Safety Center Stresses Need for International Construction Safety Training
The director of University of California San Diego Extension’s International Safety Education Institute (ISEI) Construction Workplace Safety Training Program stressed a growing international need for safety training based on OSHA standards to better protect construction workers around the world...
OSHA Cites Wind Farm Servicing Co. $378,000 after Worker Suffers Burns
OSHA issued six citations for alleged willful safety violations with proposed fines totaling $378,000 to Outland Renewable Services after a wind farm technician suffered severe burns from an electrical arc flash in October 2010. The company, a servicing and maintenance provider in the wind tower industry, disagrees with OSHA’s findings and called worker safety its No. 1 priority...
Machine Guarding Made Easy
Taking the holistic approach to machine guarding safety...
OSHA Revises Outreach Training Program to Improve Trainer Reliability
OSHA recently revised its voluntary Outreach Training Program procedures to include trainer verification requirements and other changes to improve training quality and ensure the integrity of its authorized instructors...
Roofer Cited by OSHA for Fall Hazards at Omaha, Neb., Jobsite
OSHA has cited Allied Roofing Systems LLC of Springfield, Mo., for four safety citations following an inspection of an Omaha job site where employees were exposed to fall hazards while installing a roof. Proposed penalties total $64,000...
Court Rejects Challenge to OSHA’s Fall Protection Directive
On April 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit dismissed the National Roofing Contractors Association’s (NRCA) petition for review of OSHA’s December 2010 directive on the use of fall protection in residential construction. The directive withdrew an earlier one that allowed certain residential construction employers to bypass some fall protection requirements...
Legislators: Codifying VPP Will Lead to Better Relationship Between Business and OSHA
Legislators on both side of the aisle have introduced legislation that would codify OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs. The legislation, S. 807, sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Michael B. Enzi, R –Wyo., and Sen. Mary Landrieu, D – La., was introduced April 13. Similar legislation, H.R. 1511, was introduced in the House by Rep. Tom Petri, R-Wisc., senior Republican on the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, and Rep. Gene Green, D-Texas...
OSHA Releases Guidance on Preventing Fall-Related Injuries, Deaths among Residential Construction Workers
On April 8, OSHA issued a new guidance to help employers prevent fall-related injuries and deaths among residential construction workers...
Ellen Widess Appointed New Cal/OSHA Chief
On April 4, California Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Ellen Widess the chief of Cal/OSHA. She will replace current chief Len Welsh, who has led the agency since 2003...
Administrative Law Judge Upholds OSHA Citations for Wal-Mart Crowd Management Fatality Case
On March 25, Chief Administrative Law Judge Covette Rooney of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission upheld the citation and full penalty issued to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for inadequate crowd management following the November 2008 death of an employee...
OSHA Issues Guidance on Spirometry Testing to Prevent Respiratory Hazard Exposure
OSHA and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) developed two guidance documents, one for workers and one for employers, describing the use of spirometry testing to help reduce and prevent worker exposure to respiratory hazards...
PETA Petitions OSHA to Bar Direct Contact with Elephants to Prevent Worker Injuries, Fatalities
The animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) filed a formal petition with OSHA asking the agency to prohibit all direct physical contact between employees and elephants – known as “free contact” – at circuses, exhibits and other businesses that use elephants and to instead require impassable barriers between workers and elephants...
OSHA Schedules Teleconferences for Small Businesses to Provide Input on Proposed MSD Column
OSHA, in partnership with the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy, announced a series of three teleconferences to reach out to the small business community for input on the agency’s proposal to add a column for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) on employer injury and illness logs...
Domestic Service Workers Vulnerable to Occupational Hazards
Domestic service employees who perform tasks such as cleaning, cooking, childcare and care of the elderly may be exposed to occupational health risks such as harsh chemicals and musculoskeletal injuries all while having limited workplace safety rights, an employment law expert explains...
Indiana OSHA Cites Notre Dame $77,500 following Death of Student Employee
On March 15, the Indiana Department of Labor cited the University of Notre Dame with the most serious safety violation allowable under Indiana law for the fatal injury of 20-year-old student employee Declan Sullivan...
Protecting Workers from Falls on Rolling Stock, Commercial Motor Vehicles
In May 2010, OSHA requested additional comments on whether specific regulations are needed to cover falls from rolling stock and commercial motor vehicles. Fall Protection Systems Corp. (FPS), a Florissant, Mo.-based fall protection company, explains why fall protection for these workers could prevent occupational injuries and fatalities...
OSHA Cites Gavilon Grain for Willful Violations Following death of 20-year-old Worker
OSHA has issued 46 safety and health violations at three Ohio Gavilon Grain LLC facilities following the September 2010 death of a 20-year-old worker who was caught in a discharge auger while cleaning out a grain bin...
OSHA Fines Alabama Contractor After Trench Becomes a Grave at a Construction Site
L & K Contracting Co. in Dothan, Ala., was cited by OSHA with five safety violations following a cave-in last September at an excavation site in Enterprise, Ala. One employee died and another was hospitalized after wet, heavy soil collapsed into a deep trench while the men were installing a sewer pipe. Total proposed fines issued were $159,600...
OSHA Catches Spider Man in its Net
OSHA has cited the Broadway production of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark following injuries to cast members...
New OSHA Guidance Helps Small Businesses Comply with Cranes and Derricks Rule
On March 8, OSHA issued the “Small Entity Compliance Guide for Cranes and Derricks in Construction” to help businesses comply with the recently published cranes and derricks in construction rule...
OSHA Final Rule Establishes Procedures for Handling Nuclear, Environmental Retaliation Complaints
OSHA recently published a final rule that makes the procedures for handling whistleblower retaliation complaints under the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and six environmental statutes consistent with retaliation complaint procedures under other OSHA whistleblower provisions...
How Will Federal Budget Uncertainties Affect OSHA?
Congress has approved a 2-week extension to the FY 2011 continuing resolution to fund the government through March 18. The measure cuts $4 billion in federal spending and temporarily prevents a government shutdown, but the final 2011 budget – and its impact on agencies like OSHA – remains uncertain...
Expert: Efforts to Curtail Public Sector Workers Collective Bargaining Rights Impacts All Workers
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s move to strip or significantly narrow his state’s public sector workers’ collective bargaining rights has implications for all unionized workers, both in the public and private sector, according to a labor law expert...
OSHA Timeline Showcases 40 Years of Occupational Safety
A new, interactive OSHA timeline commemorating 40 years of progress protecting the safety and health of American workers illustrates the milestones OSHA and its state partners have achieved in their efforts to reduce injuries, illnesses and deaths...
OSHA, Mexican Consulate Form Alliance to Promote Safety for Mexican Workers
An alliance signed Feb. 18 by OSHA and the Mexican Consulate in Little Rock, Ark., strives to enhance workplace safety and health for Mexican workers in Arkansas and Oklahoma...
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