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$12M in Grants Will Include Court-Involved Youth

The money is intended to expand the youth skills training and education program.

Construction Firm Cited for Willful and Serious Safety Hazards

The Middleburg, Fla., company faces $169,000 in proposed fines.



DOL Helps Oil and Gas Workers Recover Back Wages

More than 5,300 workers recovered almost $4.5 million in total for unpaid overtime.

New York Agencies Launch 'Be 911: Teens Take Heart' Training Program

Aiming to teach 5,000 New York City high school students compression-only CPR, the program is taught by the FDNY Mobile CPR Training Unit.

Heat stress illness hospitalizations in the 20 states analyzed in the paper increased 2-5 percent during the 2001-2010 period.

CDC Authors Report 28,000 Heat Stress Hospitalizations in 20 States During 2001-2010

The incidence of them in these reporting states increased by 2-5 percent during that period.

Supreme Court of Canada Upholds Cellphone Search at Arrest

A 4-3 decision by the country's highest court said the evidence Toronto police found on a robbery suspect's phone, including a photo of a handgun and a draft text message which read in part, "We did it," should not be excluded.

Latino Worker Dies Following Exposure to Nitrogen in Tanker Truck

The accident occurred at Michael Foods' Big Red Farms facility in Wakefield, Neb.

Ric-Man International Cited for Willful Violation in Worker Fatality

The company was previously cited for cave-in and trenching hazards, according to OSHA.

Perez Announcing Apprenticeship Grant Competition Today

The $100 million competition "will help to transform apprenticeships for the 21st century and serve as a catalyst to increase the use of apprenticeships to meet employer needs in new high-tech sectors," according to DOL's announcement.

Corvallis, Ore.-based VDOS Global uses aerial robotics and remote sensing to provide oil and gas inspections, environmental research, aerial surveying and other services using for its clients around the world. (VDOS image)

FAA Approves Four Companies' Use of Commercial Drones

Trimble Navigation Limited, VDOS Global, LLC, Clayco, Inc. and Woolpert, Inc. are the latest recipients of exemptions from the agency, which previously granted them to seven film and video production companies.

The two DOT agencies are conducting audits, and PHMSA is making unannounced inspections, to ensure railroads

North Dakota Sets Rules for Making Oil Safer to Transport

The North Dakota Industrial Commission on Dec. 9 issued an order spelling out conditioning standards that all wells must use, effective April 1, 2015, "to improve the marketability and safe transportation" of Bakken crude oil.

Former Freedom Industries Executive Charged

Gary Southern was arrested Dec. 8 and made his initial court appearance before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Ft. Myers, Florida, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced.

International Union of Operating Engineers Renews Alliance with OSHA

The alliance aims to protect Illinois apprentices on construction, earthmoving, and trenching sites.

OSHA Cites Environmental Remediation and Recovery Inc. after Worker Dies

The worker died while cleaning oil residue inside a rail car at the company's facility in Mounds, Ill.

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