One aspect of this agreement requires participating employers to provide effective training on worksite safety and health issues to non-English speaking employees.
MSHA has assessed $115,000 in fines against Alaska Mechanical Inc., a contractor at Alaska Gold Co.'s Nome Operations Mine, for safety violations contributing to the death of two miners in July 2007.
The plant received similar failure to abate notices and a proposed fine of $75,000 in April for failing to guard press brakes and rollers. The latest, follow-up inspection resulted in an additional $109,100 in proposed fines, in part for failing to provide employees with lockout/tagout and fire extinguisher training as it previously agreed it would, according to OSHA.
Recommendations in the downloadable document are consistent with
OSHA's Personal Protective Equipment Standard (29 CFR 1910.132-138)
and presented in the context of thermal spraying, the society says.
"The sizable fines proposed here reflect the breadth of hazards found
during our inspections and the fact that the company had been cited
for similar conditions in the past," said Robert Kowalski, OSHA's area
director in Bridgeport, Conn.
Workplace safety professionals who want the ability to interact with each other more than just once a year at trade shows and conferences now have a new resource.
OSHA will focus on safety and health management systems during the 10th annual "Stateline Safety Workshop" slated for September 17 at the Holiday Inn Express, 3100 Wellington Place, Janesville, Wis.
While AEDs are increasingly being installed in public gathering places such as stadiums, shopping malls, hotels, airports, and bus terminals, their use in the workplace is just beginning to gain momentum, said Brian Trusky, vice president of loss prevention at Moss & Associates.
A public hearing is set for Aug. 28 in Salem to discuss elimination of the minimum $100 penalty for failing to create a committee and a change that lets these employers hold safety meetings with fewer paperwork requirements.
Currently, more than 600 graduates from Qualified Academic Programs at 10 schools have achieved the interim GSP designation, indicating progress toward the Certified Safety Professional® (CSP®) credential.
"Many non-traditional ATVs do not adhere to even minimal safety requirements, nor do the companies provide training or safety information," said coalition spokesman Ed Krenik. "The poor quality of many of these ATVs create a danger for all ATV riders, particularly young riders, who are being targeted by these companies."
Major goals of the partnership are to keep the DART (cases with days away from work, restricted or transferred) rate below the national average for the commercial construction industry and to further reduce this level of recordable injuries by at least four percent annually.
It is critical for employers to ensure employees assisting with the lift are properly trained--including signaling, load limits, and rigging techniques--and are aware of the hazards of operating a crane.
"Yesterday's earthquake was a wake-up call--a reminder to us to make the important changes we need to survive the inevitable," said the U.S. Geological Survey's Dr. Lucy Jones, on Wednesday.
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An internal NIST committee found that a failure in the safety management system, exacerbated by a "casual and informal research environment that appears to have valued research results above safety considerations," is the most probable root cause of the incident.
The awards were presented Tuesday at the NORA Symposium 2008 that NIOSH sponsored.
An investigation of the Philadelphia facility resulted in three willful and 51 serious violations.
The "G-FIVE" and Ensuring the Accessibility of Online Application Systems initiatives are designed to provide equal opportunity during the application and hiring process.