Boss Watch

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, June 14 and Friday, June 27 Alabama Killer A Boaz mobile home manufacturer could have prevented a 62-year-old roofing laborer’s fatal fall had the employer followed required fall protection standards, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined that the…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, June 7 and Friday, June 14 Kentucky Thieves The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a court order requiring one of the nation’s most successful thoroughbred horse trainers to pay $243,260 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages after its investigation found…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, May 31 and Friday, June 7 Virginia Animal Abusers The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Envigo RMS LLC pleaded guilty to conspiring to knowingly violate the Animal Welfare Act, and Envigo Global Services Inc. pleaded guilty to a felony of conspiring to knowingly violate…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, May 24 and Friday, May 31 West Virginia Thieves An investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $175,000 in back wages from a Charleston coal mining company that laid off 44 Matewan miners and denied them a final paycheck while filing…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, May 17 and Friday, May 24 Texas Polluters Today, May 21, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announced the filing of a felony criminal charge and related civil complaint and consent decree under the Clean Air Act against TPC Group…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, May 10 and Friday, May 17 South Carolina Thieves U.S. Department of Labor investigators found a West Columbia gas station and convenience retailer failed to pay 29 employees overtime rates as required by law. Specifically, Samer Express, a gas station/convenience store combo established in South Carolina in…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, May 3 and Friday, May 10 Florida Endangerers For the third time in five years, a federal investigation has found the operator of multiple psychiatric and rehabilitation facilities, has had workers seriously injured or killed in violent patient attacks, including an employee who suffered serious…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, April 26 and Friday, May 3 South Carolina Killers A major East Coast ship repair and servicing company’s failure to make safety its #1 priority, a promise made on its website, has led to another employee fatality — the fourth in five years — a…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, April 19 and Friday, April 26 Florida Killers Federal workplace safety investigators have determined that a Tampa-area construction contractor could have prevented a 37-year-old aerial lift operator from suffering fatal injuries after being struck by a boom as a crane tipped over during work on…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, April 5 and Friday, April 12

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, March 29 and Friday, April 5 Tennessee Child Abusers Federal workplace safety inspectors found a Missouri roofing contractor again risking the safety of its employees by failing to protect them against the construction industry’s deadliest hazard — falls from heights — at five residential worksites in…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, March 22 and Friday, April 1 —TENNESSEE CHILD ABUSERS— The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of the Solicitor has obtained a federal consent judgment that requires a Morristown manufacturer of outdoor power equipment components for major companies including John Deere, Toro and Yamaha to stop…