A workshop on the new standard will be held at the Marriott Anaheim Hotel on April 8, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m; in addition, a training class, Assessment of Vapor Intrusion into Structures on Property Involved in Real Estate Transactions, will now be held on a regular basis throughout the United States.
The agency's recent testing showed 29 mines had at least one miner exposed above the new, lower limit, which matches OSHA's PEL and will take effect April 29.
But the Federal Transit Administration agreed to make exemptions in its new injury threshold and did not mandate reports for all fires requiring suppression.
They are more likely to lack protective barriers than in-ground pools are, said a member of the ASTM International subcommittee that wrote the standard.
Public Citizen wants the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a safety standard to prevent the problem and to expand the recall to other manufacturers.
This spring, the Toronto standards setting organization will start with the Canadian Electrical Code, with OSH and other standards soon to follow.
Key elements of the program include procedures for design hazard analysis, auditing manufacturing process controls, and product safety testing.
Gov. Ted Strickland says his new executive order wlll promote better customer service cabinet agencies.
Union members in 11 cities are staging a Valentine’s Day of Action today to ask for passage of a bill they say will guard Americans against dangerous imports.
OSHA has issued a new compliance directive for occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)). The directive, OSHA Instruction CPL 02-02-074, Inspection Procedures for the Chromium (VI) Standards, was effective January 24, 2008.
In an effort to stop fraudulent solicitation practices, OSHA is reminding employers that its materials are free for the asking.
An article, titled "Report from the NEI/FDA Ophthalmic Clinical Trial Design and Endpoints Symposium," has been published in the February 2008 issue of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology's peer-reviewed journal Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, the direct result of a roundtable discussion with FDA representatives on Nov. 28-29, 2006.
OSHA is reminding employers that beginning today until April 30, 2008, they must post OSHA Form 300A, a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred during 2007.
OSHA today published a request for nominations to serve two-year terms on its top advisory committee.
Minimum lighting for certain work sites and a motor vechicle safety component are among the additions the agency has proposed, with comments due by March 19.
The agency’s bulletin to operators says any person’s death on min property must be reported within 15 minutes.
This year's theme is Enhancing Safety During the Global Nuclear Renaissance. The conference is free and open to the public.
The current standard covers occupational exposures to MC in all workplaces in general industry, shipyard employment, and construction.
OSHA today published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register for a new fit-testing protocol--the Abbreviated Bitrex Qualitative Fit-Testing (ABQLFT) protocol--under Appendix A of the agency's respiratory protection standard. Public comments are being accepted until Feb. 25, 2008.
President John Engler, shown here, endorses H.R. 4040, which Chairman John Dingell will discuss on the America's Business radio show this weekend.