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Pennsylvania Bottler Fined $111K Over Workplace Violations

Federal regulators say they have cited an eastern Pennsylvania bottling company after finding two dozen workplace safety and health violations. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Wednesday it’s levying nearly $111,000 in fines against A-Treat Bottling Co. OSHA says …

Nebraska Manufacturing Plant Cited for 23 Violations

A Valley business that makes grain bins has been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 23 violations of workplace rules. Bushnell Illinois Tank Co., which operates in Valley as Schuld/Bushnell, faces more than $142,000 in fines. OSHA …

Macy’s Fined $750,000 for Failing to Report Drawstrings

Macy’s Inc has agreed to pay a $750,000 fine for failing to report for four years that it had sold kids’ clothes with drawstrings at the neck, a strangulation hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Monday. The CPSC …

OSHA Cites Howard Industries in Mississippi

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Howard Industries for 17 safety and health violations following the January death of a worker who was electrocuted while calibrating a transformer test station. Authorities say the worker was testing electrical transformers …

Arkansas’ Tyson Foods Contests OSHA Fine Over Fatal Silo Collapse

Tyson Foods Inc. has contested a $70,000 fine levied by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration following the collapse of a silo that killed a man at Tyson’s feed mill in Nashville. OSHA issued the fine June 1 after finding …

North Carolina Party Supplier Fined in Worker’s Death

The North Carolina Department of Labor has cited a Concord company for workplace rules infractions after an employee died in a fall. The Salisbury Post reported Wednesday that the Occupational Health and Safety Division has fined Sysco Guest Supply $12,500 …

OSHA Cites Cooper Tire, 2 Contractors in Mississippi

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. will challenge allegations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that the company committed safety violations at its plant in Tupelo. Cooper Tire spokeswoman Michelle Zeisloft tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that the company …

Texas-based Arreola Masonry Fined for Workplace Hazards

Arreola Masonry has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) with three serious and three repeat safety violations for exposing workers to fall hazards at the company’s work site in Cedar Park, Texas. …

Nebraska Company Cited for Serious Health, Safety Violations

Liquid Feed Commodities Inc., located in Fremont, has been cited for 20 serious and one other-than-serious violation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Proposed fines total $79,200. OSHA’s inspection of Liquid Feed Commodities was …

Oregon Fire Department Faces Environmental Fine

The Philomath Fire Department says it will appeal a state fine for improper asbestos removal, saying it unintentionally hired an unlicensed firm to do the work. The Corvallis Gazette-Times reports the state Department of Environmental Quality announced a proposed fine …