Employer name: U.S. Postal Service Network Distribution Center, 4000 109^th St., Urbandale, Iowa         

Citations issued: April 6, 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 two repeated and one serious safety violations.

Employer name: Williamson Plumbing and Heating Inc., doing business as Roto-Rooter Services Co., 4197 East Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, Pennsylvania   

Site: 1857 Pebble Court, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Employer name: V&T Painting LLC, 29585 Gramercy Court, Farmington Hills, Michigan

Site: Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, Reservoir Street, Danville, Pennsylvania

BATON ROUGE, La. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Louisiana food manufacturing company for 25 serious and one other violation for exposing workers to hazardous chemicals, electrical dangers and fall hazards.

OSHA discovered the violations after an inspection of the Madisonville facility operated by Diversified Foods and Seasonings LLC. The agency inspected the plant after an evacuation of the facility sent workers to the hospital as a precaution on Oct. 16, 2015.

HARTFORD, Conn.  – A blocked emergency exit and improperly stored stock put the employees of the Guess? Factory Store at the Tanger Outlet Mall at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket at risk of burns, lacerations and being struck by falling objects, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.

Responding to a complaint, OSHA began an inspection on March 3, 2016, and found the employer allowed the following hazardous conditions:

Employer name: Winesburg Builders LTD, 6834 County Road 672, Millersburg, Ohio

Inspection site: Anchors Cove, Big Chimney, West Virginia

CINAMINSON, N.J. – Berlin Builders, a residential construction contractor with projects in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, continues to expose its workers to dangerous falls on job sites by ignoring safety standards required by law, federal regulators say.

ATLANTA – The Federal Highway Administration, the state of Georgia and local government organizations are partnering with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to sponsor a one-hour Safety Stand-Down at Georgia construction sites in conjunction with National Highway Work Zone Awareness Week from April 11-15.

VICKERY, Ohio – A 31-year-old worker found unresponsive on a Vickery farm was overcome by exposure to hydrogen sulfide gas from the pig manure he loaded into trailers for use as fertilizer. Federal investigators determined his death was caused by inhalation of the gas which is rapidly absorbed by the lungs.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.