It examines why Latino immigrants under age 25 are at increased risk for injury and death when working for small firms in the construction industry.
Ten rail cars carrying crude oil ignited after the May 6 derailment near Heimdahl, N.D. Firefighters were allowing the last four burning cars to burn out later in the day.
The completion of En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) signals a major milestone, Secretary Foxx says.
Pacemaker Steel & Piping Co. Inc. faces $45,500 in penalties as a result, according to OSHA.
"While employers have been steadily expanding their efforts at creating healthier and safer workforces in recent years, what has been largely missing are strategies to integrate the work of the health and safety teams and a way to accurately assess the business impact of that work. This new guidance paper offers a pathway to both," said Todd Hohn, CSP, global director of Workplace Health and Safety for Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
Representatives of Turner Construction, OSHA, and Deputy Labor Secretary Christopher Lu will speak at the site May 6 about the importance of preventing falls.
The alliance allows OSHA to speak, exhibit and appear at events sponsored by the NCTE.
A Republic Steel plant electrician received burns after an arc flash.
The agency cited the video from two recent crashes involving buses and tractor-trailers, which did not provide needed information about those crashes.
The festival involves AIHA members shooting a short video (two minutes or less), which is then uploaded on YouTube and promoted on Twitter. The purpose of this contest is to raise awareness and the profile of industrial/occupational hygiene.
Included is a customer loyalty program for the container segment, a first for the Panama Canal Authority.
One is a proposed standard on competencies of responders to derailments of high-hazard flammable trains carrying crude oil, ethanol, and other Class 3 products.
Beginning Feb. 1, 2016, mine operators must use Continuous Personal Dust Monitors to sample for respirable coal mine dust on working sections of underground coal mines. The courses are required for personnel who sample, maintain or calibrate CPDMs.
OSHA has cited Wellington Stamping for seven serious violations.
The money is available through the new Sector Partnerships National Emergency Grant program.
It is similar in content and organization to the general industry confined spaces standard, with some provisions for construction-specific hazards -- including requirements to ensure that multiple employers share vital safety information and continuously monitor hazards.
The agency has advised owners of these cars to fix their vehicles as soon as possible.
The poster is titled "Job Safety and Health – It's the Law!"
How the flexible polyurethane foam manufacturing industry manages the handling of toluene diisocyanate.
This year's conference will be year four for the popular Ignite sessions, which are five-minute talks on pretty much any topic.