Minneapolis-based Nash Finch, described as the second-largest publicly traded U.S. wholesale food distributor, is paying that amount in back wages to 84 women rejected for entry-level order selector jobs at a distribution facility in Lumberton, N.C.
After a company in Wisconsin failed to follow safety guidelines when repairing a shredder, it received 2 willful violations.
The $1.15 million settlement resolves the Labor Department's civil case with the operators, Murray Energy Corp. subsidiaries Genwal Resources Inc. and Andalex Resources Inc., for violations revealed by the August 2007 mine collapse.
Commerce, Calif.-based 99 Cents Only Stores Texas Inc. faces 19 serious violations in connection with its Houston distribution center.
Slapped with $68,500 in violations, an Ohio company failed to sufficiently protect workers from cave-ins.
After 18 employees become sick, the Pennsylvania warehouse was evacuated. All are expected to recover.
Signed Sept. 21 by Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie and OSHA Regional Administrator Ken Nishiyama Atha, the pact includes benchmarks for the state agency, including increasing state inspections.
OSHA announced its Baton Rouge Area Office conducted the investigation that resulted in 11 violations assessed against Westlake Vinyls Co. LP of Geismar, La.
OSHA has fined a paint company $138,600 for 26 violations.
A company in Wisconsin was fined $108,500 for failing to provide adequate protection in trenches.
A contractor in New York receives a citation alleging seven violations, including one classified as willful.
ADOSH finds fault with US Airways after a baggage handler died in a conveyor belt accident.
Omega Protein of Moss Point, Miss. faces more than $79,000 in fines following the death of an employee in April.
OSHA orders Dana Holding Corp. to pay an employee turned whistleblower nearly $275,000 in lost wages and compensation.
Four people, including Rachel Weintraub, director of Product Safety and senior counsel for the Consumer Federation of America, received them last week.
FMCSA reported it halted the company's operations after a review of the company’s operations uncovered extensive hours of service violations.
According to a recent study conducted by OSHA, there is room for improvement in the way many states handle whistleblower discrimination.
Seven workers and two members of the public have died since June 2012, most when they were struck by moving equipment, the British safety agency reports.
Seven students received them for the 2012-13 academic year during a Sept. 6 ceremony in Salem, Ore.
The British agency has opened a public consultation on proposals to exempt some self-employed people from health and safety legislation.