OSHA has formed an alliance with the Wayne Finger Lakes Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) to provide students in Wayne, Seneca, Ontario, and Yates counties with information and training to reduce workplace hazards.
The first recipient of the award--to be announced in early April--will receive a $5,000 safety and health scholarship, an internship that includes salary and living expenses, and an opportunity to attend ASSE's annual PDC, being held this year in San Antonio at the end of June.
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, shown here, announced a total of $611 million has been recovered in connection with the partial collapse of the highway tunnel's ceiling, which killed a woman in a car.
OSHA began its inspection following a release of steam and heated petroleum coke that occurred the day before while workers were removing refractory brick used for lining furnaces in kiln chambers.
"I'm calling upon the region's employers to review their excavation safety procedures to ensure that no employee enters an excavation unless and until it is properly guarded against collapse," said Arthur Dube, OSHA's area director in Buffalo, N.Y.
A Dec. 23, 2008, incident in which two employees were injured when they were struck by a 700-pound forging that shot up in the air while they were attempting to free it from a malfunctioning die on a power press led to the second of two agency inspections.
Construction of housing and venues such as the Aquatics Centre shown in this Feb. 2, 2009, photo will employ about 30,000 workers, but nearly 200,000 people will be working during the actual games, said London 2012 Organising Committee Chair Sebastian Coe.
In addition, eight serious violations include management's failure to provide a warning line system around the entire perimeter of the roof, failure to provide a path of access to the hoisting area, improper use of ladders, and lack of employee training.
The broadcast at 10 a.m. Central time is a roundtable discussion in which company representatives will share safety best practices and how they train employees.
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood recently announced that Pittsburgh International and Allegheny County Airports will receive the first funding allocations for airport infrastructure projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
"The shrouded mystery of electricity compels many safety managers to depend upon plant electrical maintenance or engineering departments to manage their electrical safety program," writes Phil Allen, president and owner of Grace Engineered Products.
Through the partnership, APCa has developed 10 fact sheets so far, all describing best safety practices when working with equipment such as backhoes, sidebooms, and trenching machines.
Oregon OSHA Administrator Michael Wood, shown here, announced the 2008 total, 44, on Tuesday at the 2009 Oregon Governor's Occupational Safety and Health Conference in Salem.
Following an investigation of the Sept. 12, 2008, incident that killed four workers, the company has been charged with violating the OSH Act.
Letters of intent to create the center are due by March 16. NIOSH expects to make one award of up to $5 million per year for five years to support the center, with the intention of making it a national information resource for all construction stakeholders.
"With this recovery package, we will be creating jobs, saving jobs, and putting money in people's pockets," Biden said.
"We would like to ensure all construction companies--big and small--are prepared to effectively control the workplace hazards their employees may encounter," said Nick Walters, OSHA's area director in Peoria.
OSHA standards require an effective form of fall protection whenever employees work at heights of six feet or greater.
OSHA has is inviting employers from Connecticut and southern New England to attend a free March 12 meeting at Wesleyan University in Middletown to learn about the agency's Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP).
One in 17 British carpenters born in the 1940s will die of the cancer of the lining of the lungs caused by asbestos, according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer.