"Dr. Michaels is widely regarded as a pivotal business leader in this space over the last eight years, and this is an unprecedented opportunity to get his insight into where U.S. EHS and sustainability programs are headed," said Mark Ward, general manager at UL EHS Sustainability.
The association issued a news release after the U.S. Senate passed H.J. Res. 83, which permanently overturns OSHA's recordkeeping rule, once the president signs it.
Disney will provide $3.8 million in back wages to comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
EonNutra LLC, CDSM LLC, and HABW LLC have been ordered to immediately cease operations.
The DOJ sought a permanent injunction against the company for manufacturing and distributing unapproved new drugs.
Costs are recovered where there has been a material breach of health and safety law; a material breach is defined as one where a business or organization has broken the law and the inspector considers it serious enough to notify them in writing.
An explosion at a Packaging Corporation of America plant in DeRidder killed three workers and injured seven on Feb. 8.
Contractor North Country Services and its owner, Mark Welty, failed to conduct the required engineering survey to determine the state of the wall and whether it could collapse during the work, the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development's investigators concluded, and Welty failed to make sure it was braced or stabilized "despite clear indications the wall was damaged."
The investigation found the director did not ensure the waste burning was carried out safely, failed to administer any first aid to the injured worker, and did not send him to a hospital. He also did not inform HSE of the incident as legally required.
Eric Ronald Scott has been ordered not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce.
The zones are in the Intracoastal Waterway and offshore near Palm Beach, Fla.
Based on an executive order signed by President Obama in July 2014, the regulations spelled out how federal contractors were to disclose violations of the OSH Act and 13 other labor laws. It prompted a rare alliance: AGC and ABC both sought to repeal it.
The largest 20 fines imposed for health and safety offenses last year cost the businesses involved a total of $48.4 million, about three times more than the largest 20 fines in 2015 cost and eight times higher than in 2014.
Dedication, communication, training, effective management and disciplinary action when necessary, and adherence to best practices and current standards are part of the answer.
The explosion killed two workers and injured an additional 167. CSB identified a number of failed safety management processes.
The New York City Council's housing committee will consider a package of legislation Jan. 31, after NYCOSH called for legislation including an increase in training for construction workers and mandatory apprenticeship programs on large construction sites.
Brighter lighting for crosswalks will be installed at 1,000 high-risk intersections and $550,000 will be spent to buy 120 handheld laser speed detection guns to be deployed to local police precincts, providing a third speed detection gun per precinct.
HSE said its investigators determined the company had failed to ensure the driver of the Range Rover was familiar with procedures and also failed to properly separate the workers on the production line from the moving vehicles.
The company now faces $219,242 in proposed penalties.
A 3-0 decision by a panel of judges from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied his appeal of his conviction for conspiracy to willfully violate federal mine health and safety standards.