Articles Tagged with ''OSHA violations''

The OSHA standard on fall protection, training requirements is one of the top 10 most frequently penalized OSHA standards for FY 2022.

The OSHA standard on respiratory protection, general industry is one of the top 10 most frequently penalized OSHA standards for FY 2022.

The OSHA standard hazard communication, general industry is one of the top 10 most frequently penalized OSHA standards for FY 2022.

The OSHA standard on fall protection, general requirements, construction is one of the top 10 most frequently penalized OSHA standards for FY 2022. 

Just weeks after being cited with federal safety violations, Dollar General Corp. and Dolgencorp LLC have once again exposed workers to unsafe conditions, this time at two store locations in Florida and another in Alabama.

OSHA has again cited Amazon for failing to keep workers safe, and has issued hazard alert letters after inspections at three warehouse facilities – in Deltona, Florida; Waukegan, Illinois; and New Windsor, New York – after finding workers exposed to ergonomic hazards.

With holiday shopping nearing its peak, federal workplace safety inspectors have again found Dollar Tree Stores Inc. – one of the nation’s largest discount retailers – exposing workers in Matteson, Illinois to the risks of unsafely stored and stacked boxes of merchandise and blocked electrical panels. 

A federal investigation determined that, if required safety guards or fall protection had been installed, the 39-year-old employee’s ninth day on the job in Mapleton, Illinois might not have been their last.

A Philadelphia framing contractor faces $269,594 in proposed penalties after the company was again found exposing employees to deadly fall hazards at a residential worksite in the city’s Roxborough section on April 21, 2022.  

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Tuesday its preliminary Top 10 most frequently cited workplace safety standards for fiscal year 2022.