Gary May received a 21-month sentence on Jan. 17 after pleading guilty last year to conspiring to impede MSHA enforcement efforts at the mine, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced.
A vineyard employee's death could have been prevented had the tractor's kill switch not been removed.
Seth Harris, a former law professor, has been serving as deputy secretary since May 2009.
An interim final rule explains how separate grant programs, and some new ones Congress specified, will be awarded through a consolidated application process.
In a Jan. 22 departing post on the Labor Department's Work in Progress blog, the department secretary writes that she is proud of having saved workers' lives during her tenure and ready for the next chapter in her life.
The newest "Happenings" e-newsletter from Aaron Trippler, AIHA's government affairs director, also says Sen. Frank Lautenberg will reintroduce his Toxic Substances Control Act reform bill.
The state Department of Labor & Industries cited the agency for 15 safety violations and assessed a $172,900 fine.
The agency's emergency airworthiness directive follows some incidents on Japanese airlines and requires operators to cease operations temporarily.
OSHA's release noted that a federal agency receives a notice of an unhealthful or unsafe working condition, which is equivalent to a private-sector citation.
OSHA cited a Rochester, N.Y. roofing company for hazardous conditions that could lead to falls. The fines total nearly $160,000.
Besides filing five serious and one willful violation against Lunda Construction as a result of the July 5, 2012, incident during U.S. 41 bridge construction near Oshkosh, Wis., OSHA has placed the company in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
UK Power Networks (Operations) Ltd., which supplies power to London and southeastern England, pleaded guilty and has been fined $442,000 and ordered to pay $233,000 in court costs, HSE reported.
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found numerous violations requiring a restaurant to pay current and former workers $84,864.
The company announced Jan. 3 it has reached agreement with the Justice Department to resolve civil and potential criminal claims.
For allegedly failing to provide employees with protective wear against chemicals, OSHA has fined a fitness club $60,000.
It will rise to $242,000 effective Jan. 28, and the maximum penalty for failing to provide timely notification of an accident will increase to $65,000.
The New Year's holiday brings a spike in DUI arrests and, in many states, in alcohol-related crashes.
The drilling ship is being investigated for worker safety concerns and issues with pollution control equipment.
The company admitted no liability and maintains that it complied with disclosure requirements and the two federal contracts in all material respects.
The latest update from WorkSafeBC indicates some orders for corrective action on combustible dusts have been issued by the agency during follow-up visits to 172 locations.