It will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the agency's Vehicle and Research Test Center in East Liberty, Ohio.
OSHA's Birmingham Area Office initiated an inspection Sept. 12 in response to the fatality. The willful violation is failing to install guards to prevent access to the rotating and moving parts of a pre-plate boring machine used to drill holes into railroad ties.
The 29-day campaign stressed moving over one lane or slowing to 20 mph below the speed limit when approaching any emergency vehicle stopped on the side of the road.
Tan Kia Tang, deputy director of the Occupational Safety and Health Specialist Department at the Ministry of Manpower in Singapore, is the Yant Award winner.
More medical liability claims come from ambulatory settings than anywhere else, but there is a "serious shortage of reliable data" to help those trying to improve the situation, it finds.
The company's CEO recently announced improved safety results across the company, including 84 operations with no lost-time injuries and two former Massey Energy mines removed from MSHA's potential pattern of violation list.
The center will help expand the Red Cross’s ability to engage with the public during emergencies. Tests run during recent tornadoes in the Midwest enabled Red Cross team members to determine where to position workers on the ground.
The new requirements for testing and certification become effective in 30 days, but manufactures can make and sell currently approved respirators for the next three years.
The report released Feb. 28 by researchers from the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the IU European Union Center is being cited by the American Chemical Council as proof REACH won't work well in the US.
The new policy is geared to enhance the role played by plant workers in determining root causes of incidents and promoting facility safety.
The $222.2 million request includes $3.7 million in base funding for the National Offshore Training and Learning Center, where federal inspectors are being trained.
Six ranges or sites will be chosen, as Congress ordered. But the legislative mandate contained no funding to set up, manage, or oversee them.
Since 2006, OSHA has conducted five fatality inspections at dairy farms in Wisconsin. Hazards cited have been related to animal handling, tractor rollover protection, and manure pits.
Earlier estimates of 337,000 annual U.S. hospital stays related to C. difficile actually understate its overall impact.
Provide training in the proper selection and use of PPE for your employees and yourself such as eyewear, gloves, boots, and dust masks/respirators for cleaning and other operations.
The total is an increase from 2010’s all-time low of 17 deaths. That figure was likely tied, in part, to the economic downturn. In 2009, 31 people died on the job, and in 2008 there were 45 deaths.
The final report summarizes impacts from the November 2007 oil spill and describes restoration projects, which trustees will begin to fund this spring.
The Nickerson Street rechannelization has reduced speeding and collisions without affecting traffic volumes. Such projects are among nine proven countermeasures recommended by FHWA in January.
"This study shows that integrating return-to-work strategies into therapy leads to less time out of work with little to no compromise in people’s psychological well-being over the course of one year,” said Suzanne Lagerveld, the study's lead author.
Regan Smith, who drives the No. 78 Chevrolet for a team based in Denver, is ranked 19th after finishing 20th in the Subway Fresh Fit 500 in Phoenix.