Fed-OSHA cites Ohio company after employee paralyzed on job

Fed-OSHA has fined an Ohio construction contractor more than $214,000 after a roofing employee was electrocuted and paralyzed following a fall on the job. One willful, three repeat and three serious citations allege failure to insulate or de-energize power lines, train properly, provide and require use of fall protection and ensure proper use of a portable ladder. The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register         

Amazon accused of underreporting COVID cases by union coalition

According to a coalition of four unions interested in establishing representation for Amazon employees, the company had at least 20,000 employees test positive for COVID-19 last year but reported that only 27 of those cases were contracted while the employees were at work. The coalition has sent a complaint to the assistant secretary of labor, urging Fed-OSHA to investigate Amazon’s “disturbing pattern of misleading or grossly incomplete information provided to authorities around Covid-19 cases in its warehouses.” Gwinnett Daily Post

Georgia grocer fined over $9K by Fed-OSHA

A grocery store in Milledgeville, Georgia, faces more than $9,000 in Fed-OSHA fines for allegedly failing to protect employees from exposure to coronavirus and other safety hazards. WMGT

Employers split on whether vaccine mandates help or hurt recruitment

According to a new survey, although most employers plan to require COVID vaccines they don’t know if it will help or hurt their recruiting efforts, or even lead to resignations. Willis Towers Watson found only 3 percent of employers reported a surge in resignations following a vaccine mandate’s implementation. New York Post

Arizona, 11 other states granted injunction in suit over vaccine mandate for healthcare employees

Arizona and 11 other states were granted a nationwide injunction Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for certain healthcare employees. The suit alleges the mandate exceeds the agency’s authority and violates the Social Security Act’s prohibition on regulations that control the hiring and firing of healthcare employees. KTAR