The state hired them to improve oversight on child care organizations, attempting to better comply with federal child care safety regulations.
After reviewing updated earthquake hazard information for the 59 operating reactor sites and one unfinished reactor site east of the Rocky Mountains, the agency has directed 10 plant operators to submit detailed risk analysis by June 30, 2017, and the other 11 to submit it by Dec. 31, 2019.
The Department of Labor sued Donald Pottern, doing business as Crown Furniture, for allegedly firing a worker who had filed a complaint.
The agency has cited Blue Ridge Manufacturing LLC and proposed $64,400 in fines.
OSHA issued $196,000 in proposed fines to a Connecticut contractor for allegedly exposing workers to hazards similar to those in a Philadelphia building collapse in June 2013.
The DOT agency's advisory bulletin asks pipeline owners and operators to look for deficiencies like the ones NTSB found in Enbridge's program after a large pipeline spill in July 2010.
OSHA has cited Five Star Commercial Roofing and issued nearly $50,000 in fines for allegedly exposing its workers to fall hazards.
The agency has cited Cooper Power Systems for allegedly exposing its workers to chemical hazards.
Any activity that creates dust should be investigated to see whether there is a risk of that dust being combustible.
L&L Lumber Co. faces $45,000 in proposed fines following an OSHA inspection at an Alabama work site.
The company faces $185,400 in proposed fines for alleged willful and repeat violations.
The agency also cited Salko Kitchens Inc. for allegedly exposing workers to fire and explosion hazards.
The agency has cited Grede Wisconsin Subsidiaries LLC for one repeat violation involving silica exposures.
The agency's data show its inspectors issued 210 citations, eight orders, and one safeguard.
The agency inspected Diversified CPC International's Sparta, N.J., facility as part of its Process Safety Management Covered Chemical Facilities National Emphasis Program.
The companies have agreed to comply with chemical emergency planning laws intended to protect communities and first responders during chemical emergencies.
It supports requiring more management system elements and recommends that OSHA include some improvements based on the consensus ANSI/AIHA Z10 standard.
All 86 workers evacuated safely, but 13 were treated for smoke inhalation during the Feb. 5, 2014, incident. Many workers had trouble donning their self contained self rescuers, according to the report.
They identify safety issues that should be addressed and steps to be taken to resolve them, some of which are already underway. The reports do not highlight any issue as serious as the construction flaws that caused the collapse of the Rana Plaza in April 2013.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's new class of 275 prospective police officers is the largest in the department's 86-year history.