Solis to Establish Charter on Construction Safety and Health Advisory Committee
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis will re-establish the charter of OSHA’s Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH). The group advises the secretary on formulating safety and health standards and policies that affect construction workers and the construction industry...
VPPPA Supports OSHA’s Position on Incentive Programs
The Voluntary Protection Programs Participants’ Association Inc. (VPPPA) has come out in support of OSHA’s position that incentive programs must not encourage underreporting of injury and illnesses. The question of the merit of incentive programs resurfaced when OSHA, as part of its National Emphasis Program on Recordkeeping, suggested that the existence of incentive programs may qualify for deliberate under-reporting, raising a recordkeeping violation from “other-than-serious” to the willful level...
OSHA Cites Cannon Builders and proposes nearly $128,000 in Penalties for Endangering Workers
OSHA has cited Cannon Builders Inc. of Blackfoot, Idaho, for multiple workplace safety hazards at its Hansen, Idaho, worksite. The citations carry proposed penalties of $127,800...
OSHA Launches Distracted Driving Online Resource
In conjunction with Drive Safely Work Week held Oct. 4-8, OSHA announced an education campaign calling on employers to prevent work-related distracted driving and placed a special focus on prohibiting texting while driving...
NSC: OSHA’s Top 10 Most Cited Violations
On Oct. 5, OSHA revealed the top 10 most cited violations in fiscal year 2010 during a special session at the National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo in San Diego, highlighting the agency’s enforcement efforts for fall protection, hazard communication, electrical safety and more...
NSC: OSHA, MSHA, NIOSH Leaders Discuss the State of Occupational Safety
In an Oct. 5 National Safety Council (NSC) Congress occupational keynote, OSHA Administrator David Michaels, NIOSH Director John Howard and MSHA Administrator Joe Main discussed their priorities and goals for occupational safety and health...
OSHA Reports on State-Run Occupational Safety and Health Programs
OSHA announced Sept. 28 that it has concluded a special evaluation of state-run occupational safety and health programs under its jurisdiction. According to the agency, the review uncovered both well-run state plans as well as concerns about some plans’ hazard identification, proposed penalty levels, violation follow-up procedures and more...
OSHA, Shipbuilding Group Alliance Set Goals to Ensure Workers’ Safety
Educating workers about their rights and job hazards, with an emphasis on developing materials and programs for limited- and non-English speaking workers, are among the goals of a recent alliance between OSHA and the Shipbuilding Group. The alliance will provide shipyard workers and employers with informational tools and access to training resources to help prevent worker injuries and illnesses...
DOT Announces New Distracted Driving Regulations
On Sept. 21, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood kicked off the 2010 National Distracted Driving Summit by announcing new anti-distracted driving regulations for commercial truck and bus drivers, rail operators and drivers transporting hazardous materials...
GAO Report Calls for Improvements in OSHA’s Whistleblower Program
On Sept. 16, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report detailing weaknesses in OSHA’s whistleblower program and recommended several actions to improve the program’s effectiveness and efficiency...
OSHA Awards $8 million in Safety and Health Training Grants
OSHA recently awarded $8 million in Susan Harwood Capacity Building Grants to 45 organizations, including nonprofit and community/faith-based groups, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor/management associations and colleges and universities. The grants will assist these organizations in providing safety and health training and educational programs for workers and employers...
OSHA Fines Alabama Lumber Co. $439,000 for Violations Following Worker Death
OSHA has cited MDLG, doing business as Phenix Lumber Co., for 53 safety and health violations following the death of one worker and the critical injury of a second at its Phenix City, Ala., facility. The proposed penalties total $439,400...
OSHA’s Michaels Puts Focus on Long Work Hours, Fatigue and Worker Safety
In response to recent requests from advocacy organizations and individuals to issue regulations that would limit the work hours of resident physicians, OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels acknowledged that long working hours and worker fatigue is a safety concern not only for medical residents, but for employees in other industries as well...
