A federal investigation at four Virginia Jersey Mike’s franchises found more than a dozen teen workers were given hazardous tasks to perform. Fourteen teen workers — who were all under the age of 16 — were allowed to operate power-driven meat slicers, a task deemed too hazardous for teen workers under the Fair Labor Standards […]
A Massachusetts couple was charged for workers’ compensation fraud and other schemes to defraud the U.S. government and a mortgage lender. Ronaldo and Adriana Solano were indicted by a federal grand jury on March 13, 2024 with one count each of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and one count each of conspiracy to […]
A New York construction worker received summary judgment in a Labor Law case involving an injury he sustained when a brick struck his head. The Appellate Division, First Department partially reversed a lower court decision that denied summary judgment for the injured worker, finding that the law applied despite the fact that he didn’t see […]
A contractor agreed to pay a $144,000 OSHA fine and will use enhanced compliance methods to protect workers as part of a stipulated settlement agreement. Northridge Construction Corp., a New York construction contractor, will pay $144,000 in penalties for willful and serious violations that were found following an employee’s fatal fall in December 2018. The […]
OSHA reached a $299,000 settlement agreement with a Pennsylvania manufacturer that was cited for 17 violations found during an inspection in 2022, ranging from chemical hazards to failure to certify forklift operators. Along with the fine, Regal Industrial Corp. must use enhanced abatement measures under the settlement agreement. These enhanced abatement measures include: Regal must […]
A construction worker injured in a fall down a staircase while he was moving a 200-pound mold should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law case, according to a New York appeals court. The Appellate Division, First Department ruled that the staircase was an elevated work platform under the law and that the […]
The owner of a Florida business was arrested for a $250,000 workers’ compensation fraud scheme in which he actively concealed his payroll to avoid paying higher premiums. Gustavo Munguia, the owner of American Iron Group Corp., was arrested on Feb. 28, 2024 and charged with first-degree felonies for workers’ compensation premium fraud and grand theft. […]
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) asked a federal court to issue a nationwide temporary restraining order on a Tennessee-based janitorial company accused of employing teen workers to perform hazardous work. Fayette Janitorial Service LLC, operating as Fayette Industrial, is accused of allowing teen workers as young as 13 years old to clean dangerous equipment […]
Safety professionals know that simply having safety rules isn’t enough to keep workers safe. Those rules must be clear and properly enforced to make sure workers take them seriously. A recent decision from an administrative law judge with the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) shows that a worker’s electrocution was the result of […]
