As temperatures go up, rates of PPE compliance tend to go down.
We need to change the mindset these machine-based methodologies must be viewed skeptically or cynically.
OSHA proposed fines of $111,650 following inspection at a Packaging Corporation of America facility.
Requirements for proper protective equipment may be overlooked in this booming industry.
The fines proposed against S and S Communication Specialists Inc. are the maximum amount possible -- $7,000 per serious violation -- in connection with the collapse of two towers in Clarksburg, W.Va., on Feb. 1, 2014.
The president's Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces order will require that new federal contractors with contracts valued at more than $500,000 disclose labor law violations for the previous three years. The National Association of Manufacturers responded that this is "a dangerous game for our President to be playing with federal contracts."
The proposal aims to simplify the process and improve consistency, with an emphasis on more serious conditions.
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.