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OSHA fines Dayton, New Jersey, companies $64,200 after investigation finds blocked exit routes and chemical, noise and energy control hazards

Employers name and location: Imagine Screen Printing & Productions LLC, which imprints graphic design images onto apparel such as t-shirts and sweatshirts. Central Mills Inc., doing business as Freeze, sorts, packs and distributes the apparel to some of the nation's largest retailers, including Walmart, Macy's and Target. Both companies are located at 473 Ridge Road in Dayton, New Jersey, ...

Apr. 2, 2015

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Truck parts manufacturer cited for serious safety violations following inspection by US Department of Labor`s OSHA; $64,400 in fines proposed

Blue Ridge Manufacturing LLC was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 20 serious safety and health violations for exposing workers to safety hazards following an inspection at the company's truck body manufacturing facility in Blue Ridge. The agency initiated the March 2014 inspection because of a complaint. Penalties total $64,400. "Employees ...

May 12, 2014

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Houston-based Piping Technology and Products Inc. cited by US Department of Labor`s OSHA after a worker is struck by a machine part

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Piping Technology and Products Inc. in Houston for four repeat and three serious violations after a worker was injured in June from being struck by a broken die piece on a mechanical press. Proposed penalties total $199,800. The repeat violations, with a penalty of $185,500, were cited for failing to guard ...

Dec. 12, 2013

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

US Labor Department`s OSHA cites Dolco Packaging Corp. for serious safety violations; proposes more than $64,000 in penalties

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Dolco Packaging Corp., a division of TekniPlex Inc., with 12 serious safety violations following an inspection at the company's Lawrenceville facility. OSHA initiated the November 2012 inspection as a result of a complaint. Proposed penalties total $64,100. The serious violations include failing to protect ...

Apr. 29, 2013

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Air filter manufacturer cited by US Department of Labor`s OSHA for repeat, serious safety violations; more than $64,000 in fines proposed

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited American Air Filter Co. Inc., doing business as AAF International, with two repeat, five serious and one other-than-serious safety violation following an inspection of the company's manufacturing facility on Weaver Way in Atlanta. The inspection, prompted by a complaint, began in August 2013. It resulted in ...

Jan. 23, 2014

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Safety hazards at Salisbury, Mass., manufacturer lead to $93,200 in US Department of Labor OSHA fines

Workers at a Salisbury manufacturing plant were at risk of being caught in machinery or crushed, based on findings in an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Andover Healthcare Inc., a maker of coated fabrics and adhesives for the health care industry, faces $93,200 in proposed fines for two repeat and seven serious violations. OSHA's ...

May 12, 2014

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

St. Louis Cold Drawn cited by US Labor Department`s OSHA after worker electrocuted at St. Louis industrial steel manufacturer

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited St. Louis Cold Drawn for 26 safety violations after a worker was electrocuted May 15 when he reached into an energized electrical panel box to retrieve work gloves stored in the box at the company's St. Louis steel bar manufacturing facility. "Allowing workers to be exposed to live electricity without ...

Sep. 3, 2013

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Multiple safety and health violations found at Supreme Oil Co. Inc. in Englewood, NJ, with company fined $259,000 by OSHA

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited food product manufacturer and distributor Supreme Oil Co. Inc. for one alleged willful, one repeat, and 30 serious safety and health violations found at the company's Englewood plant. A February inspection was initiated as part of the agency's Site-Specific Targeting 2012 inspection plan and resulted in ...

Aug. 28, 2013

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Timpson, Texas, sawmill cited by US Department of Labor`s OSHA for violations after a worker was killed, other workers exposed to many hazards

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Nix Forest Industries Inc. in Timpson, Texas, with 17 safety and health violations, including one willful, after a worker was killed in December 2012 when he was struck by a broken band saw blade and other workers were exposed to hazards at the sawmill. The willful violation resulted from failing to use ...

Jun. 5, 2013

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Southern Hens Inc. in Mississippi cited by US Department of Labor`s OSHA for 43 safety and health violations following worker fatality

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Southern Hens Inc. with 43 safety and health violations following the death of a worker who slipped and fell into an unguarded screw conveyor while cleaning the conveyor at the company's Moselle facility. OSHA initiated the inspection Sept. 9, 2012, in response to the fatality. The 37 serious safety and health ...

