The Oklahoma Department of Labor and the Oklahoma Safety Council co-sponsor the "Speak Out for Workplace Safety!" contest.
The hazards occurred during framing of new residential units in Omaha, Neb.
OSHA's Dr. David Michaels said the declining rates are encouraging, “even during this period of healthy economic growth when we would expect the rate of injuries to rise.”
The agencies' leaders signed it during the 2014 OSHA Oil & Gas Safety and Health Conference taking place this week in Houston.
The agency's Climate Change Occupational Safety and Health Work Group is working to determine OSH issues, identify gaps in worker protection, and make recommendations for safety and health improvements.
"There's gotta be a better way. If we go chemical by chemical, it'll take us centuries," Assistant Secretary Michaels said.
If you are working in a classified environment and your vacuum is not NRTL-certified, you can be fined and, more importantly, you are risking your facility’s safety every day.
It is intended to protect rail employees working on active tracks, or right-of-ways, under the supervision of a dispatcher.
The city's Office of Emergency Management launched a "Reduce Your Risk" campaign on Nov. 21 and released NYC's Risk Landscape: A Guide to Hazard Mitigation.
The operator, Houston-based Fieldwood Energy, reported three other workers were hurt in the Nov. 20 explosion and are being treated at an on-shore medical facility.
The California Public Utilities Commission approved it Nov. 20.
The worker was injured by a front-end loader in Shelby, Neb.
The annual day on which smokers are strongly encouraged to quit occurs on the third Thursday of November.
OSHA investigated in May after a worker was severely injured while performing maintenance.
The safety council also provided tips for staying safe on the roads.
The report says those younger than 5 are at the greatest risk. More than half of all drowning deaths are people younger than 25.
The agency announced that its Ohmsett facility conducted a subsurface test at an unprecedented flow rate late last month.
Southern Grouts and Mortars Inc. has been cited for eight violations after OSHA's Fort Worth area office investigated.
Former Massey Energey Co. CEO Donald L. Blankenship has been indicted by a West Virginia federal grant jury on charges that he conspired to violate mandatory federal mine safety and health standards, conspired to impede federal mine safety officials, made false statements to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and committed securities fraud.
After a winter storm dumped heavy snow on Minnesota and brought high winds and plummeting temperatures to the Midwest, both agencies posted reminders about staying safe in cold conditions.