Mississippi Business Journal » textiles http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:02:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 OSHA cites RoyTex for 18 safety, health violations http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/30/osha-cites-roytex-for-18-safety-health-violations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=osha-cites-roytex-for-18-safety-health-violations http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/30/osha-cites-roytex-for-18-safety-health-violations/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:10:59 +0000 Wally Northway http://msbusiness.com/?p=36200 MERIDIAN — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Roytex Inc. in Meridian with 18 serious safety and health violations for exposing workers to electrical hazards, flaking lead paint, asbestos and other hazards. Proposed fines total $46,340. Following a safety inspection, OSHA has cited Roytex for 14 serious violations with a proposed penalty [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/30/osha-cites-roytex-for-18-safety-health-violations/feed/ 0 Cut-and-sew bill signed into law http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/03/29/cut-and-sew-bill-signed-into-law/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cut-and-sew-bill-signed-into-law http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/03/29/cut-and-sew-bill-signed-into-law/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:27:47 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=21472 JACKSON — Gov. Haley Barbour has signed a bill that would provide furniture manufacturers a $2,000 tax credit for new cut-and-sew workers. Supporters of the bill say it will help keep jobs in the state. Many of those jobs have been lost to foreign countries where the labor costs are cheaper. Supporters say the tax [...]

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