In all, the employer faces allegations of three willful and 16 serious violations carrying nearly $201,000 in penalties, plus an other-than-serious charge with no proposed penalty related to voluntary respirator use.
"For too long workers have avoided making claims of unsafe work conditions out of fear of losing their jobs," said OSHA chief Dr. David Michaels. "We are confident that this new training will embolden workers to speak up when they find work practices that endanger their lives and the lives of their co-workers."
According to EEOC, the company subjected an employee to unfair and heightened job scrutiny, gave him poor performance ratings, and refused to promote him based on his age, 61, despite his successful job performance.
The safety consulting firm that received the VPP award assists companies with establishing and managing health and safety management systems. The effectiveness of its own such system at its office in Mars, Pa., merited recognition, OSHA said.
Completion of the English or Spanish course provides New York drivers a mandatory 10-percent reduction in the base rate of their current automobile liability, no-fault, and collision premiums for three years and up to a four point reduction on their driving record.
The San Francisco-based company was charged with refusing to let a female employee work as a mechanic while hiring less-qualified men and then firing her after she filed a discrimination charge.
The Fire and Emergency Services unit, the largest military firefighter contingent in the U.S. Army, received the 2009 award for the large Fire Department of the Year for saving lives during the November 2009 mass shooting incident.
"This partnership speaks volumes about the direction the plumbing industry seeks to go and how each of our memberships holds the other's expertise in high regard," said Jay Peters, ICC PMG Group's executive director.
Analysis of the 4,086 service members who died from vehicle accidents while on active duty from 1998 through 2009 revealed the fatality rate was 52 percent higher in the first 30 days after deployment for personnel who had been in Iraq or Afghanistan.
June 18 is the new deadline for nominations for several important 2010 awards, including the Safety, Health and Survival Section Awards and the Fire Service Award for Excellence.
New York City Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano officiated at their June 7 graduation ceremony with Lt. Col. Reid L. Sawyer, director of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point.
A van from the Health and Safety Executive is making a two-week safety tour of major construction sites in the South East region through June 21.
Genetics, diet, lifestyle, and a lack of health care are cited as factors contributing to the higher rate.
The series of half-day seminars will discuss ergonomics, pandemic influenza, indoor air quality, fire protection, and other potential workplace hazards.
The chiefs' Safety, Health and Survival Section issued the request June 1, saying two similar incidents that nearly killed firefighters demand additional training.
Baltimore is known as a "City of Firsts" for good reason. In 1743, its Maryland Jockey Club became the first professional sports organization in the United States; in 1774, the city opened the first post office system in the country; in 1816, it became the first city to illuminate streets with hydrogen gas; and in 1920, its Rustless Iron & Steel Co. became the first factory to manufacture stainless steel. And that's just scratching the surface.
Companies and leaders alike are often quick to point to training deficiencies or lack of an established behavioral pattern (habit) as the root cause of accidents. Training seems to become the easy solution; or, worse, it is viewed as some sort of magic potion. Safety training can certainly be an answer, but is it the right answer?
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Members of the Safety Equipment Distributors Association are bound for downtown Baltimore this month and the association’s 2010 Safety Leadership Forum in better spirits than a year ago. The event kicks off with a June 15 reception at 6 p.m., less than three hours after the expo of ASSE’s annual meeting has closed, which allows distributor members who exhibited there to attend the SEDA meeting economically, said Kaymie Thompson Owen, SEDA’s associate director.
Throughout my 27 years spent working in manufacturing, I've worked with electricity in some way or another. I've been a maintenance mechanic, maintenance supervisor, equipment technician, appliance repairman, TV/VCR technician, and more. Although I've been extremely fortunate never to have encountered a fatality that was caused by electricity, almost everyone I've worked with has been zapped, tingled, or shocked at some point in their lives, either on or off the job.