OSHA

Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley reports Justin Perry, 36, of Kingsford, Mich., was pronounced dead at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday.

A 36-year-old contractor with Caterpillar has died in a workplace accident at the company’s Peoria Proving Ground facility in rural Washington.

The federal agency that oversees workplace safety is proposing an update to the standards that govern fire departments. For volunteer and hybrid fire staffs in the Peoria area, the new standards could be costly and time-consuming.

OSHA cited the company for one willful violation and proposed fines of just over $145,000.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is citing two contractors for the December 2021 death of an electrician at Caterpillar's Mapleton foundry.

Construction has resumed on the exterior of UnityPoint Methodist Medical Center. The construction project was halted last week when a worker fell about 30…

A Peoria auto parts manufacturer has been fined $114,100 for federal workplace safety violations the government says put workers at risk of amputation and…