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OSHA Cites Railcar Manufacturer for Hazardous Exposures

The agency has issued 17 serious violations and $105,000 in penalties for exposures at Alstom's Hornell, N.Y., plant.

Lack of Emergency Training Cited After Shift Supervisor Asphyxiates on Deadly Gas

Atlantic Coffee Industrial Solutions was issued nine serious citations as a result.

Ammonia Leak and Alarm Failure Highlight Chemical Hazard at Food Distribution Center

Reinhart Food Service LLC faces $72K in OSHA penalties.

NPPTL Issues Counterfeit Respirator Notice

The agency has issued a counterfeit N95 respirator notice for the second time since early April.

Brooklyn Manufacturer Faces $105K in Fines

Acme Parts Inc. faces fines for dangerous lead, noise and chemical hazards

Although the dangers posed by smoke and toxic gases have increased over the years, gas detection devices are keeping pace with new features to protect firefighters and first responders. (Industrial Scientific photo)

Where There's Smoke . . .

Even if we can't stop the production of deadly gases during a fire, we can take precautions to protect ourselves.

The OSHA/NIOSH toolkit contains an appendix that is an editable document any hospital can use to draw up its respiratory protection program.

Essential Precautions for Health Care, General Industry

CDC's Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee divides ATDs into those two categories, diseases requiring Airborne Precautions and diseases requiring Droplet Precautions.

"It was quite startling to see" the 2014 increase in the U.S. fatality rate for workers 55 and older, with 1,691 occupational deaths in this group, AFL-CIO Director of Safety and Health Peg Seminario said in April 2016.

Older Workers' Risks Highlighted in AFL-CIO's 2016 Report

Other high-risk work groups cited in the report are oil and gas extraction workers (144 deaths in 2014), health care workers who may face workplace violence hazards (765 occupational fatalities in 2014 were attributed to workplace violence), and Latino workers (804 deaths in 2014 and a fatality rate of 3.7 per 100,000 workers).



DOL Final Rule Opens Up Black Lung Medical Data

"This rule makes clear that coal miners have a right to know a full picture of their health. No workers should lose their lives because of known dangers that were kept from them in the interest of their employers," said DOL Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Director Leonard Howie.

NAHB Working to Derail Silica Standard

"We strongly urge OSHA to re-examine and reassess how its final rule will negatively harm the construction industry, job growth, consumers, and the economy while doing little to improve the health and safety of industry workers," said NAHB Chairman Ed Brady. "Given that it is unlikely the agency will change course, Congress must take the lead and act swiftly to craft legislation that will keep this fundamentally flawed rule from taking effect."

OSHA: Worker Died from Exposure to Manure Gas

W.E. Soil Enhancement has been cited for serious safety violations as a result.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is a term for progressive lung diseases such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and in some cases asthma. It affects an estimated 24 million Americans, according to the COPD Foundation. CDC reported COPD was the third-leading cause of death in the United States in 2011.

Task Force Recommends Against COPD Screening of Asymptomatic Adults

Exposure to cigarette smoke or toxic fumes increases the risk for COPD. Epidemiological studies have found that 15-50 percent of smokers develop COPD, while occupational exposures to toxins, dusts, and industrial chemicals causes an estimated 15 percent of all COPD cases.

Settlement Commits Developer to Enhance Safeguards for Employees at Psychiatric Center

DOL says the employer exposed workers to lead and asbestos dangers. The company said it is encouraged many of OSHA's proposals for asbestos and lead exposure have been changed from "not willful" citations and nearly all of its asbestos-related citations were vacated, and that Dover Greens will remain committed to the workers' safety and health as the project progresses.

OSHA Releases Silica Rule

OSHA has said the proposed rule "would bring protections into the 21st century" because it currently enforces 40-year-old permissible exposure limits for crystalline silica in general industry, construction, and shipyards.

Lancaster Workers Exposed to Excessively High Levels of Lead, Cadmium: OSHA

OSHA has cited J. Walter Miller Co. for 12 violations.

UK Industries Collaborating on Silica Dust Outreach

They agreed to work together to share best practices aimed at lowering workers’ exposures.

MSHA's Main Celebrates Agency's Progress

"In 2015, 28 miners lost their lives, the lowest number of deaths ever recorded in a single year.... I am proud to be part of this institution and its legacy," Assistant Secretary Joseph A. Main wrote in a blog post honoring the agency on its 38th birthday.

DOL Sues Lear Corp. and Three Managers for Retaliation

The managers retaliated after employees raised safety concerns at the Selma foam manufacturer.

The best and brightest 2016 shows include NFMT 2016, AIHce 2016, ASSE

Looking Ahead to AIHce, Safety 2016, VPPPA, and More

The best and brightest 2016 shows include NFMT 2016, which takes place in March 2016 in Baltimore, followed by AIHce 2016, ASSE's Safety 2016, NFPA's Conference & Expo VPPPA's national conference, WEFTEC 2016, and the 2016 National Safety Congress & Expo.

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