Taft Grain & Elevator Co. was cited with four willful and 16 serious violations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), following the death of an employee who became engulfed in grain at the company’s work site in Taft. …
Criminal charges were filed recently against two Pennsylvania businessmen accused of violating workers’ compensation laws, the Department of Labor & Industry reported. According to the criminal complaint, Douglas Pifer, of Bradford, sole proprietor of Douglas Pifer Trucking Company, operated his …
Reckless operators of U.S. petroleum and natural gas pipelines would pay higher fines under bipartisan safety legislation passed Thursday by the Senate Commerce Committee. The bill is in response to several pipeline accidents in the last year that killed more …
An assisted living center has been cited with 17 safety and health violations after a nurse practitioner allegedly was hurt in a needle stick incident. Paradise Park Assisted Living center in Lake Zurich was cited by the U.S. Occupational Safety …
The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration says it issued 134 citations during its latest round of inspections targeting problem mines. The agency said Thursday that 60 of the violations were uncovered at coal mines in West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, …
Lone Star Bakery Inc., a private commercial bakery that employs about 500 workers, has been cited by OSHA for 32 serious, one repeat, and 16 other-than-serious violations following following a finger tip amputation incident on the pie processing line and …
Pocahontas Aluminum Co. Inc., a company that employs about 85 workers and manufactures aluminum window and door products, has been cited by OSHA with 19 alleged serious and five alleged repeat safety and health violations at the company’s facility in …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued eight violations against a Tyson Foods Inc. meatpacking plant in Lexington. The federal agency on Monday cited the plant for one repeat and seven serious violations. They include failing to cover an …
Texas Workers’ Compensation March Disciplinary Orders: Ace American Insurance Company of Philadelphia, PA Order Number: DWC-11-0028 Date of Order: 3/3/2011 Order Final In: March Action Taken: Fined $48,000 Violation: Failed to comply with order or decision of Commissioner or TDI-DWC; …
State police are launching a fifth installment of “Operation Hang Up,” a four-day enforcement effort on the New York State Thruway aimed at motorists who violate the state’s ban on the use of hand-held cell phones while driving. Troop T, …