OSHA fine News

Oregon Wild Cat Sanctuary Fined in Mauling Case

State safety officials have fined an Oregon wild cat sanctuary $5,600 for two serious violations, one of which likely contributed to an employee being mauled to death by a cougar. The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division found the sanctuary …

Nebraska Construction Firm Fined $14,000 After Worker Death

A Hastings-based construction company is facing $14,000 in fines for safety violations regulators found after a worker’s death. The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it found three safety violations when it investigated the death of a Werner …

Montana Body Shop Reaches Settlement With OSHA Over Fire

A Missoula, Mont., auto body shop has reached a settlement agreement with a federal work safety agency after an August fire killed a shop employee and injured another. The Missoulian reports the settlement calls for Rick’s Auto Body to pay …

Worker’s Head Injury Leads to $90K Fine for Ohio Manufacturer

Ohio-based McNeil Group, doing business as Pinnacle Metal Products, has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a worker suffered a serious head injury that resulted in blindness in one eye and the …

Feds Seek $400K Fine for Philly Building Collapse

Federal officials have proposed nearly $400,000 in penalties for two companies involved in a botched building demolition that killed six people in Philadelphia. The fines announced Thursday by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration stem from the collapse of a …

Tennessee Contractor Fined in May Crane Collapse

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Nashville, Tenn., contractor more than $60,000, citing the company with willful and serious safety violations. According to OSHA, Mountain States Contractors was replacing the Route 109 bridge over the Cumberland …

Manufacturer Cited $200,000 in California Worker Death

State health and safety officials have cited a Northern California manufacturing plant after investigating the death of a worker who was crushed in a machine. Cal-OSHA on Tuesday cited the Henkel Corporation more than $200,000 for six violations after the …

Safety Violations Found in St. Louis Electrocution

Federal regulators want to fine a St. Louis, Mo., steel manufacturer nearly $52,000 after finding more than two dozen safety violations in an investigation spurred by a worker’s electrocution. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration reports …

OSHA Fines Company Over Natural Gas Explosion

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Lewiston, Idaho, construction company for its role in a natural gas explosion in the city’s downtown last November. OSHA cited M.L. Albright and Sons for failing to anticipate the change in …

Company Fined $7,000 in Death of New Hampshire Steel Worker

A company has been fined $7,000 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration following a construction accident that killed a steel worker in Claremont, N.H. Scott Bates of Claremont was killed June 8 when he was pinned under a trailer …