The California Labor Commissioner's office donated clothing worth more than $33,000 this week to the Shelter Partnership, Inc. The goods were seized from garment manufacturers operating illegally in Los Angeles and surrounding counties.
The Department of Justice announced that a federal court jury convicted Kurt Mix, a former engineer for BP plc, on one count of obstruction of justice for intentionally destroying evidence requested by federal authorities investigating the accident.
The proposal comes in the wake of the Chevron 2012 pipe rupture and fire in the Bay Area.
The FDA proposed a new rule designed to determine both the safety and effectiveness of antibacterial hand soap and body washes.
The Dec. 1 derailment was the fourth accident for the New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority's company this year, causing FRA to have "significant concerns with regard to the railroad's compliance" with federal regulations and its own operating rules.
The aviation company received more than $300,000 in proposed fines.
The employee fell about 125 feet in August while installing a microwave dish on a cellular tower in Louise, Miss.
Governor Walker cites child safety as a primary concern.
The settlement is reached after the company and its executives are shown to have distributed adulterated and misbranded devices, according to FDA.
The Long Island, N.Y.-based contractor is cited for alleged fall and scaffolding hazards.
The plan says FSIS will consider posting Category 2 and even Category 1 establishments on its website, in addition to the already posted Category 3 establishments, in order to provide an "incentive for industry to improve process control."
The mine operator failed to report miner injuries equaling 239 days of lost time.
Three workers suffered acid burns in December 2011 when corroded, 50-year-old pipes burst at a Southampton chemical plant, a British court was told Nov. 29.
Bright Oaks Meat, Inc. was fined $7,850 after the worker's right hand was severely injured by a meat tenderizing machine in August 2013, according to Oregon OSHA.
The OSHA assistant secretary issued a statement Nov. 27 saying Craig Sanborn's prison sentence should send a message to some other employers.
The organization is asking supporters to send a memo to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade organization objecting to the float. It cites the OSHA case following the death of trainer Dawn Brancheau.
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement announced that the companies either failed to submit initial audit plans by the Nov. 15 deadline or didn’t complete their audits by that date.
The Department of Justice announced Nov. 22 that Duke Energy Renewables Inc. pleaded guilty to violating the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act for birds killed at its wind projects in Wyoming.
The company allegedly failed to correct workplace health and safety hazards cited from previous OSHA inspections.
OSHA proposed $121,720 in fines for alleged safety hazards at the company's Buffalo, N.Y., production plant.