Aug. 1 is the first compliance date for the new rule that lowers the allowable exposure of coal miners to respirable coal mine dust; some parts of the rule are being phased in for the next two years.
Visitors can sign in to its website for access to 10 from this year’s Conference & Expo.
Alleged violations at a Chicago store brought a proposed penalty of $110,700.
The citations stem from work sites where employees were performing roofing work without fall protection.
OSHA has proposed more than $70,000 in fines against P. Gioioso & Sons Inc. for hazards at a Massachusetts work site.
The local share of the federal grant is $54,340, bringing the total to $543,400.
The new Workplace design solutions document cites steel embeds for guardrail support, embedded roof anchor points, and straps embedded in concrete.
Medicare provides much of the public financing for graduate medical education -- an estimated $9.7 billion in 2012. The report calls for more oversight and accountability.
The September conference will focus on wellness and total worker health.
Effective Aug. 1, subscribers who now receive printed copies no longer will receive them. The publication is available free online.
Seven cars in a Conrail freight train derailed Nov. 30, 2012, in Paulsboro, N.J., with one car carrying vinyl chloride ruptured as a result. New Jersey’s Department of Health reported earlier this year that its surveys of residents showed more than half experienced new or worsening health symptoms after the chemical release.
Advance Lifts made the announcement.
Tugboats completed the tow of the Costa Concordia to the port of Genoa, where it will be scrapped, on July 27.
Boat operators under the influence of alcohol are 10 times more likely to die in a boating accident than are sober operators, Aux. David Glaser explained.
The proposed changes to OAR 437-002-0146, its confined space rule, include removing the term "self-rescue" from the rule, except in a note clarifying that self-rescue is not a viable option.
Fire deaths are declining and the average arrival times for first and second engines are matching its predictions – within six minutes and within eight minutes.
The partnership will promote the safety of fresh and minimally processed agricultural products.
Federal inspectors issued 186 citations in June.
Thomas E. Perez releases a statement through the Department of Labor.
A new directive has been issued that replaces a March 2002 directive. The new one applies to all work activities on communication towers that involve the use of a personnel hoist -- not just new towers.