Employer name: Jasper Contractors Inc.

Inspection site: 3524 Waverly Dock Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32223

Citations issued: Inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration observed employees performing roofing activities without fall protection at a residence in the Loretto neighborhood subdivision. They cited the company with two willful safety violations.     

Employer name: U.S. Minerals

Inspection site: 800 Main St., Anaconda, Montana

Citations issued: 16 serious violations

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued 16 serious violations to U.S. Minerals for failing to do the following:

NEW ORLEANS – An air quality test and harnesses properly tethered to a lifeline for rescue might have prevented tragedy for three workers overcome by a lack of oxygen inside a rail tanker on Oct. 8, 2015 in New Orleans, federal workplace safety and health investigators have determined.

Employer name: ABC Equipment Inc., doing business as C. B. Masonry Inc.

Inspection Site: 4129 Central Ave., Hot Springs, Arkansas

Citations issued: April 5, 2016

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. ‒ A Bolingbrook metal stamping company exposed workers to amputations and other serious injuries repeatedly by allowing numerous machines to operate without safety guards.

WINTERVILLE, Ga. – Every day, workers depend on their employers to keep them safe on the job. When an employer fails to address safety hazards, workers can suffer the consequences. On Sept. 23, 2015, a 33-year-old maintenance technician was the victim of a Georgia auto parts manufacturer’s indifference toward safety.

Date of action: March 28, 2016

Type of action: Complaint

Names of defendants: Astro Communications 401(k) Plan

Date of action:  March 24, 2016

Type of action: Complaint

Names of defendants: Lily Pond Nursing Home Savings Plan

Employer name: MTD Consumer Group

Inspection site: 979 South Conwell Ave., Willard, Ohio

Citations issued: March 23, 2016

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Toledo Area Office cited MTD Consumer Group for one willful, one serious and one other-than-serious violation.

Employer: Joined, Inc., an academic recruitment, technology and curriculum services provider

Sites: 2010 Main St., Suite 550 Irvine, California

Investigation findings: Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that Joined, Inc. missed paying wages to staff in several pay periods. The company blamed clients who failed to pay for services rendered and a slowdown in company business.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $1.9 million grant competition to recruit, train and retain women in high-skill occupations, such as advanced manufacturing, transportation, energy, construction and information technology. The Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations program will fund the grants.

Employer name: Plank Construction Co. Inc., a construction general contractor in Schenectady, NewYork

Inspection site: Wards Lane, Dutch Village, Menands, New York

Investigation findings: Plank Construction Co. Inc. employees were installing a storm sewer system as part of the construction of new buildings at Dutch Village. On Oct. 3, 2015, the 8-foot deep trench in which they were working collapsed onto one of the employees. He was extricated and hospitalized.

Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division
Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries

Employer name: The Western Sugar Cooperative, a sugar beets grower’s cooperative in Denver

Inspection site: 3020 State Ave., Billings, Montana

Citations issued: Five serious and four repeat.

ATHENS, Ga. – The life of a 39-year-old HVAC installer who fell through a roof skylight ended suddenly because his employer failed to put proper workplace protections in place, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.

Date of Action: March 31, 2016

Type of Actions: Employee Retirement Income Security Act Lawsuit, Adversary Complaint in Bankruptcy Petition No. 15-23963.

Defendants: Michael A. Lewis, Monica Fox

Acme Orthotics and Prosthetics Laboratories Inc. Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan and Trust.

The president and owner of Acme, Michael A. Lewis is the sole named defendant in the adversary complaint filed in bankruptcy court.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez has announced the inaugural appointees and the date of the first meeting of the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health for Part E of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the March 2016 Employment Situation report released today:

Date of action: March 1, 2016

Type of action: Consent Judgment and Order

Names of defendants: H.C. Watson Corp., doing business as Interim HealthCare, James C. Watson and Melissa Moore, formerly known as Melissa Belanger and Melissa Greenlaw.

Employer name: U.S. Postal Service, 116 Oak St., Moorhead, Iowa

Citations issued: March 24, 2016

Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Des Moines Area Office cited the postal facility for one repeated and four serious safety violations.