OSHA Proposes Improvements to Its On-site Consultation Program
On Sept. 3, OSHA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to revise regulations covering the agency’s On-site Consultation Program. The changes will provide the agency greater flexibility for inspecting worksites that are undergoing an on-site consultation visit and those that are granted Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) status, as well as ensure enhanced worker safety...
OSHA Fines Whitesell Corp. $3 Million for Amputation Hazards at Two Factories
On Sept. 1, OSHA fined Whitesell Corp. $3,071,500 and cited the company with 72 safety and health violations for exposing workers to amputation hazards and other problems at its manufacturing plants in Tuscumbia and Muscle Shoals, Ala...
10 OSHA Recordkeeping Questions (Employers Get Wrong)
One of the nation’s top OSHA law attorneys shares the list of common recordkeeping mistakes he sees employers making...
DOL Awards Amtrak Employee $160,000 in Retaliation Case
On Aug. 26, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) ordered Amtrak to pay employee Nicole Anderson $60,000 in compensatory damages and $100,000 in punitive damages for the retaliation she experienced after reporting an on-the-job injury...
ASSE Urges OSHA to Utilize Consensus Standards When Developing Slips and Falls Rule
In an Aug. 19 letter to OSHA on the proposed Walking-Working Surfaces and Personal Protective Equipment rule (29 CFR, Part 1910), the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) urged the agency to utilize existing fall standards and the voluntary consensus standards as it develops the new rule...
OSHA Cites SeaWorld $75,000 Following Animal Trainer’s Death
OSHA has cited SeaWorld of Florida LLC a total of $75,000 for three safety violations following the Feb. 24 death of an animal trainer. SeaWorld, however, argued that OSHA’s allegations are unfounded and intends to contest the citations...
Fatal Injuries Declined 17 Percent in 2009
Preliminary results from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries released Aug. 19 show a decline in workplace fatalities in 2009 of 17 percent, compared with 2008. Transportation injuries, still the number one workplace killer, dropped 21 percent...
OSHA Warns Gulf Coast Employers Against Withholding HAZWOPER Certificates
OSHA has received numerous complaints from workers taking part in the Gulf Coast oil spill cleanup whose employers are refusing to provide them with a certificate following their completion of training under the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, or HAZWOPER, standard...
OSHA Proposes Another $374,500 in Fines Against Cooperative Plus
OSHA recently proposed penalties of $374,500 against Cooperative Plus Inc., a farmer-owned cooperative, for federal workplace safety violations at its Whitewater and Genoa City, Wis., sites. This action follows the $721,000 in penalties issued Aug. 4 after a worker was seriously injured from being engulfed by soybeans at the cooperative’s Burlington, Wis., facility in February...
OSHA Cites Moscow, Pa., Roofing Contractor for Endangering Workers
OSHA has cited Eastern Roofing Systems Inc. of Moscow for fall hazards at a residential roof repairing operation in Scranton, Pa, with roposed penalties totaling $53,200...
BP Agrees To Pay Full Penalty of $50.6 Million For Citations Stemming from 2005 Texas City Refinery Explosion
OSHA on Aug. 12 announced that BP Products North America Inc. will pay the full penalty of $50.6 million stemming from the 2005 explosion at its Texas City, Texas, refinery that killed 15 workers and injured 170 others. The agreement resolves failure-to-abate citations issued in October 2009 after a follow-up investigation. In addition to paying the record fine, BP has agreed to take immediate steps to protect those now working at the refinery, allocating a minimum of $500 million to that effort...
OSHA Proposes Hundreds of Citations, $16.6 Million in Fines for Kleen Energy Explosion
OSHA on August 5 cited three construction companies and 14 site contractors for 371 alleged workplace safety violations and proposed $16.6 million dollars in penalties following an investigation into the causes of February’s deadly natural gas explosion at the Kleen Energy Systems LLC power plant construction site in Middletown, Conn., that took the lives of six workers and injured 50 others...
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