Pride and mental health

We’re committed to building more inclusive, equitable, supportive workplaces for all. Learn how to promote mental health-friendly workplaces that support LGBTQI+ colleagues.

Hostess Brands fined following amputation injury

Hostess Brands’ failure to train workers on lockout/tagout procedures contributed to a 2022 incident in which a worker lost a fingertip, OSHA determined.

$2.5M to support workers in North Carolina

We’re awarding more than $2.5 million to support employment and training services for people affected by paper mill layoffs in North Carolina.

$2.8M in penalties following fatal injury

The operator of a frozen pizza manufacturing plant in Illinois could have prevented the death of a 29-year-old sanitation worker by following proper machine safety procedures, investigators found. OSHA proposed $2,812,658 in penalties and placed the company in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program.

Family Dollar store endangers employees. Again.

With blocked storeroom exits, fire hazards and unsafely stacked boxes at a Texas Family Dollar location, parent company (and frequent workplace safety violator) Dollar Tree Inc. racked up yet another $294,657 in proposed OSHA penalties.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Labor rights request

We’ve asked Mexico’s government to review an allegation that worker rights are being denied at a mine in Zacatecas.

Disability employment

The Workforce Recruitment Program helps connect college students and recent graduates with disabilities to federal employers.

Safety citation

OSHA investigators found a Florida treatment facility failed to improve worker safety procedures despite nearly 200 violent incidents in 2022.

Here’s a tip: Don’t steal

We recovered $270,751 in back wages after learning a Nashville restaurant required servers to share tips with dishwashers and failed to pay some workers overtime wages.

Fatal explosion findings

An Alabama tire shop could have prevented a 45-year-old mechanic’s fatal injuries by following required safety standards, OSHA determined.

Educating energy workers

We’ll be in Arizona and New Mexico this month to educate current and former nuclear weapons workers and their families about workers’ compensation.

Black lung benefits

We’ll be hosting events in the Southwest this month to discuss black lung benefits with current and former coal miners and their survivors.

HISTORY HIGHLIGHT

Olmstead decision anniversary

Twenty-four years after the Olmstead decision affirmed that people with disabilities have the right to live and receive services, including employment services, in their communities, our Office of Disability Employment Policy continues to support integrated employment.

TWEET OF THE WEEK

READ ➡️ statement from Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su after a tentative agreement was reached between leaders of @ilwulongshore and @WestCoastPorts: https://t.co/Jh9kBjEUi6
-@USDOL

IN THE NEWS

• People: Boss Who Paid Worker’s Final Salary in Oily Pennies Ordered to Give Ex-Staffers More than $39,000
• CBS: California restaurant used fake priest to get workers to confess "sins," feds say
• NPR: As the climate crisis encroaches on workers' lives. How is OSHA responding?
• Fox 32 (Chicago): Roundtable discussion on Title IX, Equal Pay Act