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Miami Herald
a day ago
- Miami Herald
An OSHA warning about that email alerting you to a coming inspection
Over the last week, emails purporting to be from OSHA carpet bombed inboxes. They told the recipient to prepare for a possible 'compliance inspection' by clicking to read new OSHA guidelines. Don't click. The emails aren't from OSHA, so sayeth OSHA in a Friday social media post. The Occupational Safety Health Administration, the U.S. Department of Labor division that handles workplace safety, said in a LinkedIn post, 'DOL and OSHA do NOT send notifications about upcoming compliance inspections. If you believe you've received a phishing message, please share this post with your colleagues.' They subject line contains slightly ominous titles such as 'OSHA Penalty Guidelines Update,' 'Correct Hazards Before Inspection,' 'Review These Guides Before the Visit' and 'Self Inspection Toolkit for the Forthcoming OSHA Review' Such phishing attempts hope the flippety-floppity stomachs government communication can bring will cause panicky forgetfulness of basic safety tips. As listed in OSHA's LinkedIn post. 'Do not click suspicious links:' The email asks the reader to 'review the newly revised OSHA Penalty and Debt Collection Guidelines' and has a hyperlink below. That's not a link to an OSHA or Department of Labor site. If you place your cursor over the hyperlink -- again, DO NOT CLICK, JUST HOVER -- the actual link will be revealed.'Do not download unexpected attachments:' If you don't know what an attachment is and/or weren't expecting an attachment from the emailing party, don't download it.'Always verify the sender's email address:' A Miami Herald reporter received five of these emails on Tuesday from five different email addresses (click on whatever arrow or icon allows you to see an emailers full address). All five ended with 'Respectfully, Kristen Knebel, NP Officer, OSHA, Contact: 202-693-3435' with an email address of ' So, right there, shenanigans, even though the email address ended with ' If these got by your spam filters to your inbox, forward them to your company's internal security person or persons.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Yahoo
GoFundMe raises money to send body of construction worker killed in Mass. to Ecuador
A GoFundMe campaign is raising money to send the body of a Fall River construction worker to his family in Ecuador in the wake of his death at a Martha's Vineyard work site last week. Jorge Marcelo Yanza Riera, 33, died after becoming injured in an accident while working at 14 Trapps Pond Road in Edgartown on April 22. He fell 20 to 30 feet from some scaffolding shortly before 3 p.m., according to The Martha's Vineyard Times. Riera died on a residential property whose owner told newspaper the construction worker was employed by a Fall River contractor. The Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating Riera's death, The Martha's Vineyard Times reported. Read more: Fall River man dies in construction accident on Martha's Vineyard Riera came to the U.S. from Ecuador a little over two years ago 'in the hope of building a better future' and supporting his family back home, his brother, Angel Yanza Riera, wrote on the GoFundMe campaign page. 'Jorge was a young man full of life, hardworking, always with a smile and ready to reach out to anyone who needed it. His sudden departure has left an immense void in our hearts,' his brother wrote. Money raised through the campaign will go towards Riera's funeral and transportation of his body to Ecuador where his parents live, his brother wrote on the campaign page. As of Tuesday evening, the campaign was far from reaching its $9,000 goal, having only raised a little over $1,000. At Harvard, American and international students vow they won't let Trump divide them Holyoke schools' return to local control imperiled by same old receivership with new name, teachers' unions say 'Run-producing machine' Marcelo Mayer on adjustments that have led to hot April Western Mass. car crash causes 'extensive damage,' closes major roadway FBI seizes rare gun believed stolen from Springfield Armory
