With the 2010 decrease, Texas has seen a decline in such workplace injuries and illnesses for four years in a row, according to the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation.
Oregon OSHA's Resource e-newsletter for December offers some useful guidance for supervisors. The newsletter is being redesigned for its next issue in February 2012.
MedPro Safety Products, Inc. said it surveyed 262 health care professionals during a conference in mid-2011, and 43 percent of them said they don't believe safety features in place to prevent injuries are always used.
The agency said it has proposed $468,000 in penalties against Boomerang Tube LLC for alleged violations at its Liberty Works in Texas.
"This new page compiles an extensive library of information about robot safety that is available from RIA," said Jeff Burnstein, president of the Robotic Industries Association.
Papetti's Hygrade Egg Products in Klingerstown, Pa., has achieved the highest honor in the agency's VPP.
Sentinel Event Alert Issue 48: Health care worker fatigue and patient safety was created to help health care organizations address the risks of extended work days and cumulative days of extended work hours.
OSHA initiated an inspection after receiving a referral from the Pennsylvania Department of Health regarding an employee with blood containing an elevated level of lead.
The branch in Guangdong Province is the largest property and casualty insurance market in China, according to the company.
The agency conducted fire experiments in vacant but furnished townhouses with results covered in a report about the damage to facepieces caused by "uncovered temperature and heat flow conditions," it said.
A willful health violation was issued for exposing workers to an oxygen deficient environment when processing pizzas in the liquid nitrogen cryogenic freezer.
The proposed rule to extend the Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum wage and overtime provisions would affect nearly 2 million workers who provide in-home care for elderly and infirm individuals, DOL says.
Comments on the notice of proposed rulemaking are due by Jan. 12. There would be an administrative review before an out-of-service order in such a case could take effect.
The proposed $2.1 billion in annual savings is before the Postal Regulatory Commission as USPS has sought an advisory opinion. The commission has set a Jan. 4 prehearing conference “to consider all possible ways to expedite and streamline this proceeding.”
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Alderman Anthony Beale, who chairs the City Council Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure, introduced a reform package that includes revamped training for drivers and a limit of no more than 12 hours of driving per day.
The opening was posted Dec. 9 by Emergency Services Consulting International. Chief Thomas W. Carr Jr., who headed the fire department through its recovery from the tragic Sofa Super Store fire in June 2007, is retiring because he has Parkinson's disease.
The civil penalty is one of the largest ever under the CWA provisions prohibiting the unauthorized discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States.