The recipients are attending community colleges coast to coast. The distribution giant also has designated October as "Skilled Trades Awareness Month."
After a company in Wisconsin failed to follow safety guidelines when repairing a shredder, it received 2 willful violations.
Every day, more than 500 people go to the hospital because of a ladder-related accident. Don’t be one of them.
Joining 24 existing OSHA Training Institute Education Centers, the four are joining this program at a time of record demand, Dr. David Michaels said.
NSC describes the Safety Trail in the central aisle of the expo as "a visual journey through corridors of safety milestones from the last century."
Slapped with $68,500 in violations, an Ohio company failed to sufficiently protect workers from cave-ins.
Signed Sept. 21 by Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie and OSHA Regional Administrator Ken Nishiyama Atha, the pact includes benchmarks for the state agency, including increasing state inspections.
A company in Wisconsin was fined $108,500 for failing to provide adequate protection in trenches.
BLS released its 2011 summary of the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data on Sept. 20. Deaths in private construction declined for the fourth consecutive year.
A contractor in New York receives a citation alleging seven violations, including one classified as willful.
Washington is the only state where workers pay a substantial portion of premiums. Workers will pay about 24 percent of the premiums in 2013.
A construction superintendent at a Brooklyn site was monitoring more than legal limit of sites when one worker was killed and another injured.
After inspection of a construction site, OSHA has fined the companies a total of $148,000.
Posted on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the new video shows glass panels being added at the 80th floor of the new skyscraper and concrete pours on the 93rd floor.
The new website offers summaries of federal and states' regulatory actions on pipelines and an overview of the existing U.S. pipeline infrastructure. It will feature public comment opportunities.
The British agency has opened a public consultation on proposals to exempt some self-employed people from health and safety legislation.
The fall protection market in North America will accelerate thanks to strong enforcement and will reach $670.5 million in 2017, according to a new Frost & Sullivan report.
OSHA now has extended its temporary enforcement measures through Dec. 15.
General industry fall protection can be a real challenge.
BatteriesPlus has expanded its recall of battery packs used with cordless tools by 65,300, and DeVilbiss Air Power Co. has recalled 460,000 air compressors.