An alliance between OSHA and the American Society of Safety Engineers continues with the goal of fostering a culture of prevention for safety and health hazards at U.S. job sites.
The Springfield, Ill.-based facility, which houses an office, warehouse, and woodshop, has been inspected by the agency on two occasions since January 1995.
On only the second official day of the annual event, the society has announced it has broken records for both turnout and exhibition space sold.
OSHA recently renewed its alliance with the Construction Institute (CI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The alliance will continue encouraging employers in the construction industry to incorporate safety and health information and training resources into their work processes.
Residential fire sprinklers and improved energy efficiency are just a few of the code change proposals expected to draw lively debate during the International Code Council's Final Action Hearings at the Code Council's 2008 Annual Conference. Held Sept. 14-23, at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, the annual conference offers visitors the opportunity to broaden your code knowledge and contribute to the future of building safety and fire prevention.
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has called on employers to support National Men's Health Week, June 9-15, in a bid to improve the health of male workers across the UK.
The library houses resources from around the world related to preventing road traffic injuries and deaths at work. The resources are stored in the "Road Safety at Work" online library, www.roadsafetyatwork.org.
From 1992-2006, a total of 11,303 Hispanic workers died from work-related injuries. The death rate for Hispanic workers was consistently higher than the rate for all U.S. workers, and the proportion of deaths among foreign-born Hispanic workers increased over time.
The department conducted six public hearings on the proposed rule and made changes to the final rule in response to hundreds of comments.
Two of the three firms cited are each receiving a willful violation for failing to have a qualified person determine if the structure could support the additional three-quarters of an inch of wet concrete weight that was added to the 20-inch floor slab.
Companies with excellent safety records will be honored at the Washington, D.C., event by the association, which represents more than 24,000 non-union firms.
"The sizable fines proposed in this case reflect both the seriousness and the recurrence of this potentially deadly and disabling hazard," said C. William Freeman III, OSHA's area director in Hartford, Conn.
Making and keeping the workplace safe and healthy will be the focus of the 5th annual "Safety Day, June 12, in Pewaukee, Wis.
The new award is designed to recognize excellence and innovation in hearing loss prevention.
"Together, the new Fire and Building Codes will improve safety while also making it easier for construction professionals, designers, property owners, businesses, and others to work here more efficiently and understand their obligations under the law," NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
The city's newspapers are reporting that a second construction worker died in the incident.
"The regulation-driven remediation efforts can dramatically impact the cost of renovation or demolition, quickly costing millions of dollars for a single, large-scale project," said EH&E President and co-founder John McCarthy.
AGC of America says the new standards and rules would require California contractors to retrofit, re-power, or replace off-road diesel equipment at a cost expected to reach $13 billion.