Ohio Egg Producer Agrees to Reduce Pollution and Pay Fine
The company agreed to pay nearly $1 million in civil penalties and spend more than $1.6 million to install and test innovative pollution controls to dramatically...
Rescuers Resume Search for Tanker's Missing Crewmen
The Coast Guard received a frantic mayday call from the tanker around 6 p.m. on Feb. 28, alerting them to a fire on board. The caller said he planned...
OSHA Will Train Inspectors To Do Criminal Investigations
It now appears that OSHA is making a significant reform that could help improve its record of criminal enforcement. According to a Department of Justice...
A Chance to Be Heard about Hearing Conservation for Construction Workers
The meetings, scheduled for March 24-25 in Chicago, are a continuation of the agency's information gathering process that began with an Advance Notice...
OSHA Cites Richmond Hill Service Center Following Fatal Forklift Accident
OSHA's investigation found that an employee was reportedly driving a forklift to a parking area when it tipped over, ejecting him from the driver's seat....
L&I Warns Doctors of the Dangers of Over-Prescribing Opiates
The letter is co-signed by Robert Malooly, assistant director for Insurance Services, and L&I Medical Director Gary Franklin. They write that in 2000...
Safety Community Mourns the Loss of Larry and Ruth Birkner
"Our hearts break, not once but twice for the tragic loss of Larry and Ruth," said John Henshaw, assistant secretary of Labor-OSHA. "They were dear friends...
Justice Dept. Drops Most Criminal OSHA Referrals
Even if OSHA referred more cases to the Department of Justice (DOJ) however, it appears unlikely that many more employers would face the kind of criminal...
CSB Investigation Focuses on Ignition Source in CTA Acoustics Accident
The door was left open in an attempt to regulate the temperature of the oven. "We are now testing the temperature control equipment from the malfunctioning...
Executive Protection Training in Spanish
Designed to provide the most comprehensive security protection for executive and other at-risk individuals....
OSHA Area Office Creates Brochure for Victims' Families
Thanks in part to the efforts of Ron Hayes and the organization he founded, Families In Grief Hold Together (F.I.G.H.T. Project), OSHA has taken steps...
The Eyes of March
According to Prevent Blindness America, each working day in the United States, more than 2,000 employees sustain job-related eye injuries, making workplace...
Crane Disaster Takes Another Life
Three other men Robert Lipinski Jr., Mike Moreau and Mike Phillips were killed and four others Mark Buck, Josh Collins, Al Hedge and Roger Henneman were...
OSHA Cites Pa. Company For Unsafe Overhead Cranes
The company, a heat-treating facility that processes steel bars and other steel shapes, employs 30 people at its Monaca, Pa., site. "This employer did...
MSHA Appeals Judge's Decision in Martin County Case
On Oct. 11, 2000, the Big Branch Slurry Impoundment near Inez, Ky., released more than 300 million gallons of coal slurry into the Big Sandy River, a...
List of Low-Hazard Industries Remains the Same
The exemption is for industries with lost workday injury (LWDI) rates below the national private sector rate of 2.6 for 2001. OSHA traditionally revises...
Extended Hours Workers Are Losing Out on HR Services
"Human resource managers hold the key to uncovering the hidden costs of extended hours operations and developing effective programs to reduce these costs....
Safety and Health Risks of Working Women Are Underestimated
"Gender Issues in Safety and Health - A Review" examines gender differences in workplace injury and illness, gaps in knowledge and the implications for...
Crane Collapse Kills Three Ironworkers in Ohio
Five other workers were injured. Three are listed in fair condition at area hospitals, while one is in serious condition and another in critical condition....
OSHA Cites ConAgra for Georgia Workplace Fatality
OSHA's investigation found that an employee reportedly was walking through a shipping-and-receiving area on the day of the accident when she was struck...
ASSE To Examine World-Class Safety in New Orleans
Visit Occupationalhazards.com for updates from the symposium. The successful methods and techniques used to achieve a world-class safety program will...
Executive Protection Program
Designed to provide the most comprehensive security protection for executive and other at-risk individuals....
Nuclear Facilities' Safety Rules Provoke Bi-partisan Criticism
"Absolutely not true," counters Beverly Cook, DOE's assistant secretary for environment, safety and health, when asked if the department's proposal violates...
Georgetown University Cancels Safety Summit
The center's director, Lamar Reinsch, said in a Feb. 12 interview that he called off the summit for financial reasons. DuPont sponsored the first summit...
OSHA Amends Commercial Diving Operations Standard
The changes to the standard allow these particular divers the opportunity to use nitrox breathing gas under specified conditions, thereby making a decompression...
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