OSHA cites Fox Valley Systems after explosion and fire
Three workers seriously injured, $262K in penalties Fox Valley Systems Inc. has been cited for multiple safety violations following an explosion and fire that resulted in serious injuries to three...
View ArticleOSHA Hits Small Grocery Chain with 40 Violations
OSHA cites seven Trade Fair Supermarkets in Queens, NY, for laceration, eye, exit hazards; proposes $128,000 in fines The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has...
View ArticleForever 21 Finds Themselves in Trouble with OSHA Again
US Labor Department’s OSHA proposes fines of $236,500 for Forever 21 for repeat workplace safety violations at Paramus, NJ, and Manhattan, NY, stores Federal OSHA has cited fashion retail chain Forever...
View ArticleOver $260 Grand in OSHA Fines for Schwan’s and Staffing Agency that Supplied...
US Department of Labor’s OSHA cites Schwan’s, staffing agency and service company for serious health and safety violations; $264,360 in fines ATLANTA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...
View ArticleOSHA’s Site Specific Targeting Nets Nearly $300,000 in Fines for One Company
Burrows Paper faces $298,100 in proposed fines from OSHA SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Burrows Paper Corp., based in Little...
View ArticleMontana Grain Operator Cited for Repeat, Serious Safety Violations
$211,000 in proposed penalties OSHA has cited Cenex Harvest States Inc. for 19 violations of workplace safety and health standards, including 14 serious, three repeat and two other-than-serious...
View ArticleDollar Tree Forking Over Some Dollars to OSHA for Blocked Exits
Dollar Tree fined $143,000 by US Department of Labor’s OSHA for willfully exposing workers to serious safety hazards WILMINGTON, Del. – National discount chain Dollar Tree Stores has been cited for...
View ArticleOSHA Complaint Brings Over 20 Citations and Nearly $65,000 in Fines for Blue...
Small North Georgia Manufacturer cited for serious safety violations following inspection by OSHA; $64,400 in fines proposed BLUE RIDGE, Ga. – Blue Ridge Manufacturing LLC was cited by the U.S....
View ArticleTemporary Worker Injured at Bottling Plant
Companies cited for willful and other violations; $182,270 penalty proposed MAPLEWOOD, N.J. – Maplewood Beverage Packers LLC and temporary employment agency Corporate Resource Services Corp. in...
View ArticleDollar Tree Stores Fined $177,800 for Serious Safety Hazards
Discount retailer cited for similar hazards at other stores nationwide Employees at the Dollar Tree Stores Inc. location in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood repeatedly faced the dangers of blocked...
View ArticleEmployees Exposed to Ammonia Hazards at Brooklyn Ice Plant
Nationwide ice maker faces $274,700 in fines for repeat, serious hazards NEW YORK – Inadequate safeguards to protect workers against potential ammonia releases at its Brooklyn, N.Y., ice plant have...
View ArticleOSHA Cites Texas Dollar Tree Stores for Putting Employees at Risk
Citation adds to penalties facing retail chain across nation WATAUGA, Texas – National discount chain Dollar Tree Stores Inc. has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and...
View ArticleOSHA Cites Budweiser Distribution Center for Serious Safety Violations
OSHA Proposes $162,500 Penalty for Anheuser-Busch Sales of New Jersey JERSEY CITY, N.J. – A distribution warehouse for beverage manufacturer Anheuser-Busch InBev SA, makers of Budweiser, Bud Light and...
View ArticleDollar General Store Allows Blocked and Locked Exits, Fire And Other Hazards
Discount chain retailer has history of OSHA violations BOWDON, Georgia – Dollar General Corp. has been cited again by OSHA, this time for four repeated safety violations found in a December 2014...
View ArticleForever 21 Retail Inc. Endangering Employees Due to Obstructed Emergency Exit...
Westfarms Mall location receives 3 repeated citations, faces $165K in fines HARTFORD, Connecticut – Emergency exits blocked by piles of store inventory appears to be a recurring hazard at Forever 21....
View ArticleFurniture Plant Workers Repeatedly Exposed to Safety and Health Hazards
OSHA fines 2 employers more than $196K OSHA issued 25 repeat, 15 serious and two other-than-serious safety and health citations to Sterling Seating, a furniture manufacturing plant in North Arlington,...
View ArticleNebraska Flooring Manufacturer Attempted to Conceal Hazards During Investigation
MP Global Products faces $244K in penalties, placed in Severe Violator Program NORFOLK, Nebraska – A Norfolk flooring materials company tried to hide hazardous machines from federal inspectors and...
View ArticleOSHA after Dollar General Stores Again
Company fined more than $162K following OSHA investigation On December 31, 2015 OSHA Cited Dollar General Corp. headquartered at 100 Mission Ridge in Goodlettsville, Tennessee for an inspection that...
View ArticleYet Again, Dollar General Endangers Workers by Blocking Exit Routes
Retail chain faces $163K in penalties Federal safety inspectors found a 5-foot high, 15-foot long pile of trash between employees at a Missouri Dollar General store and an emergency exit, one of nine...
View ArticleObstructed Emergency Exits at Two New Rochelle CVS Stores
Retailer faces $88k in fines for repeated hazard TARRYTOWN, N.Y. – Responding to complaints, OSHA inspectors found access to emergency exits at two New Rochelle CVS stores blocked by merchandise, boxes...
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