OSHA fined an Appleton-based contractor for hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional penalties for leaving roof workers at risk for falls, officials said.
Responding to a steep increase in deaths from trenching accidents, federal officials are planning to go after negligent contracts with referrals for criminal prosecutions and other increased penalties
A national meatpacking company with a facility in Green Bay has agreed to pay about $15,000 to settle allegations of unsafe practices during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic sickened and killed Wisconsin workers.
A federal grand jury has charged a milling company with fraud and conspiracy in connection with an explosion at a Wisconsin corn plant that killed five workers in 2017, the Justice Department announced Friday.
Officials at a northwestern Wisconsin oil refinery knew about equipment issues years before a 2018 explosion there, according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration documents obtained by Wisconsin Public Radio.
Federal officials are embarking on a new endeavor to protect workers from illness and injury from heat exposure after the Biden administration announced the move last year.