PSM inspections of chemical facilities through a new National Emphasis Program is listed first among the five most important developments expected from OSHA next year by two lawyers in the OSHA Practice Group of Epstein Becker Green.
The March 13-15 event in London being hosted by the UKSpill Association is negotiating for additional space and finalizing the program.
The voting among projects from 36 start-up companies will take place in January.
The division conducts surveillance, field studies, and research on occupational diseases such as asthma, COPD, and pneumoconiosis -– also called black lung disease, which is caused by inhaling coal dust.
The contractors have been cited for inadequate safeguards to protect workers exposed to airborne concentrations of lead while performing torch cutting operations. The citations carry a total of $127,400 in proposed fines.
A boarding team found the crew of the Still Mis Behavin did not have the required number of fire extinguishers or safety flares, the life raft was not mounted in the proper location, and the emergency position indicating radio beacon had expired.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other employer groups fiercely oppose what they call an "ambush elections" rule.
The hazard for the Arctic Cat Inc. 2102 F, XF, and M models is that their headlamp fuse can fail, which the company found during production testing. The Hamilton Beach Brands Inc. toasters can begin heating as soon as they're plugged in.
The commission voted 4-0 to publish an advance notice of proposed rulemaking. Between April 2010 and September 2011, at least 65 incidents involving gel fuels and firepots have injured 34 people and killed two, the agency says.
The T/V Kings Pointer was the first vessel to arrive at the crash site of Egypt Air Flight 990 in October 1999.
“The number of lives affected by large disasters in the past year is simply staggering,” said Charley Shimanski, senior vice president for Red Cross Disaster Services.
"Failing to ensure machine guarding is in place to protect workers from the point of operation puts employees at risk for injury and amputation hazards," said Howard Eberts, OSHA's area director in Cleveland.
McGough Construction has been working on the $225 million, multi-phase project at St. Cloud Hospital since 2007 and has accumulated almost 1 million hours with no lost-time incidents, according to Minnesota OSHA.
The new site, www.workerhealthsafety.com, will offer news and information about the profession of industrial hygiene and related fields.
More than 67 percent of U.S. adults and 31.7 percent of children are overweight or obese. Over the past 30 years, the prevalence of obesity in children has increased from 4 percent to more than 20 percent.
The association does not favor a boycott of the London games, but Indians resent Dow Chemical's connection with Union Carbide and the December 1984 gas leak at Bhopal.
Shortages of prescription drugs -- the same issue that prompted a Dec. 15 interim final rule from HHS to require manufacturers of some critical drugs to report manufacturing interruptions to FDA –- also is prompting Canadian action.