OSHA's deputy assistant secretary produced a memo explaining the Severe Violator Enforcement Program removal criteria, which can happen three years after the date of final disposition of citation items in the inspection.
Labor Ready Northeast Inc. and Waste Management of Trenton have been cited for a serious violation each of the general duty clause, OSHA announced.
John Bresland, who has served on the U.S. Chemical Safety Board since August 2002, is retiring Aug. 31 to join the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center as a Research Fellow.
The Oct. 5 public hearing in Casper concerns a proposed rule change to require workers on drilling rigs to wear flame-resistant clothing and signs about it to be posted.
These are the first to obtain a license since a new requirement for training and ongoing competency checks for all drivers was enacted in the country.
Electronic MOCs have given all affected personnel easier and more effective access to the information required to be reviewed prior to operating the process, says Mike Whitten, a speaker at next month's marcus evans 3rd Process Safety Management Conference for the Chemical, Petrochemical, & Refining Industries.
ASTM E2875/E2875M highlights critical risks to the body from glass handling, as well as the need for risk assessment, especially to the neck and other major artery areas.
The agency wants to have its proposed rule adopted by Jan. 1, 2013, when most of the relevant international standards take effect.
The association's executive board will take this action during the 2012 national conference in October.
The agency will take comments until Sept. 12.
A final rule that took effect Aug. 6 requires mine operators to correct hazardous conditions and violations of the nine, which address the highest-risk hazards facing miners.
The event is presented by the Technical Support Working Group, NIOSH's National Personal Protective Equipment Laboratory (NPPTL), NFPA, the National Institute of Justice, and the International Association of Fire Fighters.
Several groups or organizations asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to extend the comment period and schedule the public sessions.
The U.S. Labor Department seeks suggestions from the public about how to make more government services and information accessible on mobile devices.
An Interstate 35W bridge fell into the Mississippi River on Aug. 1, 2007, killing 13 people and injuring 145 others. Building and inspection of bridges have improved since then, Minnesota’s transportation commissioner says.
Cass Sunstein will rejoin the Harvard Law School as a professor and director of its new Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy.
CDL license holders no longer will be required to report their out-of-state traffic convictions to the state where they are licensed, if the proposed rule is enacted.
These plans are instrumental to ensuring compliance and keeping workers safe.
One example: Employees will be required to be retrained at intervals not to exceed three years.
Confined space training for farms is essential.