"The same hazard recurring in multiple locations points to a systemic problem with the company's safety program that must be addressed before employees are hurt or killed," said Brenda Gordon, director of OSHA's Braintree Area Office.
An awareness campaign and a series of workshops follow three fatal falls in the state this year.
Under this revised NEP, each Area OSHA Office is expected to inspect at least four facilities each fiscal year. Under the previous directive, each Area Office was expected to conduct at least one inspection.
Employers must report a fatal accident within seven days and an injury accident within 14 days to the Commissioner of Labour.
DOJ and the EPA announced the settlement Tuesday, saying the money would be used to reimburse the government for the costs of the investigation and cleanup of asbestos contamination around its mining operations in Libby, Mont.
"We're seeing far too many unregistered products that assert unsubstantiated antimicrobial properties," said Katherine Taylor, associate director of the Communities and Ecosystems Division in EPA's Pacific Southwest region.
Numerous safety organizations have filed critical comments about the proposed standard, but the big construction union praised it, for the most part.
Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John Oxendine said the rule is intended to prevent any more incidents like the Port Wentworth Imperial Sugar explosion last month.
About one-third of inspected sites were operating so poorly in February that inspectors stopped work there, the agency's chief said.
Increased funding and temporary authority to act without a quorum of commissioners are included in the bill, which heads to a conference committee.
The airline says it will appeal, assuring customers that the inspections surrounding the penalty were "never a safety of flight issue."
The United Mine Workers' president said the report underscores the necessity of enacting the S-MINER Act, but three committee Republicans disagree.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as part of its recently released Fiscal Year 2007 enforcement and litigation statistics, reports that it recovered $345 million in monetary relief for victims and received a total of 82,792 private sector discrimination charge filings last fiscal year--the highest volume of incoming charges since 2002 and the largest annual increase (9 percent) since the early 1990s.
Foulke says the notification is intended to encourage these employers to focus on eliminating hazards in their workplace.
The new law will take effect April 6, so the Health and Safety Executive wants employers to be prepared.
Drivers who already have FAST cards will not be subject to the duplicate background check, but are still required to obtain the TWIC card.
The investigation found no structural problems with the tower; rather, the tragedy was the result of a system that allowed the operator to restart the turbine after service while the blades were locked in a hazardous position, according to the agency.
"If you ignore a judge's order of removal, ICE will find you, arrest you, and you will be returned to your home country," said Julie L. Myers, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for ICE, last week.
An new feature on MSHA's online Data Retrieval System allows users to access specific data about violations per inspection day.
Cleve Allen George was sentenced to 33 months in prison for multiple violations of the Clean Air Act and false statements related to the demolition of a low-income housing neighborhood.