Serial violators like Massey must face the strongest penalties, and the cynical gaming of safety violations with endless appeals must finally end.
Proposals by lawmakers today emphasized harsher punishment for violators of safety rules and closer government monitoring of the auto industry, with little attention to new safety rules for tires.
The Food and Drug Administration acknowledged some problems and put seafood companies on alert that its inspectors would repeatedly visit processors it considered high-risk this year to check for contamination, and act quickly to shut down violators of safety rules.
The Bush administration's belated determination to enforce workplace safety rules against flagrant violators may be the best one can hope for from an administration that seems allergic to tight regulation of business.
We were told that the department got its data from a federal program called Secure Communities, which U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement uses to prioritize "the removal of criminal aliens, those who pose a threat to public safety, and repeat immigration violators".
The articles and documentary described McWane as one of the nation's most persistent violators of workplace safety and environmental laws.
The police has the responsibility to crack down on violators of road safety, but it is the agency that has the tools – breathalysers, speed guns – rather than the police.
McWane Inc., a major manufacturer of cast-iron pipes and one of the nation's most persistent violators of workplace safety and environmental laws, is the target of a federal criminal investigation, according to law enforcement officials and current and former employees who have been questioned in the inquiry.
McWane Inc., a major pipe maker and one of the nation's most persistent violators of workplace safety and environmental laws, faced a new round of criminal charges last night after a federal grand jury in the company's hometown, Birmingham, Ala., issued a 25-count indictment alleging illegal dumping and other environmental crimes.
The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has warned 20 companies that they may face sanctions as repeat violators of health and safety rules.
