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U.S. Department of Labor | Sept. 28, 2015 Dollar General Corp. exposes employees to workplace safety and health hazards at stores in Boone and Harrison counties Company fined $169K following OSHA investigation Employer name: Dollar General Corp., headquartered at 100 Mission Ridge, Goodlettsville, Tennessee. The two inspected stores are located at 421 Main Street in …
Sept. 23, 2015 Employees exposed to dangerous workplace hazards at Pennsauken aluminum services plant; company fined $308K OSHA’s investigation found 44 safety violations, including one willful Employer name: Aluminum Shapes LLC, 9000 River Road, Delair, New Jersey. Citations issued: On Sept. 21, 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the company for one willful, …
There’s no question that a dump truck that ran over and killed a worker at a construction site had a working back-up alarm on the day of the fatality. But OSHA questioned whether the alarm was loud enough for the worker to hear it. Now, a judge has weighed in. On July 16, 2013, a …
Every year, hundreds of employee deaths and thousands of injuries occur in and around confined spaces. In 1993 OSHA addressed these hazards in the Permit-Required Confined Spaces Standard for General Industry. Its May 2015 Confined Spaces in Construction Standard (slated for full enforcement starting October 2) extends similar protections to workers in the construction industry. …
“The Administration and many of its allies really do want to put employers in jail.” That’s according to a prominent attorney specializing in workplace safety compliance. Howard Mavity, a Fisher & Phillips partner, says in a blog post that he and fellow F&P partner Edwin Foulke, head of OSHA from 2006 to 2008, were struck …
U.S. Department of Labor | Sept. 17, 2015 OSHA cites US Postal Service in Greenville, SC for falls and other hazards Willful and serious violations total nearly $80K in fines Employer name: U.S. Postal Service, 204 Fairforest Way, Greenville, South Carolina 29607 Citations issued: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued one willful and two …
Sept. 21, 2015 Pier 1 Imports in Fort Worth cited by OSHA for safety hazards at two sites; fines total $86,100 Employer name: Pier 1 Imports Inc., Heritage Parkway in Mansfield, Texas, and Trinity Blvd. in Fort Worth Citations issued: Sept. 18, 2015 Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration …
