GHS: The Power of One
As the United States creeps closer to adopting the Globally Harmonized Hazard Communication System (GHS), companies must be prepared to comply with the new provisions...
EHS TODAY ROUNDTABLE: Economics, Regulations, Connections and Mentoring
We questioned EHS leaders about current and future regulations, the issues impacting the practice of occupational health and safety and the importance of mentoring future leaders. Here is what they had to say...
OSHA Fines Tempel Grain Elevators More than $1.6 Million Following Teenage Worker’s Death
OSHA and the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division together have fined Tempel Grain Elevators LLP of Wiley, Colo., more than $1.6 million following the May 29 death of a teenage worker at the company’s Haswell, Colo., grain storage operation. It is the second-largest workplace safety fine in Colorado history...
OSHA Releases Crowd Control Guidelines
Just in time for the holiday shopping season, OSHA has prepared a fact sheet providing crowd control guidelines for retailers to protect workers during major sales events...
OSHA Issues Final Rule, Revises Acetylene Standard
OSHA has revised its acetylene standard, with the final rule replacing references to outdated industry standards with updated references reflecting current industry practices...
Cave-In Hazard Leads to $33,700 in OSHA Fines for Hyde Park, Mass., Contractor
OSHA has cited P. Gioioso & Sons Inc. for alleged repeat and serious violations of excavation safety standards after an OSHA inspector observed three company employees working in an unprotected trench on Friend Street in Boston. The Hyde Park, Mass., contractor faces a total of $33,700 in proposed fines...
OSHA Proposes $88,200 in Fines Against O’Connell Electric for Worker Arc Flash Injury
OSHA has cited O’Connell Electric Co. Inc. of Victor, N.Y., for 14 alleged serious violations of safety standards after a company employee was burned in a May 18 electrical arc flash on the North Campus of the State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo. The electrical contractor faces a total of $88,200 in proposed fines...
OSHA, Illinois Onsite Safety and Health Consultation and Williams Brothers Construction Inc. Establish High Flying Partnership
The focus of a new partnership in Illinois is safety and health at construction sites. OSHA, Illinois Onsite Safety and Health Consultation and Williams Brothers Construction Inc. (WBCI) have developed a partnership to provide a safe and healthful environment for employees working on the Peoria Airport construction addition...
OSHA: GAO Findings on Injury and Illness Reporting Are ‘Alarming’
A new report from the Government Accounting Office (GAO) has identified a number of factors that may contribute to the inaccuracy of employer injury and illness records, as well as problems with the audits that OSHA conducts to ensure their accuracy...
OSHA Fines Missouri Manufacturer $511,000 Following Worker Fatality
OSHA has cited Loren Cook Co., a manufacturer in of Springfield, Mo., with seven alleged willful and three alleged serious violations after a worker was killed by an ejected machine part on May 13, 2009...
CSB Stresses Pressure Vessel Safeguards in New Safety Message
On Nov. 9, U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) Chairman John Bresland released a new video safety message asking jurisdictions across the country to adopt the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Pressure Vessel Code to reduce the number of accidents involving catastrophic pressure vessel failures in process industries...
OSHA Offers Workplace H1N1 Fact Sheets
OSHA has issued fact sheets and a Web site providing influenza precaution and protection information to help employers and workers promote safety during the current H1N1 influenza outbreak...
OSHA’s Barab Testifies about State-Plan States Before Congress
Jordan Barab, acting assistant secretary for OSHA, told a Congressional committee that the serious shortcomings discovered during his agency's evaluation of the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration's safety program raised concerns about federal OSHA's monitoring of all state plan states...
National Hearing Conservation Association Petitions OSHA to Lower Permissible Exposure Limits for Noise
Citing the fact that nearly 22 million American workers are exposed to hazardous noise on a daily basis and that occupational hearing loss continues to plague industry, the National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) has made a request to OSHA to reduce the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for noise exposures...
BP Texas City Refinery Contests OSHA Citations
BP Products North America Inc. is contesting all citations proposed by OSHA on Oct. 30, including alleged violations and proposed penalties, abatement actions and abatement dates, and stressed that the company has taken significant steps to improve process safety performance...
House Hearing: State Plans Need Greater Oversight
At an Oct. 29 U.S. House Education and Labor Committee hearing, witnesses stressed that stronger federal oversight is needed for state-run health and safety programs to ensure that states provide workers with basic on-the-job protections...
OSHA Proposes Record $87 Million in Fines Against BP
More than 4 years after the deadly BP Texas City refinery blast killed 15 workers and injured more than 170, OSHA has proposed a record-breaking $87,430,000 in fines against BP Products North America Inc. for the failure to correct potential hazards faced by employees. This is the largest fine proposed in OSHA’s history...
NSC: OSHA’s Top 10 Most Cited Violations
The top 10 most cited OSHA violations were unveiled Oct. 27 at 97th annual National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo in Orlando, Fla., with scaffolding and fall protection violations once again topping the list...
NSC: Occupational Safety and Health Under the Obama Administration
In a panel discussion at the National Safety Council (NSC) 2009 Congress and Expo in Orlando, Fla., Jordan Barab, acting assistant secretary of labor for OSHA, former OSHA Administrator John Henshaw, MPH, CIH, and NIOSH Director John Howard, M.D., JD, MPH, came together to discuss what the agency has accomplished so far and what critical areas it must focus on under the Obama administration...
OSHA Issues Report on Nevada’s Program, Plans to Review All State Programs
OSHA released a report on Nevada’s occupational safety and health program that reveals a number of serious concerns with the program’s operation, including failure to issue appropriate willful and repeat citations, poorly trained inspectors and lack of follow-up to determine whether hazards were abated...
OSHA Proposes Rulemaking for Combustible Dust Standard
OSHA published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) in the Oct. 21 edition of the Federal Register as an initial step in development of a standard to address the hazards of combustible dust...
OSHA Prepares to Release Compliance Directive for H1N1-Related Inspections
To ensure the protection of frontline health care and emergency medical workers at high risk of infection with H1N1 virus, OSHA soon will issue a compliance directive to ensure uniform procedures when conducting inspections to identify and minimize or eliminate high to very high risk occupational exposures to the H1N1 influenza virus...
OSHA Emphasizes Safety Resources for Grain Handling Operators
After a recent increase in the number of workers killed while performing grain handling operations such as loading, emptying and cleaning storage bins, OSHA is reminding employers and workers of available resources and standards that identify hazards and offer solutions to prevent fatalities...
Department of Labor: TVA Contractor Fired Browns Ferry Worker for Raising Concerns About Nuclear Safety
In a rare victory for nuclear whistleblowers, a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) appeals panel has ruled that nuclear contracting giant Stone & Webster violated federal whistleblower law in 2004 when the company fired James Speegle, a foreman at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant near Florence, Ala...
OSHA Revises Steel Erection Compliance Directive Related to Fall Protection
OSHA recently revised the steel erection compliance directive for the agency’s Steel Erection Standard to change two enforcement policies related to tripping hazards and installation of nets or floors during steel erection...
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