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Florenza Marble & Granite Corp., a Chicago countertop manufacturer, faces over $1 million in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fines after the agency learned an employee needed a double lung transplant after suffering accelerated silicosis, OSHA announced August 26. OSHA cited Florenza Marble & Granite with eight egregious willful, four willful, and 20 serious […]
Poultry processor Mar-Jac Poultry MS LLC reached a settlement with the Department of Labor (DOL), agreeing to pay $164,814 in fines and implement enhanced safety measures to protect its employees from well-known machine hazards, the department announced August 14. In July 2023, a teenage worker at the company’s Hattiesburg, Mississippi, facility became caught in a […]
Convenience store chain Circle K faces a $16,131 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fine after a store cashier in Orlando, Florida, suffered a serious gunshot injury, the agency announced August 14. OSHA inspectors learned that two unidentified men entered the Circle K location on Silver Star Road shortly after 1 a.m. on January 19, 2024; […]
Jerlow Construction Co., an Edmond, Oklahoma, contractor, faces $85,173 in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fines after a 61-year-old pipe layer suffered fatal injuries when a 9-foot-deep trench collapsed at a residential worksite near Shawnee, OSHA announced August 6. The employer has a history of workplace safety violations dating back to 2018, including three […]
El Paso, Texas, contractor CMD Endeavors Inc. faces $260,848 in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fines following the agency’s investigation of a fatal trench collapse, OSHA announced August 1. The agency has cited the employer six times since 2015 for the same violation. It says the contractor could have prevented a 37-year-old employee’s fatal […]
Meridian, Idaho, building contractor Big D Builders Inc. faces $198,586 in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fines after an airport hangar collapsed near the Boise Airport, killing three workers and injuring at least eight others, the agency announced July 29. OSHA investigators responded to the scene and discovered that Big D Builders had begun […]
John’s Disposal Service Inc. and John’s Recycling Inc., a Franksville, Wisconsin, waste management company, faces $367,401 in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fines after a temporary maintenance worker suffered severe injuries when their jacket sleeve was pulled into an engine as they serviced a vehicle, the agency announced July 18. OSHA cited the company […]
Department of Labor (DOL) attorneys obtained a consent judgment in federal court that includes an injunction permanently preventing the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from retaliating against employees at up to 59 locations in the state of Washington, the DOL announced July 16. The consent judgment also requires the USPS to pay $183,732 in lost wages, […]
Johns Creek, Georgia, contractor NOR-D LLC faces a $61,065 OSHA fine after a 54-year-old laborer on a five-man crew removing tar and stone from metal roof panels of a Macon warehouse stepped on a skylight and fell about 19 ft, the agency announced June 25. Investigators determined that an employee stepped on the skylight after […]
A.W. Stiles Contractors Inc., a McMinnville, Tennessee, contractor, faces $83,885 in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fines following a fatal fall at a Smyrna, New York, jobsite, the agency announced June 25. OSHA inspectors found that A.W. Stiles failed to provide the worker who was fatally injured and three others with effective fall protection, exposing […]