Mar. 8, 2013

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

OSHA cites Ventra Belvidere for exposing employees to dangerous machines after 21-year-old worker fatally crushed at auto parts supply plant

A 21-year-old machine operator was fatally crushed at Ventra Belvidere LLC while reaching into a machine to align parts made for Chrysler vehicles. Following an investigation into the incident on June 10, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the Belvidere facility for one willful and four serious safety violations for exposing workers to ...

Dec. 11, 2014

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

US Labor Department`s OSHA fines E.R. Wagner Manufacturing $106,000 for serious safety violations at Milwaukee metal stamping plant

E.R. Wagner Manufacturing Co. has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 14 safety violations, carrying proposed penalties of $106,000. OSHA initiated an inspection of the Milwaukee plant in August 2013 under the Site-Specific Targeting Program, which focuses on facilities with a higher than average illness and injury rate. "We found ...

Feb. 25, 2014

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

US Labor Department`s OSHA finds serious violations at paving contractor following worker fatality at Blairsville, Pa., facility

On Oct. 18, 2013, laborer Edward M. Ulicne and a foreman were inspecting the inside of a vacuum tank on an industrial vacuum truck at paving contractor K. Dolan Corp's Blairsville facility. Operating the hydraulic controls to the rear door of the tank, the foreman closed the rear door, pinning Ulicne between the door and frame of the tank. He died from his injuries on Oct. 22. The U.S. Department ...

Apr. 21, 2014

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

US Labor Department`s OSHA cites Podnar Plastics for 7 violations after investigating complaints of hazards at Kent, Ohio, manufacturing facility

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Podnar Plastics Inc. in Kent with seven safety violations, including one willful, for failing to ensure that a mold machine's point-of-operation was guarded. OSHA opened an inspection in June after receiving complaints alleging hazards at the facility, which manufactures plastic containers. Proposed penalties ...

Sep. 25, 2012

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Continental Fabricators Inc. cited by US Department of Labor`s OSHA for exposing workers to amputation, other serious hazards

Continental Fabricators Inc. has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for serious safety and health violations. The St. Louis-based steel fabricator, which has an injury rate higher than the national average, was issued 15 citations involving amputation*, confined spaces and electrical hazards. OSHA has proposed penalties of $52,500. ...

Oct. 28, 2014

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

US Department of Labor`s OSHA fines Anchor Hocking Co. $74,600 after worker suffers burns at Lancaster, Ohio, glass manufacturing plant

EveryWare Global Inc., which operates as Anchor Hocking Co., has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration with nine safety violations carrying proposed penalties of $74,600. OSHA initiated its inspection Jan. 25 after a machine operator reportedly suffered burns when his clothing caught fire after being saturated with oil mist at the Lancaster ...

Jul. 23, 2013

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Doyle & Roth Manufacturing Co. Inc. faces $68,600 in OSHA fines for continued safety hazards at its Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, facility

Fall hazards, inadequate machine guarding and failure to implement lockout/tagout procedures were among the 38 workplace safety hazards cited by U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors at Doyle & Roth Manufacturing Co. Inc. The New York-based company faces $68,600 in proposed penalties following the May 28, 2014, inspection. The investigation was ...

Dec. 1, 2014

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Temporary worker suffers permanent disability after packaging machine crushes him

A 50-year-old temporary worker was permanently disabled after a machine used to package cases of bottled water onto a pallet for shipment started up while he cleared a jam in the machine. The worker had been on the job for 12 days at the Ice River Springs plant in High Springs. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration in July 2014 found ...

Jan. 6, 2015

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Richmond, Texas, construction company cited by US Labor Department`s OSHA after a worker was killed while cutting a barrel that exploded

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited SCR Construction Co. Inc. with 17 safety violations and placed the company in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program following the death in January of a worker. The worker was killed when the flammable barrel he was torch cutting exploded at the employer's maintenance yard in Richmond. "SCR Construction was ...

Jul. 30, 2013

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

US Labor Department`s OSHA cites Okamoto Sandusky Manufacturing for 15 safety violations at Sandusky, Ohio, vinyl automotive products plant

Okamoto Sandusky Manufacturing LLC has been cited for 15 health and safety violations by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration at its Sandusky vinyl automotive products manufacturing facility. OSHA initiated the inspection after receiving a complaint and has proposed fines of $58,500. "Failing to have adequate machine guarding and train workers in adequate ...

Aug. 19, 2013

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)