OSHA is taking an Illinois roofing contractor to court for failing to pay more than $360,000 in fines for repeatedly exposing employees to falls from heights. Joshua Herion, owner of ECS Roofing Professionals Inc., is facing a lawsuit filed by OSHA in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. This follows a […]
An OSHA investigation found that the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality retaliated against a whistleblower who reported safety concerns to management and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). OSHA enforces whistleblower provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act and more than 20 other statutes protecting employees who report violations of various workplace safety and […]
Dollar Tree, the corporation that operates more than 16,000 Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores in 48 states and Canada, entered into an agreement with OSHA to settle its many citations. The corporate-wide settlement agreement was signed Aug. 17, 2023, and covers all Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores within federal OSHA jurisdiction. Dollar Tree […]
A settlement agreement between OSHA and Rite Aid Corp. will see the company introducing a program to protect employees in New Jersey and New York from bloodborne pathogens. Rite Aid agreed to develop a bloodborne pathogen exposure and control plan at all 370 stores in the two states after contesting related OSHA citations with the […]
A Texas pipe manufacturer is in hot water with OSHA after firing a whistleblower who requested to use a respirator to protect themselves from smoke and fumes. OSHA filed a lawsuit against Tyler Pipe Company following a whistleblower investigation regarding the alleged October 2022 retaliation. Investigators discovered that the company violated federal whistleblower provisions by […]
A company whose owner was charged with homicide in relation to a fatal wall collapse entered a settlement agreement with OSHA and will pay $50,000 in fines for violations related to the incident. WSC Group LLC agreed to pay the fines and stated that it has ceased operations and will not perform any future construction […]
Several OSHA investigations at the cleanup site of the February 2023 East Palestine, Ohio train derailment led to a settlement agreement with Norfolk Southern and the Teamster’s railway union. The settlement agreement is between OSHA, Norfolk Southern and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division – International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Under terms of the […]
Amazon was cited for the sixth time by federal OSHA for ergonomics hazards and failing to provide proper medical care to injured employees, this time at a facility in Logan Township, New Jersey. The January 2023 inspection, stemming from a complaint, found that the company was exposing employees to “ergonomics hazards capable of causing serious […]
OSHA’s Safe + Sound Week is just around the corner. Are you ready? The annual event runs Aug. 7 through Aug. 13 and “involves thousands of worksites that will promote the benefits of safety and health programs that include management leadership, worker participation, and a systematic approach to finding and fixing hazards.” This year Safe […]
