OSHA Confirms Continuance of VPP
The Voluntary Protection Programs Participants’ Association, Inc. (VPPPA) has received confirmation from the Acting Assistant Secretary for OSHA, Jordan Barab, that OSHA is not suspending the Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP)....
American Packaging Corp. Earns VPP Star Site Status
OSHA has certified the RP&L Division of American Packaging Corp. in Columbus, Wis., as a star site in its Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP)....
DOL FY 2010 Budget Includes Increased OSHA Funding
On May 7, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis outlined President Obama’s FY 2010 U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) budget, which she said will begin to restore worker protection programs and revitalize employment opportunities for the American workforce....
House Hearing Examines OSHA's Enhanced Enforcement Program
A special worker health and safety program that targets employers that repeatedly put their workers in harms way is not working and needs to be refocused, witnesses told the Workforce Protections Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee during an April 30 hearing....
OSHA Initiates Rulemaking on Combustible Dust Hazards
OSHA will issue an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on combustible dust...
AIHA Asks OSHA to Lower Noise Exposure PEL
American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) President Lindsay E. Booher sent a letter to OSHA Acting Assistant Secretary Jordan Barab asking OSHA to lower the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) for occupational noise...
OSHA Convenes Rulemaking Panel on Diacetyl Exposure
On April 28, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced that OSHA will convene a Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) panel May 5 on a draft proposed rule on occupational exposure to diacetyl and food flavorings containing diacetyl. ...
Solis Honors Fallen Workers, Unveils OSHA Plans for Worker Safety During Recovery Act Efforts
During a ceremony on Workers Memorial Day, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis paid tribute to workers who lost their lives on the job and revealed that OSHA’s economic recovery funds are slated for enforcement, training, construction data collection and more to help improve worker safety....
House Democrats Reintroduce the Protecting America's Workers Act
On April 23, Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee, led by U.S. Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., chair of the Workforce Protections Subcommittee, reintroduced the Protecting America's Workers Act...
OSHA Notifies Workplaces with High Injury and Illness Rates
OSHA sent letters to than 13,500 employers nationwide this month as notification that their injury and illness rates are considerably higher than the national average....
L&I Finds Multiple Violations at Tesoro
Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has cited the Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co.’s Anacortes refinery for violations found as a result of a focused inspection aimed at reducing the likelihood of catastrophic events associated with petroleum refinery operations. ...
OSHA Proposes $60,000 in Fines Against Mass. Contractor for Cave-In Hazard
OSHA proposed $60,000 in fines against G. Lopes Construction Inc. for allegedly failing to provide cave-in protection for employees working in a 6-foot, 3-inch-deep excavation located in Taunton, Mass....
Jordan Barab Named Deputy Assistant Secretary for OSHA
On April 8, U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis named Jordan Barab, senior labor policy advisor for health and safety for the House Education and Labor Committee, OSHA’s deputy assistant secretary and acting assistant secretary effective April 13....
OSHA Orders Southern Air to Withdraw Lawsuit and Pay $7.9 Million to Whistleblowers
OSHA has ordered Southern Air Inc., a Norwalk, Conn.-based air cargo carrier, to withdraw a lawsuit it filed against nine former employees and pay them more than $7.9 million in wages, damages and legal fees. Southern Air, however, announced intentions to appeal, claiming OSHA's findings are without merit....
OSHA Fines Brunalli Construction Co. $180,950 for Fall and Drowning Hazards
Brunalli Construction Co. of Southington, Conn., faces $180,950 in proposed OSHA fines for allegedly failing to protect its employees against fall, drowning and other hazards while they worked to rebuild a bridge over the Housatonic River in the Falls Village section of Canaan, Conn....
AIHA Supports Combustible Dust Legislation, Offers Recommendations
In an April 2 letter to House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) stressed its support of HR 849, legislation that would compel OSHA to issue an interim and final combustible dust standard to help prevent deadly explosions....
OSHA Releases New Respiratory Protection Guidance
In its newly published guidance document, Assigned Protection Factors (APF), OSHA provides employers with vital information for selecting respirators for workers exposed to contaminants in the air....
GAO: Department of Labor Failing to Protect Workers
Federal agents posing as workers have completed an undercover investigation of the Department of Labor (DOL) that has resulted in claims that the department frequently mishandles serious worker complaints, placing many workers at risk. The outcome of the investigation is detailed in a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that found DOL mishandled nine out of the 10 cases included in the undercover operation....
OSHA Cites Two Contractors Following Fatality at Oklahoma Worksite
OSHA has cited Oxbow Calcining LLC of Kremlin, Okla., and Kansas City, Mo.-based Geo. P. Reintjes Co. Inc. for alleged safety and health violations following the death of a worker on North 30th Street in Kremlin....
OSHA and Shipbuilders Council Address Shipyard Hazards
Electrocution and welding hot work hazards are among safety alerts addressed by a recently renewed alliance between OSHA and the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA)....
OSHA, ABSA Form Alliance to Address Biological Safety Hazards
The American Biological Safety Association (ABSA), through a recently renewed alliance with OSHA, developed four new fact sheets on biological safety issues, including Select Agent Diseases and Zoonotic Diseases....
AIHA Urges Solis to Consider Worker Safety, Health Issues
In a March 9 letter, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) asked Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to consider three issues when addressing occupational safety and health: appointing an OSHA leader; ensuring the stimulus package will help create new jobs and offer workplace protections for workers; and striving to update permissible exposure limits (PELs)....
HRA: Antiquated OSHA Lead Standards Fail to Protect Americans
While the United States has dramatically reduced environmental lead levels since the 1970s, new findings show that Americans who work with lead and their families are still at risk of developing serious chronic health conditions, according to UC Berkeley's Health Research for Action (HRA)....
ASSE: Consensus Standards Should Be Referenced in Cranes and Derricks Rule
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) expressed a variety of concerns focused on the failure to reference widely accepted national voluntary consensus standards addressing crane safety in the proposed updated federal Cranes and Derricks in Construction Rule in testimony by ASSE professional member Matt Burkart at a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) public hearing....
Labor Secretary Solis Takes Action on Diacetyl
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced March 16 the withdrawal of an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for occupational exposure to food flavorings containing diacetyl. The withdrawal will facilitate OSHA’s timely development of a standard to protect workers from bronchiolitis obliterans, a serious and potentially fatal lung disease associated with such an exposure....
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