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Employees 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...
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OSHA 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...
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OSHA 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...
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Dollar 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...
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Forever 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....
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Furniture 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,...
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Nebraska 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...
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OSHA 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...
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Macy’s, The Finish Line Cited for Blocked Exits, Electrical Shock Hazards and...
Retailers face more than $103K in fines A federal workplace safety inspection of the Macy’s department store in Aventura by OSHA found employees at risk due to repeated and serious violations related...
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OSHA Again Finds Hazards at USPS Facility in Maryland
Postal Service faces $111K in fines On August 1, 2016, OSHA issued five repeated violations and one other-than-serious violation to the U.S. Postal Service LLC, doing business as Silver Spring MPO...
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Pattern of Blocked Exits Continues in Ohio Store; More Than 100 Violations...
OSHA again finds Dollar General jeopardizing worker, customer safety BOLIVAR, Ohio – One of the nation’s largest discount retailers continues to ignore federal workplace safety inspectors who have...
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OSHA Quiz: Can a fixed ladder be used as a second exit?
Scenario: You are the corporate safety specialist for a large organization. The bulk of your job is to do site safety audits of the operations owned by your employer. You are conducting a site visit...
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Top Items OSHA Wants You to Remember When Developing Emergency Evacuation...
Where applicable, exits with wheelchair access should be designated on the floor plan. To learn more about accommodating people with disabilities in emergencies consult the National Fire Protection...
View ArticleOSHA Cites Lynnway Auto Auction for Exposing Employees to Numerous Hazards
BOSTON, Massachusetts – OSHA cited Lynnway Auto Auction Inc. for electrical, struck-by, and other hazards at its auto auction facility in Billerica. On May 3, 2017, OSHA inspected the facility after...
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Nebraska 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...
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OSHA 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...
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Yet 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...
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Obstructed 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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Macy’s, The Finish Line Cited for Blocked Exits, Electrical Shock Hazards and...
Retailers face more than $103K in fines A federal workplace safety inspection of the Macy’s department store in Aventura by OSHA found employees at risk due to repeated and serious violations related...
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OSHA Again Finds Hazards at USPS Facility in Maryland
Postal Service faces $111K in fines On August 1, 2016, OSHA issued five repeated violations and one other-than-serious violation to the U.S. Postal Service LLC, doing business as Silver Spring MPO...
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