The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration will triple the cost for all registrants except small or non-for-profit businesses to $3,000 to ensure it can fund $28.3 million in Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness grants.
An inspection found that the Atlanta-based company also failed to fully implement a hearing conservation program and did not have an established written hazard communication program on exposure to hazardous substances. Proposed fines exceed $135,000.
The loading dock is usually regarded as the primitive "backroom" of food-handling operations, but it's a crucial part of the supply chain and the food protection chain.
DuPont officials told the CSB that a braided steel hose connected to a 1-ton capacity phosgene tank suddenly ruptured, releasing phosgene into the air. The phosgene release followed two other accidents at the same plant the same week, including an ongoing release of chloromethane from the plant’s Hexazinone unit, which went undetected for several days, and a release from a spent sulfuric acid unit.
Researchers from more than 80 research and government institutions from the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Canada will engage in discussions, share best practices for successfully establishing partnerships, and focus on finding solutions to the 14 "Grand Challenges" facing the planet.
Safety directors have good intentions when determining the types of safety eyewear to provide for their programs. After all, program managers are truly interested in protecting the eyes of their employees.
In today's fast paced and ever-changing manufacturing environment, the "personal" aspect of personal protective equipment (PPE) is more important than ever. The process of researching, developing, and manufacturing new products must go full circle, beginning and ending with the workers who wear PPE to perform a variety of tasks day after day.
The FCC said the test would determine whether the system functions as required should the president issue a national alert.
With the regulatory impact statement and economic analysis all but done, Michigan OSHA's controversial proposed ergonomics standard could reach the public hearings stage in about 90 days.
The panel has recommended building code changes and is charged with delivering a final report by July 31 on wildfires that killed 173 people during late January and February 2009. A National Day of Mourning will be observed on Sunday.
About 4,500 employees must not engage in distracting activities on the job or risk termination by the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, which operates one of the nation’s busiest subway systems.
“Millions of workers are not provided federal occupational safety and health protections due to the fact that the OSH Act only requires such coverage in states with their own occupational safety and health plans,” Patton wrote.
Beginning April 6, the Health and Safety Executive must be notified within 14 calendar days of a competent person's inspection of a tower crane that is assembled on site.
Agency inspectors found that combustible particulate solids, which were generated during trimming and repair operations, were not collected into an adequately designed dust collection system, were allowed to accumulate on machinery and surfaces, and were not adequately cleaned up to prevent such buildup.
In 2001, OSHA separated noise and MSDs into two separate columns on the form, but the MSD column was deleted in 2003 before the provision became effective. OSHA is now proposing to restore the MSD column and will host a public meeting on the proposal March 9.
Of the 167 retail trade workers killed in 2007, 39 killed were convenience store employees, 32 worked at gasoline stations, and 7 worked at liquor stores.
"An unguarded excavation is a tomb in waiting. Its walls can collapse in moments, crushing and burying workers beneath tons of soil before they have a chance to react or escape," said Paul Mangiafico, OSHA's area director for Middlesex and Essex counties.
The agency is conducting the two meetings in Atlanta to make it easier for families of those who perished in the 2008 Imperial Sugar Co. explosion in Port Wentworth, Ga., to attend.
"We are proud to welcome Detroit Edison's River Rouge Power Plant into this exceptional group of Michigan MVPP companies," said DELEG Director Stanley Pruss. "Your dedication to employee safety and health excellence sends a strong message to all employers that worker protection is a sound business decision."
"OSHA determined that this company is fully aware of the deficiencies it has in its safety program and what needs to be changed to provide safe work conditions for employees but hasn't acted to correct those deficiencies," said Roberto Sanchez, director of the agency's area office in Birmingham, Ala.