EPA Region 7 is removing the last of several aging containers of pesticides from a Monroe County, Mo., agricultural chemical business, finishing a Superfund cleanup operation that owners of the business had been ordered to complete four years ago.
Employee exposure to electrocution and being caught in unguarded or unexpectedly energized driers and other machinery were also among the dangers OSHA found.
More than 3 percent of all full-time workers age 15 and over were at their primary job at 2 a.m. on the day the American Time Use Survey was conducted.
"Employers must remain dedicated to keeping the workplace safe and healthful, or face close scrutiny by this agency," said Diane Turek, director of OSHA's Chicago North Area Office in Des Plaines, Ill.
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New RWD procedures and documentation service enables petroleum producers and refiners to proactively respond to the OSHA mandate to reduce or eliminate workplace chemical hazards.
A new resource on the "Prevention through Design" (PtD) initiative was released May 1 as a special edition of the Journal of Safety Research.
This summer, Americans can expect an increase in the number of air quality alert days, as a result of EPA's new ozone health standard.
Review of applications for the position, which heads the new Office of Emergency Management, will begin May 21.
It is hard to argue against the importance of the need for eyewashes and showers in the workplace, given the reported injuries to and incident statistics of workers who require medical treatment of some kind. Take eye injuries, for example—there are 800,000 reported eye injuries in the American workforce each year, many of which are caused by exposure to chemical hazards.
Senior managers have become increasingly aware of Safety’s potential returns, well beyond loss reduction. And Safety culture is an especially hot topic among leaders who sense something is missing— that performance could be better.
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration, through its Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), sets high standards for companies. The challenge, and the reward, is to have safe working environments that not only meet government standards, but also exceed them to the point that your company’s safety program can be self-sustaining and become a model for your industry.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board announced that it will convene a public meeting on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, in Danvers, Mass., to review the final CSB investigation report on the causes of the November 2006 explosion at the CAI/Arnel ink and paint manufacturing plant.
It outlines simple steps for addressing the problem and evaluating the effectiveness of the employer's 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.
"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.
The transaction, expected to close by the end of this year's third quarter, will bump Liberty Mutual up the ladder to fifth-largest U.S. property/casualty insurer.
The event comes as fuel surpasses labor as some motor carriers' largest expense and the trucking industry deals with the highest prolonged fuel prices in history.
Procedures for VPP applications, OSHA onsite evaluations, and annual participant self-evaluations for applicants/participants subject to the agency's Process Safety Management standard are among the revisions listed in a new directive.
EPA offers an Earth Day At Work online page to help workers turn their employers in the right direction.