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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…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, March 8 and Friday, March 15 —MISSOURI THIEVES— A Park Hills vegetable farming and packing operation will pay $479,983 in back wages to 208 workers, following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. In a consent order and judgment entered in…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, March 15 and Friday, March 22 Alabama Killer A 38-year-old worker at a Cullman manufacturing plant suffered fatal injuries after getting caught inside a molding machine, a fatality the employer could have prevented by following established safety rules, a U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, March 1 and Friday, March 8 —GEORGIA KILLER— Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that on Aug. 10, 2023, two Pyles Plumbing and Utility Contractors Inc. employees in Macon, GA were installing sewer-line piping in a trench when the…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, February 16 and Friday, February 23 —VIRGINIA THIEF— The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has recovered nearly $900,000 in back wages and damages after its investigation found a Norfolk home care employer denied 108 workers their hard-earned overtime pay. The division’s investigation…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, February 9 and Friday, February 16 —FLORIDA KILLER— A federal investigation into the death of a 39-year-old maintenance employee found that the two contractors responsible for the job site could have prevented the incident by communicating and following safety rules designed to prevent the unexpected startup…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, February 2 and Friday, February 9 —ALABAMA KILLER— From AL.com: The U.S. Department of Labor has fined a company $117,175 in connection with the 2019 death of a 15-year-old who plunged 50 feet from a worksite on his first day on the job. According to the…