OSHA proposed $119,500 in fines against Con-Way Freight Inc., an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based delivery carrier, for alleged violations after a worker died at the company's Manchester, N.H., service center.
"We believe that we have instilled a culture of safety that is beyond sustainable, it is contagious," said Novartis CFO Gary Rosenthal.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission yesterday announced the settlement of its age discrimination lawsuit against Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications for $773,000 for a class of eight older employees.
The facility faces $255,800 in proposed penalties for failing to train employees who may work with formaldehyde and failing to conduct airborne exposure evaluations, among other things.
OSHA issued eight willful citations to the company for its failure to provide fall protection in hoisting areas and on low-sloped roofs, failing to cover skylight openings to prevent falls, and not training employees about fall hazards.
The unions singled out Houston-based Waste Management Inc. for criticism, but the company cites refuting data and a corporate culture of safety.
"This company is putting its employees' lives at risk by failing to correct serious safety hazards and to educate its employees about these hazards," said Les Grove, OSHA's area director in Tampa.
A new report from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General (OIG), states that MSHA was negligent in carrying out its responsibilities to protect the safety of miners as it pertains to the August 2007 Crandall Canyon Mine tragedy, which killed six miners and three rescue workers who died attempting to save the miners.
Chairman Patty Murray, shown in a Feb. 29 meeting with Boeing workers after their company lost a big Air Force tanker contract, and her subcommittee will hear from two union representatives and former OSHA chief Gerard Scannell.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has identified 25 drugs and biologic products that will be required to submit safety plans called Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy.
Plaintiffs contend that the city and its contractors failed to provide adequate protective equipment in the form of respirators and hazardous material coveralls, as well as failed to provide adequate safety training and supervision at and around the work site.
"We are excited to implement this technology as we continue to expand access to OSHA's products for our stakeholders," said OSHA's Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.
"By targeting enforcement against illegal operators, we help level the playing field for law abiding businesses and their employees," said EEEC Director David Dorame.
The alleged violations include failing to lockout equipment prior to bin entry to prevent accidental energy start-up and allowing employees to walk on the grain to make it flow.
Until further notice, a Buildings Department inspector must be present on a construction site whenever a tower crane is raised or lowered in New York City.
The agency's "supplemental" proposed rule today makes no changes in the rule, which was issued Aug. 15, 2007, despite a federal judge's injunction blocking its implementation. DHS has appealed.
Advanced Professional Marketing Inc. (APMI), a medical staffing company based in New York City, and the company's president, Marissa Beck, have been charged by the U.S. Department of Labor with violating provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act that authorize employers to bring non-immigrant workers into the United States under the H-1B program.
The company, managing contractor for the Idaho National Laboratory, is the target of the the first enforcement under a worker safety and health rule that took effect last February.
The fatal tunnel fire ignited Oct. 2, 2007, at the Xcel Energy Cabin Creek hydroelectric plant in Georgetown, Colo., about 45 miles west of Denver. This view shows the plant from the lower reservoir.
The entire assesssment process is expected to take 3.5 years to complete.