Companies vow to improve current safety regulations
Victoria University hosted a day-long seminar about the country's new workplace health and safety climate.
Working at height, exposure to harmful dusts, and sanitation are three areas the inspectors will check, according to the agency's Sept. 2 announcement.
Patrick Ky took over Sept. 1 as executive director of the European Aviation Safety Agency.
FMCSA is taking comments until Sept. 19 on the association's request, which would exempt about 68,000 drivers who spend less than half of their on-duty time actually driving.
Control banding is likely the most well-developed risk management strategy proposed for use with nanomaterials to date.
By 2020, Global NCAP's goal is for all new cars to meet the UN crash test regulations with airbags, anti-lock brakes, and electronic stability control fitted as standard.
Officials from the state plan agency and its parent organization, the California Department of Industrial Relations, are organizing the Dec. 5-6 conference.
About 2,300 people pre-registered for the event, and 300 more registered on Aug. 25 to attend it.
Soliciting members' comments about best practices that are working at their own sites, it plans to create a toolkit to explain VPP's benefits to employers and their workforces.
The proposed rule would update the current permissible exposure limit, which was set in 1971, and would apply to construction and general industry, including hydraulic fracturing operations at gas drilling sites. Several key stakeholders expressed support.
OSHA will be able to enforce some safety and health standards not currently covered by FAA oversight.
OSHA announced the alliance and its new website for this purpose on Aug. 22.
With much of the oil and gas production on the OCS having moved into deeper waters, the regulations have not kept pace with the technological advancements, its proposed rule states.
The agency plans to require makers of automobiles, light trucks, and motorcycles to provide it on their websites starting next year.
Already included in OSHA's Severe Violator Enforcement Program, the company is facing 24 alleged safety violations, mainly involving fall protection.
The agency's new guidance "reflects MSHA's understanding that many mine operators are meeting OSHA's HazCom Standard," according to the MSHA news release.
The forum taking place Monday morning, Aug. 26, will be moderated by VPPPA board member Stephen Gauthier and is scheduled to be attended by OSHA Assistant Secretary Dr. David Michaels.
Beginning in 2014, they must provide the annual summary data to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which will send the data to OSHA.
Secretary Anthony Foxx said the proposed change will save the trucking industry $1.7 billion annually.