"Employees have a strong and clear right to raise legitimate safety and health concerns about their working conditions without fear of termination or reprisal," said Marthe Kent, OSHA's New England regional administrator.
Making and keeping the workplace safe and healthful will be the focus of the 18th Annual Downstate Illinois Occupational Safety and Health (DIOSH) Day slated for March 4 at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Ill. Workplace safety and health issues will be discussed and information made available to employers, employees and the general public.
PowerTest 2009 will bring the testing and maintenance industry together on the San Antonio Riverwalk for the March 9-12 event hosted by the InterNational Electrical Testing Association (NETA).
An investigation found alleged willful violations in the construction company's failure to provide training in avoiding hazards associated with working in trenches eight feet deep or more and failure to provide a means of egress while employees are working at excavation worksites that are four feet deep or more.
A free, one-hour safe handling CE webinar on the subject is planned for April 20--the inaugural Safe Handling Awareness Day--and all health care professionals are invited to participate.
The two-day event to be held in Crystal City, Va., will be designed to identify problems and solutions for the bus transportation community.
According to EEOC's suit, a woman applied for a truck driver position at one of the company's facilities in Georgia, and even though she was more qualified than a number of male applicants who were hired, she was never interviewed and never received an offer. An investigation revealed a class of similarly qualified women who also were rejected despite their qualifications.
Bids to research and prepare a Regulatory Impact Statement for the proposed standard are due tomorrow at the Lansing headquarters of MIOSHA's parent agency, with a contract award scheduled to be made Thursday.
Members attending the annual conference will be asked to individually pledge to make 100 percent tie-off a reality in the industry. They also will be asked to sign a petition to stop further delays in the DTV transition.
The commission's programs aim to prevent, reduce, and eliminate water, solid waste, air, and pesticide pollution through standard-setting, monitoring, permitting, and enforcement activities.
"Knowledge is the most portable and the most valuable resource in any worker's toolkit. Laborers and others will be able to carry the information obtained here to any jobsite," said Paul Mangiafico, director for OSHA's Boston North area.
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a two-day public hearing as part of its ongoing investigation into the ditching of a US Airways Airbus A-320 into the Hudson River in New York City in January.
"OSHA should promulgate a number of exposure standards including silica, beryllium, diacetyl and combustible dust. But we need to acknowledge that the standard-setting process has become excruciatingly slow and cumbersome," writes Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, one of many contributors to a special newsletter produced for the new administration.
Three reports made public yesterday by The Center for Construction Research and Training cap an extensive training and assessment project at the big CityCenter and Cosmopolitan projects run by Perini Building Co.
Dr. John S. Findley, president of the American Dental Association (ADA), applauded Capitol Hill legislators for introducing a federal bill aimed at understanding and treating "meth mouth"--a condition where teeth can become blackened, stained, rotting, and crumbling from methamphetamine use.
"In spite of advances since Title VII of the Civil Rights Act was enacted 44 years ago, race discrimination still remains one of the most pervasive problems in today's workplace," said Spencer H. Lewis, director of EEOC's New York District Office.
Meanwhile, the agency has promised to adjust its mine rescue teams final rule as directed in a Feb. 10 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Brush Wellman Inc., the world's largest producer of beryllium and materials that contain it, posted the guide last week.
The first Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Awards were presented during NHCA's 34th annual conference, which ended yesterday in Atlanta and won praise from NIOSH Acting Director Christine Branche.
A survey of human resources executives at 229 firms across Indiana found that about 67 percent of respondents were willing to pay a higher salary of 1 to 4 percent to attract new employees with emerging media skills.