FAA is taking this action after an incident at Reno-Tahoe International Airport when a controller fell asleep while a medical flight carrying an ill patient was trying to land.
OSHA initiated an investigation in October 2010 following the death of one employee and the wounding of another, allegedly committed by a client at the addiction treatment facility.
Irreversible effects from work-related exposures even at low levels, without taking appropriate precautions, can include cancer, reproductive and developmental problems, allergic reactions, and others.
Serious and repeat citations were issued for failing to ensure that lockout/tagout devices were used by authorized employees to de-energize a machine.
Organizations involved in training first aiders fast-tracked their new courses and materials when the new AHA guidelines came out.
Before taking steps to implement the program, you must understand the specific state and local requirements.
The training will provide information about employers’ responsibilities under California’s Heat Illness Prevention Standard and will explain changes made to the regulation last August that are now in effect.
The $150,000 pledge from UTC Fire & Security over five years will help the Worcester Polytechnic Institute build its new fire science research and education center.
The agency will sign five-year, non-financial agreements with the applicants it authorizes to deliver the 10-hour and 30-hour courses in construction, general industry, and maritime.
In September 2010, a worker with The Warehouse Co., a subcontractor of Winter Park Construction Co., fell approximately 21 feet to a concrete surface while passing furniture from a debris container mounted on the forks of a powered industrial truck.
"Small farms need help, and would-be farmers need a place to learn," the agency says about its one-year pilot program in two counties. Small farms can train up to three interns on farming practices and are able to get comp insurance for them, which is required.
The planned inspection found that employees working on or around hazardous machinery were not properly protected.
The forum will be chaired by NTSB Board Member Robert L. Sumwalt and will focus on issues such as government oversight, carrier operations, driver training and licensing, driver safety and health, and enhanced vehicle safety technologies.
OSHA Chief Dr. David Michaels said the ruling "supports OSHA's position that, even in the absence of a specific rule or standard, employers are still legally responsible for providing a place of employment free of recognized hazards that are likely to cause serious injury or death."
Three violations are health-related, including failing to provide a hearing conservation program, exposing workers to airborne styrene that exceeded the permissible exposure limit, and not providing suitable protective clothing and gloves for employees whose skin was exposed to styrene-containing resin.
OSHA's inspection found that three of the four printing presses in use at the plant lacked machine guarding to protect operators and other workers against being caught in the presses' points of operation.
OSHA issued Ace Iron and Metal one repeat citation for failing to provide machine guarding in place on three shear machines, exposing employees to an amputation hazard.
The Marin County contractor, whose contractor’s license was revoked last May by the Contractor’s State License Board, is also prohibited from bidding on or receiving any public works contracts in California until 2013.
Starting this week in Florida, the Services & Solutions Demo Van displays arc flash mitigation products and equipment life extension solutions and offers free lunch-and-learn seminars about both topics.
George Hoggard began his career at the Kennedy Space Center by training the first astronauts to step on the moon. He has been chief of fire training throughout the shuttle era.