ASSE: Workplace Safety Oversight Must Be Strengthened
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) submitted draft legislation to leaders in Congress in efforts to bolster employer responsibility for occupational safety...
Worker Fatality Results in OSHA Citations, Fines for Three NY Contractors
H Rock Corp. Sing Da Corp. and Vera Construction Inc. have been cited by OSHA for alleged willful, repeat and serious violations of workplace safety standards following an investigation of a Jan. 10 fatality that occurred on a construction site in Elmhurst, Queens, N.Y...
Safety 2011: Do Americans Care More about Chickens than Workers?
OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels and NIOSH Director Dr. John Howard sat down with Diana Stegall of the American Society of Safety Engineers to discuss the focus of the agencies and the role those agencies play in the lives of safety professionals. Believe it or not, the subject of chickens came up...
Employers Allotted More Time to Comply with OSHA Fall Protection Directive
Employers in the residential construction industry now have until Sept. 15 to comply with OSHA’s new fall protection compliance directive. The agency issued the directive on Dec. 16, 2010, and released a guidance document, Fall Protection in Residential Construction, in April...
OSHA Standards Changes Estimated to Save Employers Millions of Hours, Dollars
OSHA claims its new final rule, “Standards Improvement Project – Phase III,” can reduce employers’ paperwork burden by 1.85 million hours annually; help simply and streamline standards; and save employers in excess of $43 million annually – all without reducing worker protections...
OSHA Establishes New NEP for Primary Metal Industries
OSHA is establishing a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) for the primary metals industries to better protect workers from hazardous exposures in workplaces that produce metal products...
AMD Industries Faces $1.2 Million in OSHA Fines for Asbestos Exposure
Cicero, Ill.-based AMD Industries Inc. faces more than $1.2 million in proposed OSHA fines after allegedly exposing unprotected and untrained workers to asbestos...
Michaels on Gulf Cleanup Workers: We Were Trying Not to Kill Them
The greatest threat facing the Gulf Coast clean up workers following the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil leak wasn’t the murky, oily water or various safety hazards, says OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels. It was the summer weather found in the Gulf of Mexico...
OSHA Seeks Input from Employers through Anonymous, Voluntary Survey
OSHA announced it will survey thousands of employers this summer in efforts to improve its future rules, compliance assistance and outreach efforts...
OSHA Reopens the Door on Proposed MSD Column Addition on the 300 Log
In the May 17 Federal Register, OSHA published a notice that it would reopen the public record on the proposal to revise recordkeeping requirements by adding a work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) column on the OSHA 300 log...
AIHce: David Michaels Looks Ahead to OSHA’s 41st Year and Beyond
OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels offered a lively and informative overview of OSHA at 40 and beyond during a keynote address on May 18 at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo in Portland, Ore...
AIHce 2011: The Ins and Outs of I2P2 and Worker Involvement
The Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2) is still considered OSHA’s top rulemaking priority and safety stakeholders and businesses alike are curious what, exactly, would make up the rule’s content and scope. Several leaders discussed I2P2 in a roundtable discussion May 16 at AIHce in Portland, Oregon...
Court Affirms OSHA’s Authority to Subpoena Workers’ Comp Co.
OSHA’s subpoena requesting inspection and report documents from Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. associated with a fatal grain engulfment has been upheld in a U.S. district court...
Water, Rest and Shade: OSHA to Educate Workers, Employers about Heat-Related Illnesses
Three ingredients can help save employees working in hot environments from suffering potentially life-threatening heat-related illness: water, rest and shade. OSHA plans to get that message out in a new heat illness education campaign...
OSHA Proposes $487,000 in Fines Against Parker Hannifin Plant
On May 3, OSHA proposed $487,000 in fines against the Batesville, Miss., Parker Hannifin Corp. plant for alleged safety and health violations that range from inadequate lockout/tagout training and inspections to electrical deficiencies, failure to unblock exits, lack of machine guarding and more...
OSHA Publishes Final Rule on Shipyard Working Conditions
On May 2, OSHA announced a final rule, “General Working Conditions in Shipyard Employment,” that updates existing shipyard requirements to improve worker health and safety and prevent up to 350 serious injuries annually...
MassCOSH: 47 Massachusetts Workers Died on the Job in 2010; Improved Safety Oversight Needed
The 2011 “Dying for Work in Massachusetts: Loss of Life and Limb in Massachusetts Workplaces” report documents the 47 worker fatalities that occurred in the commonwealth in 2010 and calls for improved oversight and safety precautions to prevent on-the-job deaths...
Managing Health: An Alternative View to the MSD Pitch
What if we had an ergonomics standard? What if business understood the value of ergonomics? How would that impact workplace safety...
How OSHA, ANSI and GHS Impact MSDS for Sealing Products
Since prehistoric times, information about the materials used in products such as medicines and dyes has been shared between manufacturers and end users. Now, we have regulations and standards from OSHA, ANSI and GHS to contend with...
NHCA Urges OSHA to Renew Focus on Noise Control
In a March 16 letter to OSHA, the National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) urged the agency to “renew its focus on noise control despite the current climate of economic adversity.”...
OSHA Schedules May 13 Combustible Dust Forum
OSHA has scheduled a Combustible Dust Expert Forum on May 13 to consider possible regulatory options that could help protect workers from combustible dust hazards...
Workers’ Memorial Day: On April 28, Nation Remembers Fallen Workers
During Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28, the nation will memorialize, honor and remember those who lost their lives on the job...
Workers’ Memorial Day: Death on the Job: AFL-CIO Releases Annual Report
Think about it: An average of 12 workers are killed per day. If those 12 people all died in the same workplace incident – or in some type of tragedy in our hometown – it would make a significant impact on us. But unless you’re a co-worker, friend or family member of one of those 12 workers killed across the country today, those deaths will slip past with relatively little notice...
OSHA Turns 40: Examining the Agency’s Past, Present and Future
This year, April 28 not only is Workers’ Memorial Day and World Day for Safety and Health at Work – it’s also OSHA’s 40th birthday. EHS Today spoke to several occupational safety stakeholders about the agency’s past, present and future...
Four Decades of OSHA: A Timeline
On April 28, OSHA reaches a 40-year milestone. Since it was founded 4 decades ago, the agency established a range of safety and health regulations to protect the American work force; reduced workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities; and initiated a national conversation about occupational health and safety...
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