OSHA will hold open Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH) and workgroup meetings on May 20-21 in Jacksonville, Fla.
Those helped by the agency's Small Mines Office reduced their fatality incidence rate by 66 percent from 2003 to 2007.
Sixteen months after voluntarily halting U.S. shipment of AEDs made at its Redmond, Wash., plant, the company's president says quality problems should be solved "in the near future."
The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association on April 29 submitted testimony to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works expressing concerns about what it describes as possible premature, unnecessary revisions to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
The 2006 incident caused heavy damage and friction between CSB (source of this photo) and the state fire marshal. It may prompt new state rules for facilities that process chemicals.
The first edition, dated May 2008, showcases efforts that are central to the $80 million FY2009 budget request now before congressional appropriations committees.
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Edwin G. Foulke, Jr. recently announced new appointments to key executive positions at the agency.
The company conspired to file labor certification applications that contained false information to assist aliens in getting "green cards" through an employment-based visa program.
"Amputation is a very real threat when machines lack the proper safety features," said John J. Deifer, OSHA's area director in Savannah, Ga.
Following a DOL investigation, New Jersey-based Quest Diagnostics Inc. has agreed to pay 238 employees a total of $688,772 in overtime back wages due under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
AFL-CIO's Seminario, FIGHT's Hayes, and others tell Sen. Edward Kennedy's committee that OSHA penalties in fatalities are too low to make a difference.
All jurisdictions have agreed to implement the same law, and a panel of three experts is now working toward a January 2009 deadline to make recommendations.
"It's disappointing when we find on re-inspection that problems which may lead to death or serious injury still exist," said Jule Hovi, OSHA's area director in Toledo, Ohio.
These penalties, authorized by the MINER Act, have bumped MSHA's big cases beyond the penalties issued by OSHA.
The seven safety citations include one company's two repeat violations of exposing employees to cave-in hazards by placing excavated material within two feet of a trench and allowing employees to work in an 18-foot-deep trench without an adequate protective system.
"I want the GAO to take a good hard look at injury and illness reporting because frankly, it's a system that seems all too easy to game," said Senator Patty Murray.
"While no cave-in occurred, the potential for death or disabling injury was real and present, since an unguarded excavation can collapse in seconds, crushing and burying employees before they can react or escape," said OSHA's Diana Cortez.
At this time the risks, if any, posed by these unregistered products are unknown, the agency says.
According to DOJ, the Canadian company and two of its executives attempted to defraud the U.S. Army's Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, a military unit tasked with equipping and training the Iraqi Army.