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OSHA cites oil refinery in east Texas for 30 safety violations following 2 fatalities
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Written by Elizabeth Todd   
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
TYLER, Texas -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Delek Refining Ltd. in Tyler with an alleged willful and 29 alleged serious violations after a fire and explosion claimed the lives of two workers and injured three others.
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OSHA cites utility company for potential trenching hazards at Edmond, Okla.
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Written by Elizabeth Todd   
Thursday, 14 May 2009
EDMOND, Okla. -- The alleged failure to protect its employees from potential trenching and excavation hazards has brought H & H Plumbing & Utilities Inc. $46,200 in proposed penalties from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) following an inspection at the company's worksite in Edmond.
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OSHA cites stamping company for alleged safety and health violations following worker injury
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Written by Elizabeth Todd   
Thursday, 30 April 2009
GRAPEVINE, Texas -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Wrico Stamping Co. of Texas in Grapevine for one alleged willful, four alleged serious and one alleged other-than-serious violation of safety and health standards. The agency has proposed penalties totaling $99,000.
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OSHA settles whistleblower case against commercial and industrial steam cleaning company in Houston
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Written by Elizabeth Todd   
Tuesday, 07 April 2009
HOUSTON -- The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a settlement with Triple B Cleaning Inc. in Houston to resolve findings by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that the company illegally terminated an employee because of complaints about safety issues.
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OSHA cites Houston-based manufacturing company for failing to abate safety violations
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Written by Elizabeth Todd   
Monday, 06 April 2009

Initial inspection followed electrocution death of a worker

HOUSTON -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued failure-to-abate citations to JD Manufacturing Inc., doing business as Arrow Waste, in Houston for a follow-up inspection that revealed previous violations had not been abated.

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