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OSHA Cites Mississippi Dollar General Store

A Dollar General store in south Mississippi has been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for safety hazards. OSHA says in a news release Tuesday this is the second time the Brooklyn, Mississippi, store has been cited for …

Illinois City Tears Down Vacant, Dilapidated Homes

City workers in a southern Illinois community are demolishing hazardous vacant homes. WSIL-TV reports about 10 properties are being leveled after officials said they were safety hazards to neighborhoods. Mount Vernon City Inspector Derrick Quitisch says some homes had structural …

Furloughed Inspectors Leave Gaps in Oversight of Mines to Nukes

The partial shutdown of the U.S. government has sidelined thousands of inspectors who monitor everything from air and water pollution to safety hazards at factories and the condition of nursing homes. Federal law requires agencies to retain workers whose jobs …

Nevada Texting and Walking Bill Slated for Committee Talk

If AB123 passes its committee and makes it into law, it would be illegal for pedestrians to read, browse the internet or enter data with hand-held devices while crossing roads in the state. Democratic Las Vegas Assemblyman Harvey Munford is …

Georgia Construction Company Receives OSHA Citations and Fines

Federal officials have cited and fined an eastern Georgia company for safety hazards after an employee died on the job in August. The Augusta Chronicle Tuesday reported Two States Construction Co. in Thomson received five safety citations from the Occupational …

Texas Company Fined $212K Over Safety Hazards

Federal regulators have imposed a fine of more than $200,000 against an aluminum products manufacturing facility in Carrollton, Texas, for safety and health violations. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Western Extrusions Corp. with …