OSHA has fined an Upstate New York manufacturer $2200,000 for a range of workplace safety violations. Syracuse-based Oberdorfer — which manufactures aluminum castings —had 28 alleged violations of workplace health and safety standards, including failing to correct some hazards cited …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed penalties of $46,340 for Roytex Inc. in Meridian, Mississippi for 18 alleged safety and health violations. OSHA said in a news release that the citations came after a safety inspection. OSHA says …
A company that makes pipe has been fined $88,000 by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration for exposing its workers to safety and health hazards at its Little Rock plant. OSHA said the fine had been imposed on Welspun …
A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of ‘A+’ (Superior) and an issuer credit rating of “aa-” to Everest Insurance Company of Canada (EvCan), both with stable outlooks. Best noted that EvCan is “licensed to write property, automobile, …
The U.S. Department of Labor has settled with Baton Rouge, La.-based MMR Contractors and Greenville, S.C.-based Fluor Corp. to resolve findings by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that the companies illegally terminated a Franklin, Texas, power plant employee for …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has recognized Axcet HR Solutions Inc.’s facility in Lenexa as a “star” site, the highest level of recognition offered by the agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs. Axcet HR Solutions, which manages …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued SPA Pipe and Supply LP in Abilene, Texas, doing business as Smith Pipe, 20 serious and two other-than-serious citations after an inspection at the company’s facility on Highway …
The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration is fining a Maine mental health hospital $11,700 for failing to provide a safe workplace for its employees. The OSHA investigation into the Bangor-based Acadia Hospital determined it failed to provide a safe …
A federal agency is fining a New Hampshire paper company for intentional safety violations in the death of a 34-year-old worker who was pulled through a paper rolling machine. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined the APC Paper …
A company that employed a worker who died in an accident on the University of Iowa campus on Jan. 24 was cited for safety violations in 2009 that regulators said put employees’ lives in danger during another UI project along …