"It is inexcusable for employees to be situated next to the process operation and have them use equipment that could serve as an ignition source for an explosion," said Clyde Payne, director of OSHA's Area Office in Jackson, Miss.
Today is not only the day to change our clocks, it's also the day to replaced smoke alarm batteries, according to an timely reminder from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission as Daylight Saving Time ends.
GlobalCynex Inc., a Sterling information technology company, has agreed to pay $1,683,584 to 343 non-immigrant workers after a U.S. Labor Department investigation found the company violated the H-1B visa provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Surveying the dismal outlook for the economy in the upcoming months (years?), many of us ol' timers know safety is often one of the first areas managers cast a "cutback" eye upon when the economy turns sour. Many industries already are seeing this, with open safety positions being left dormant or abolished. Budgets are being slashed; and the use of extra skilled and unskilled help is being reduced or eliminated.
Many organizations have encountered resistance or noncompliance trying to get plant-bound employees to work safely. This despite reminders, threats, or tomes of policies and procedures (some so ponderous they might create back problems from lifting them). So what chance do you have of inculcating safety checkoffs, judgment, and actions with people who receive minimal or no supervision, who work outside and perhaps check in only occasionally? Actually, a lot, if you approach it the right way—slim, if you don’t.
The agency's director, Dr. Julie Gerberding, told four offices to take the lead, and the efforts are working, CDC said in an article posted Oct. 29. October was National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2008.
As the weather grows cold and people start planning for the holidays, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have released two new research videos that illustrate the benefit of having sprinkler systems in homes. Scientists exposed two dry Christmas trees to an open flame in a living room mock-up built inside their laboratory and recorded the results.
The Department of Labor's updates to the program lets employers use multiple training approaches, gives apprentices interim credentials and lets both use electronic media for technical instruction.
Iowa's labor commissioner announced the record $9,988,200 in civil penalties and said the Postville, Iowa, kosher meatpacking plant also owes $264,786.45 in back wages. This blow may close the plant, where 389 workers were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on May 12.
EEOC says the county transferred four individuals out of their Marine Bureau positions and into precincts that were less desirable and replaced them with younger officers.
The recommendations focus on diagnostic and other testing and treatments for complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), neuropathic pain, trigger points/myofascial pain, chronic persistent pain, fibromyalgia, and chronic low back pain, among other conditions.
U.S. Fire Administrator Gregory Cade and leaders from a host of agencies and companies are scheduled to speak at the Washington, D.C., event hosted by the Fire Protection Research Foundation.
Sessions will discuss state and federal laws covering FMLA, FLSA, harassment, diversity, hiring, employee attendance, technology and information policies, and the aging workforce, among other topics.
If successful, the lawsuit would trigger protections against several harmful pollutants associated with a wide variety of serious adverse health effects.
However, the Liberty Mutual/SADD study of 3,580 students at 29 high schools across the country found only 57 percent of teen passengers would speak up to stop the driver from racing other cars.
The major goals outlined in the report include developing technologies, tools and practices that could significantly reduce the use of energy, water and other natural resources, promoting environmentally friendly products and practices, and reducing building material waste while meeting building performance design standards.
In September, the company pleaded guilty to related charges and agreed to pay a fine of $600,000 plus an additional $150,000 to fund a community service project for the benefit, preservation, and restoration of the environment and ecosystems in the waters adjoining the two nearby rivers in Michigan.
Exposure may occur when a worker handles drug vials; compounds, administers, or disposes of hazardous drugs; cleans spills; or touches contaminated surfaces.
"Left uncorrected, these conditions expose employees to the ongoing threats of electrocution, lacerations, amputations, fires, falls, chemical burns, hearing loss, and crushing hazards," said C. William Freeman III, OSHA's area director in Hartford, Conn.
Financial distress around the world points out vulnerabilities that must be brought under control, the two partner organizations said Monday.