Two executives and two companies face prison time and huge financial penalties in connection with the deaths of five workers in a workplace fire.

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Tags: RPI Coating, worker deaths, workplace fire, Xcel Energy

Tyson Foods will pay a $500,000 fine for willfully violating safety regulations that led a worker to be overcome by hydrogen sulfide fumes and later die.

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Tags: criminal fine, hydrogen sulfide, Tyson Foods

UCLA has paid $31,875 in fines and taken corrective steps after a lab fire that claimed the life of an employee. But now, the university wants to appeal the citation for a technical reason.

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Tags: Cal-OSHA fine, Sheri Sangji, UCLA fatal fire

The owner and a manager of a roofing company in Santa Rosa, CA, will both go to jail after a pair of incidents involving employee falls through skylights. One employee died, the other was permanently disabled.

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Tags: fall protection, falls through skylights, permanently disabled

California is serious about providing outdoor workers with relief from heat: Three top officials for a now out-of-business farm labor contractor face involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of a teen from heat stress.

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Tags: heat stress, involuntary manslaughter, Maria Vasquez Jimenez, relief from heat

Although the Occupational Safety and Health Act doesn’t include provisions for criminal penalties, prosecutors will use environmental law to send managers to jail for violations.

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Tags: concealed facts from OSHA, lie to OSHA, plant manager sentenced to prison

An investigation has turned up a scam in which an OSHA certified trainer sold dozens of fake cards crediting workers with participating in required 30-hour safety training.

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Tags: 30-hour safety course, certification, OSHA