A federal appeals court has excoriated a lower review panel for its decision to vacate an 11-year-old mine safety violation and told the panel to take a second look at whether to dismiss the citation.
Dollar General Corp. has once again allegedly exposed workers to dangerous safety hazards, and has been cited with one willful and one repeat violation and proposed penalties of $245,544, the DOL announced Friday.
US officials would formally gauge how their health, pollution, and workforce policies help or harm racial and ethnic minority groups, under a proposal released by the Biden administration.
Proinlosa Energy Corp. has been issued $293,982 in proposed penalties and cited for one serious alleged violation for not having energy control procedures in place at its Houston facility, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Ohio food processing plant Zwanenberg Food Group USA Inc. has been cited for $1.9 million in proposed penalties for 11 willful, four serious, one repeat, and one other-than-serious violations, the DOL announced Thursday.
A new federal appeals court decision sets precedents for how the US Mine Safety and Health Administration enforces its rules, attorneys for the Labor Department agency say.