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Three Employers Face $3.5 Million in Fines After Million-Gallon Sulfuric Acid Spill in Houston
OSHA proposed $3.5M in penalties against BWC Terminals and two cleanup contractors after a 1-million-gallon sulfuric acid spill injured multiple workers.
Piggly Wiggly Franchisee Cited After Meat Grinder Takes Four of a Worker's Fingers
OSHA proposed $196,251 in penalties against RBG Foods after a Piggly Wiggly meat department worker lost four fingers cleaning a commercial grinder.
Roofer Dies After Sliding Off a Two-Story Roof Into an Empty Pool — OSHA Fines Pasat Roofing $172K
OSHA cited Florida's Pasat Roofing and Solar Energy with willful violations and $172,324 in penalties after a worker fell from a roof into an empty pool and died.
Fatal Yarmouth Trench Collapse Costs Revoli Construction $4.6 Million and 57 Violations
OSHA hit Revoli Construction with 7 willful and 33 repeat violations and $4.6M in penalties after a trench cave-in killed a worker in Yarmouth, Massachusetts.
Utility Pole Touches a Live Transmission Line, Killing a Lineman — Primoris Cited by OSHA
OSHA cited Primoris T&D Services with three serious violations and $49,650 in penalties after a utility pole contacted an energized line, electrocuting a lineman.
Six Workers Die From Hydrogen Sulfide at a Colorado Dairy Farm as Rescuers Become Victims
OSHA cited Prospect Ranch and two contractors after hydrogen sulfide gas from a manure system killed six workers in Weld County, proposing $246K in combined penalties.
Deadly Explosion at Horizon Biofuels Traced Back to Combustible Dust Buildup
OSHA cited Horizon Biofuels for willful and serious violations with $147,542 in penalties after a July 2025 explosion killed a worker at its Fremont, Nebraska facility.
Virginia Transformer Racks Up 53 Violations and Nearly $1 Million in Fines for Repeat Hazards
OSHA cited Idaho's Virginia Transformer Corp. for 53 serious and repeat violations, proposing $986,888 after finding the same crane hazards flagged in 2024.
Bridge Painter Drowns in Georgia River — OSHA Answers With More Than $900,000 in Penalties
OSHA proposed $877,220 against Seminole Equipment after a bridge painter without fall protection or a life jacket fell into the Ogeechee River and drowned.
OSHA's Ergonomics Showdown With Amazon Ends in a Corporate-Wide Settlement Covering Every US Warehouse
After citing Amazon warehouses for ergonomic hazards under the General Duty Clause, OSHA reached a 2024 corporate-wide settlement covering all US facilities.
Falling Pallet of Tires Kills Forklift Operator at Mitchell Industrial Tire — $288K in Fines
OSHA found untrained forklift drivers and failed 16-foot rack storage led to an operator's death at Mitchell Industrial Tire in Elm Mott, Texas, proposing $288,299 in fines.
Dollar General's Seven-Year Fight With OSHA Ends in a $12 Million Corporate-Wide Settlement
After racking up over $21 million in proposed OSHA penalties for blocked exits since 2017, Dollar General settled for $12 million and nationwide safety reforms.
Didion Milling Officials Sent to Prison for Faking Safety Records Before Fatal Dust Explosion
After a corn dust explosion killed five workers, Didion Milling paid $1M in criminal fines and $10.25M restitution — and two executives got prison time.
Tragedy Strikes as a Worker Suffers a Fatal Fall at a Hyundai Electric Car Plant
A 34-year-old steel worker died in a 60-foot fall at a Hyundai EV plant in Georgia. OSHA cited Eastern Constructors Inc. with $160,724 in penalties.
Recycled Glass Manufacturer in Hot Water Over Repeated Safety Violations
OSHA fines Strategic Materials Inc. $370,995 after 13 violations at its Texas recycled glass plant, the latest in a pattern of repeated safety failures.
Loss of a Worker Leads to a Staggering Revelation of 36 Violations at Accurate Manufacturing
A worker's death at Tulsa's Accurate Manufacturing triggered three OSHA investigations that uncovered 36 violations and $275,890 in proposed penalties.
Waupaca Foundry Faces Hefty Fines After Two Workers Suffer Amputation Injuries
OSHA fined Waupaca Foundry $234,385 after two workers suffered amputation injuries 11 days apart, citing repeat machine guarding and lockout failures.
OSHA Slaps Wisconsin Dollar General with Penalties for Repeated Electrical Hazards
OSHA cited a Crandon, Wisconsin Dollar General for repeat electrical safety violations, proposing $147,334 in penalties after citations in 2020 and 2022.
OSHA Fines Norfolk Southern After East Palestine Cleanup Crews Worked the Derailment Without Protection
OSHA cited Norfolk Southern $49,111 for sending track crews into the East Palestine vinyl chloride derailment site without training, PPE or an emergency plan.
Worker Engulfed in Corn at CHS Grain Silo — OSHA Proposes $531K and Finds the Rescue Gear Was Wrong
OSHA cited CHS Inc. with 2 willful and 14 serious violations, proposing $531,268, after a worker cleaning a Nebraska grain silo was engulfed and asphyxiated.
102 Children Found Cleaning Slaughterhouses Overnight — Packers Sanitation Pays $1.5 Million
DOL fined Packers Sanitation Services $1.5 million after finding 102 children, some 13 years old, cleaning back saws and head splitters with caustic chemicals.
Six Workers Asphyxiated by Nitrogen at Foundation Food Group — OSHA Cites Four Companies for $1 Million
OSHA cited four companies with 59 violations and nearly $1 million in penalties after a liquid nitrogen release killed six workers at a Georgia poultry plant.
Hard Rock Hotel Collapse That Killed Three Workers Brings Citations for the Engineer and Ten Contractors
OSHA cited Heaslip Engineering with a willful violation and ten contractors after the Hard Rock Hotel under construction in New Orleans collapsed, killing 3.
Two Workers Drown in a Boston Trench — and Their Employer Is Convicted of Manslaughter
After a trench collapse drowned two workers, OSHA proposed $1.48M against Atlantic Drain Service — and owner Kevin Otto was convicted of manslaughter.
Worker Cooked to Death in Tuna Oven — Bumble Bee Pays Record $6 Million Criminal Settlement
Bumble Bee Foods paid $6 million — California's largest workplace-safety criminal settlement — after Jose Melena was trapped and killed inside a steam oven.