Scientific advances in the field carry both the promise for early disease detection and the potential for misuse in employment discrimination or insurance coverage limitations. There also may be a significant regulatory and legal impact on employers.
The agency said it has analyzed NIOSH data to determine which industries have elevated blood levels indicating a need for increased focus in evaluation of airborne lead exposures.
The complex technical and policy issues involved and having so few OSHA inspectors trained in the subject make a cautious approach necessary, the association has told Congress.
Others in the scheme were sentenced to confinement, home detention,
and two years' probation. All were ordered not to work in the trucking
industry unless approved by the Probation Office.
This strengthens the existing requirement, which applies to newly built facilities and renovated sections of existing ones.
"This settlement marks a significant step in controlling harmful nitrogen oxide emissions in the Western United States," said EPA's Granta Nakayama.
Cooper Lighting Inc., of Peachtree City, Ga., in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, is voluntarily recalling approximately 9,000 of its "Sure-Lite" and "AtLite" Exit and Emergency Lights. Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed.
The U.S. Department of Energy recently launched the EnergySmart Hospitals initiative to increase the use of energy efficient technologies in hospitals across the United States.
Legislation signed last week establishes the crime of impairing the integrity of a government licensing examination and provides means to revoke a crane inspector's license due to various offenses, including accepting a bribe.
One aspect of this agreement requires participating employers to provide effective training on worksite safety and health issues to non-English speaking employees.
The plant received similar failure to abate notices and a proposed fine of $75,000 in April for failing to guard press brakes and rollers. The latest, follow-up inspection resulted in an additional $109,100 in proposed fines, in part for failing to provide employees with lockout/tagout and fire extinguisher training as it previously agreed it would, according to OSHA.
The federal agency recently unveiled a pilot project that allows regulated facilities to self-disclose environmental violations in a secure environment on EPA's Web site under the agency's audit policy.
As more employees work remotely, the number of workers killed in driving accidents should decline.
Recommendations in the downloadable document are consistent with
OSHA's Personal Protective Equipment Standard (29 CFR 1910.132-138)
and presented in the context of thermal spraying, the society says.
The agency funds will support sustainable activities such as the reuse and recycling of construction and demolition materials, green building and infrastructure design, energy efficiency, and water conservation.
The revisions reflect 49 CFR Part 40 changes that were published in
the Federal Register on June 25 and will become effective
August 25.
Writing in this month's American Journal of Public Health, experts say more should be done to increase these programs, especially at smaller companies.
According to the survey, more than one-third of Americans are at increased risk for insomnia.
"Handling dangerous chemicals, electrical hazards, and machine
guarding problems are issues that should not exist at any worksite,"
said Richard Gilgrist, director of OSHA's area office in Cincinnati.
"The investigation brings to light egregious violations of virtually
every aspect of Iowa's child labor laws," said Dave Neil, Iowa Labor
Commissioner. "It is my recommendation that the Attorney General's
Office prosecute these violations to the fullest extent of the law."