The program will include programmed health inspections at funeral homes, chemical and product manufacturing plants, printing facilities, and outpatient care centers.
The agreement aims to reduce misclassification of employees.
The agency's inspectors served more than 200 stop work notices during a month-long inspection initiative. The most common failure they found was employers' not providing basic safety measures for employees working at height -- 42 percent of all enforcement notices served cited this.
OSHA has fined the aluminum company $47,600.
OSHA announced it has cited the company for seven serious safety violations.
It will concéntrate on enforcing REACH Annex XVII restrictions, with inspections taking place during 2016.
U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez was joined by ambassadors of Mexico, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica for the signing ceremony.
The $99,345 citation against National Distribution Services Inc. follows an investigation into an explosion at the company's Corona facility. It killed one employee and severely burned another.
The aim is to help employers focus on employees’ safety, health and well-being.
The Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, aluminum factory has been cited for one willful, one repeat and one serious health violation.
The Health and Safety Executive served 10 enforcement notices on Murphys (Waste) Ltd between 2009 and early 2014, with the most serious breaches related to defects in machines that presented serious risks of injury or death to employees.
Alleged misconduct has caused more than $7 million in plan losses, the department claims.
Good Old Days Foods Inc., a Little Rock, Ark., company, has been fined $47,600.
Federal inspectors issued 192 citations, five orders, and one safeguard during special impact inspections conducted at nine coal and four metal and nonmetal mines in September.
The Hanover, Pennsylvania, contractor exposed workers to potentially deadly trenching hazards.
Leading construction groups have formed a coalition calling for these long-awaited requirements.
The money will go to nearly 150 workers.
UniFirst Corp. has been cited for the violations.
A worker for the Jacksonville, Fla.-based company suffered second- and third-degree burns.
The worker suffered serious burns to his face, hand, and arm when he was hit by a jet of hot molten plastic.