After a follow-up investigation, the company also was cited with serious and repeat violations. In all, OSHA proposed penalties of $40,600. The company is contesting the citations.
The Texas-based company joins the Washington Division of URS Corp., Georgia-Pacific, General Electric Co., the U.S. Postal Service, and Dow Chemical Co. in the program.
"Because our clients are asking us what they need to meet OSHA and
NFPA regulations, we decided to write a white paper that would give
executives and middle management the answers required to manage arc
flash loss prevention," says co-author John Welch, manager of M.C.
Dean Inc.'s Critical Power Group Atlanta.
One of the goals of the renewed agreement will be conveying civilian workforce safety and health best practices and injury/illness reduction lessons to soldiers where appropriate, the agency said.
Quarrels at home, while driving, and at work sometimes escalate into dangerous and violent arguments. Those caught in the middle—including co-workers, family members, and emergency responders—are at high risk.
In a question-and-answer format, the online publication discusses special regulations that allow federal agencies to hire individuals with severe disabilities who are qualified for jobs without going through the usual competitive hiring process, as well as procedures that agencies are required to have for providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.
Traditionally, when operators or maintenance personnel required access to the hazardous section of machinery, employee health and safety regulations required removing all energy to that machinery.
It is tempting to think in simple terms about lockout/tagout—that you merely need to power down a machine and put a lock through the deenergized disconnect to achieve safety. The reality is that it’s not that simple, and it’s dangerous to think otherwise.
"The American worker is going through a difficult time this Labor Day due to rising energy prices that are cutting deep into their paychecks and the most severe housing sector decline in the post World War II era," said NAM President and CEO John Engler.
Andrew Siemaszko, a former reactor coolant system engineer at FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), was convicted on Aug. 26 by a federal jury in Toledo, Ohio, for concealing information from and making false statements to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Justice Department announced.
The alliance partners jointly will develop training and education programs for new hires in the auto sales, repair, and service industry regarding job-related safety and health issues.
During the 2005-2006 flu season, only 42 percent of surveyed health care workers received a flu vaccination despite their increased risk of exposure to the contagious and potentially deadly infection.
"There is no excuse for endangering employees and ignoring OSHA standards by having the proper safety equipment at the worksite but not using it," said Clyde Payne, OSHA's acting area director in Mobile, Ala.
"We have long realized that accurate safety information, proper education, and training are synonymous with managing the risks we face on a day-to-day basis," said BCSC Executive Director Bryan Lowes.
The committee's two-day meeting in Washington, D.C., also will include a construction standards update from OSHA's directorate of construction.
The live-action afternoon demolition will be part of the group’s national conference, Sept. 7-10.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has released a comprehensive safety video on the massive explosion which shook Danvers, Mass., a suburb of Boston, on Nov. 22, 2006.
Another 25 organizations won Alfred P. Sloan Awards for the second time, the sponsoring organizations announced, and MIOSHA claimed an award.
Beginning next month, hospitals participating in the HHS-administered Hospital Preparedness Program must provide executive summaries of the results of disaster drills they conduct.
Safety Authority president and CEO Harry Diemer said the numbers show that industry in the province is taking public safety seriously, but he added there is always room for improvement.