 30, 2015. The inspection was opened in February in response to a complaint of unsafe working conditions.

July 30, 2015

OFCCP News Release: Crowley, Louisiana, packaging manufacturer settles charges of hiring discrimination, will pay $235K in lost wages to more than 300 applicants [07/30/2015]

NEW ORLEANS — Hiring choices based on the belief that a person of one race works harder than others are wrong and they are illegal, federal investigators have reminded a Louisiana packaging manufacturer.

In an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, La Pac Manufacturing Inc. settled allegations of systemic hiring discrimination against more than 300 applicants at its Crowley facility. The company, a federal contractor, has agreed to pay $235,000 in lost wages.

July 30, 2015

ILAB News Release: $12M in grants to benefit vulnerable children and youth in cocoa growing areas of Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana [07/30/2015]

WASHINGTON — For more than a decade, the U.S. government has been championing efforts to reduce child labor in West African cocoa production, providing vulnerable children in cocoa-growing areas with better access to education and vocational training, and their families with support so they can better provide for themselves and meet their basic needs without relying on child labor.

July 30, 2015

EBSA News Release: ERISA Advisory Council to meet August 18-20 [07/30/2015]

WASHINGTON — The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also known as the ERISA Advisory Council, will hold a meeting Aug. 18-20 in Washington at the Liaison Capitol Hill Hotel at 415 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and end at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 18 and 19, with a one-hour break for lunch each day. On Aug. 20, the meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends at approximately 12 p.m.

July 29, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Missouri manufacturer exposes workers to amputation hazards [07/29/2015]

Employer name: Clemco Industries Inc.

Investigation site: One Cable Car Drive, Washington, Missouri

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's St. Louis Area Office issued 10 serious and one other-than-serious safety and health violations to the Clemco Industries on July 24. The company manufactures abrasive blasting equipment such as hoods, valves and hoppers and employs about 150 workers.

July 29, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Releasing highly hazardous chemicals lands Gregory, Texas, energy facility in hot water with OSHA [07/29/2015]

Employer name: Southcross Energy Partners GP LLC

Site: Gregory, Texas, with headquarters in Dallas

Date cited: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the midstream cryogenic natural gas processing facility.

July 28, 2015

Company owner restores more than $59K to Approved Products Inc. 401(k) Savings Retirement Plan in Fairfield, Ohio, following fiduciary breach

Date of Action: July 27, 2015

Type of Action: Complaint, Consent Order and Judgment

Names of Defendants: Marcia Langenecker, individually and as fiduciary of the Approved Products Inc. 401(k) Savings Retirement Plan; Approved Products Inc.; and Approved Products Inc. 401(k) Savings Retirement Plan

July 28, 2015

WHD News Release: Brooklyn preschool operator intimidated employees, demanded workers return back wages owed to them, US Labor Department alleges [07/28/2015]

NEW YORK — The owner and operator of several Brooklyn preschool facilities threatened and tried to force employees to be part of a kickback scheme to fake payment of back wages owed to them, the U.S. Department of Labor has alleged in a federal court complaint.

July 28, 2015

WHD News Brief: US Department of Labor files suit alleging Rancho Fiesta restaurant failed to pay workers nearly $383K in minimum wage and overtime pay [07/28/2015]

Type of Action: Fair Labor Standards Act Lawsuit

Name of Defendant: Sanchez Inc., doing business as Rancho Fiesta, Lorenzo Sanchez

Allegations: An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that the Mexican cuisine restaurant and shareholder Lorenzo Sanchez, who managed day-to-day operations of the Mansfield, Ohio, establishment, violated the Fair Labor Standards Act.

July 28, 2015

OSHA News Release: 30-year-old temporary worker needs surgery after her hand catches in packaging machine at Oak Creek, Wisconsin, food manufacturer [07/28/2015]

OAK CREEK, Wis. — A 30-year-old temporary employee required extensive surgery after suffering burns and lacerations of tendons and ligaments in her right hand after she used a cutting and sealing machine at a frozen bread manufacturer that supplies products to Costco Wholesale Corp., IGA, Piggly Wiggly and others.

U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found that Joseph Campione Inc., a food distributor in Oak Creek, ignored safety requirements to protect workers from moving machine parts.

July 28, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Georgia metal fabrication installer fails to protect workers from dangerous falls [07/28/2015]

Employer name: Wayne Ansley, doing business as Ansley Metal Fabrication and Repair, Cairo, Georgia

Inspection site: 615 West 3rd Street, Donalsonville, Georgia 39845

Date citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on July 27, 2015. At the time of the inspection, workers were installing metal roofing panels on a new structure.

July 28, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Workers exposed to fire and explosion hazards at perfume factory in Cedar Grove, New Jersey [07/28/2015]

Contract Filling Inc. faces $50K in OSHA fines for 8 serious violations

Employer name: Contract Filling Inc., a contract manufacturer of fragrances and cosmetics.

Inspection site: 10 Cliffside Drive, Cedar Grove, New Jersey 07009

July 28, 2015

OSHA News Brief: For the third time in a year, Jasper Contractors in Jacksonville, Florida, is cited for exposing workers to dangerous falls and other safety hazards [07/28/2015]

Employer name: Jasper Contractors Inc., Jacksonville, Florida

Inspection sites: 12357 Boston Harbor Drive, Jacksonville, Florida 32225.

Date citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on July 24, 2015. The inspection was initiated on March 4, 2015, after the agency received two complaints concerning employees working on a residential roof without safety protection.

July 28, 2015

MSHA News Brief: MSHA announces results of June impact inspections [07/28/2015]

Who: Mine Safety and Health Administration

What: The Mine Safety and Health Administration announced today that federal inspectors issued 139 citations, three orders and one safeguard during special impact inspections in June at 10 coal mines and five metal and nonmetal mines.

Where: MSHA conducted impact inspections at mines in Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

July 27, 2015

OSHA News Brief: Zareena Investments Inc. doing business as Super Cleaners in San Antonio cited by OSHAagain [07/27/2015]

Employer name: Zareena Investments Inc. doing business as Super Cleaners

Location: San Antonio, Texas

Date citations issued: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the citations on July 22. The inspection was opened after the company failed to provide documentation to show they had corrected violations cited on a July 17, 2014, safety and health inspection