Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Joseph A. Main made remarks in Nashville at the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association convention.
According to BLS, 77 deaths in the forestry industry were recorded in 2014.
Employers intending to use winch- or cable-assisted systems for steep slope logging must ensure that the harvesting machine was specified by its manufacturer for operation on slopes of more than 40 or 50 percent or seek a research variance before using the harvesting machine above its slope limit with a tethered system.
OSHA has said the proposed rule "would bring protections into the 21st century" because it currently enforces 40-year-old permissible exposure limits for crystalline silica in general industry, construction, and shipyards.
Kenneth Snider Inc. has been fined $59,000 for the violations.
OSHA has cited J. Walter Miller Co. for 12 violations.
The department cautioned that @FDNYAlerts does not replace 911 calls and is not a means for reporting emergencies to the department.
"We know that there is persistent abuse, addiction, overdose mortality, and risk of NOWS associated with IR opioid products," said Dr. Douglas Throckmorton, M.D., deputy center director of regulatory programs at FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. "Today, we have taken an important next step in clarifying and making more prominent the known risks of IR opioid medications."
The awardees will be honored at the 2016 AIHce conference.
The agency has proposed more than $64K in fines.