Under the settlement, G-I will take immediate steps at the VAG Site by constructing fencing, gates, and road barriers to restrict public access; providing onsite surveillance and securing the mill buildings. The company also will monitor air emissions from the piles; conduct dust suppression, if necessary, and provide support to EPA and Vermont for future sampling and monitoring.
In addition, EPA alleges the manufacturer violated notification and recordkeeping requirements and requirements to continuously monitor emissions from its boilers.
A court's ruling entitled more than 500 current and former delivery employees of Raymour and Flanigan Furniture to receive extra pay for overtime hours they worked.
"Excavation contractors must take the appropriate steps in accordance with OSHA's construction standards to ensure they are digging trenches and not graves," said Robert Szymanski, area director of OSHA's Pittsburgh Area Office.
"Each of these individuals brings with them valuable expertise in their respective fields, and I am grateful for their decision to serve in my administration," the president said.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will hold a public hearing on the proposed rule to revise existing requirements to approve sampling devices that monitor miner exposure to respirable coal mine dust.
Among the charges against the company are citations for four repeat violations for failing to conduct and document inspections and tests on process equipment, conduct the proper process hazard analysis (PHA), and maintain adequate process safety information.
"More important than the number of years Cathy has served in this agency is the influence she has had on making worker safety among the top priorities in America's workplaces," said OSHA's acting Assistant Secretary of Labor Jordan Barab.
"You are not alone," Jordan Barab assured the packed audience of safety professionals present for ASSE's Safety 2009 in San Antonio. "We have your back and your fight is our fight."
The Plainview, Minn.-based site is voluntarily recalling instant nonfat dried milk, whey protein, fruit stabilizers, and gums (thickening agents) that it has manufactured over the past two years and sold to industry customers, including distributors and manufacturers but not directly to the public.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating two recent incidents in which airspeed and altitude indications in the cockpits of Airbus A-330 aircraft may have malfunctioned.
OSHA inspection personnel from other states will be in Texas in July to check for unsafe scaffolds, fall hazards, trenching violations, and other potential injury and fatality hazards, the Labor secretary announced in her speech Monday morning at Safety 2009.
The former managing pharmacist at a Middlesex County pharmacy pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud health insurers, including the federal Medicaid program, by submitting phony claims for reimbursement for prescription drugs, Acting U.S. Attorney Ralph J. Marra, Jr., announced.
The Illinois facility was storing chlorine and diesel fuel over the minimum threshold level and failed to provide emergency and hazardous chemical inventory forms to state and local authorities, EPA said.
U.S. Marshals, at the request of the Food and Drug Administration, have seized drug products manufactured by Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories Ltd. (Caraco), at the company's Michigan facilities in Detroit, Farmington Hills, and Wixom. The seizure also includes ingredients held at these same facilities.
Centennial Contractors Enterprises and the OSHA Region X have signed an alliance establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safer and more healthful American workplaces. Through the alliance, Centennial employees and others will be provided with information, guidance, and access to training resources.
The facility, which manufactures bottled water products, has had an injury and illness rate nearly 70 percent below the industry average for three years, OSHA said.
The maximum penalty allowed by California state law has been assessed against Aviara Healthcare Center, a skilled nursing and rehab center in Encinitas, Calif., after a patient died May 13.
A recent Allstate Foundation survey of young drivers with the National Organizations for Youth Safety found 83 percent of teenagers admit they talk on a cell phone while driving, and 68 percent admitted to texting while driving.
Being presented Aug. 13 and Sept. 24 at the Holiday Inn -- DFW Airport South in Fort Worth, the all-day seminar by instructor Tony Douglas will help attendees understand current motor carrier safety regulations.