The funding is part of an effort to fight cyber threats.
Any employer, labor group, school affiliated with a labor group, or nonprofit organization is eligible to apply, and the applicants may request up to $40,000 per grant project. But employers may not use these grants to pay for training for their employees.
Forest Service contractors are subject to applicable federal OSHA requirements governing the use of saws, but contractors are not subject to the final saw directive because USFS stated it does not believe it is necessary or appropriate to track their training and certification as sawyers.
The U.S. Department of Labor found underage workers using dangerous equipment and working outside of permitted hours.
SafeWork New South Wales' Quad Bike Safety Improvement Program includes a $2 million dollar rebate package to encourage farmers to adopt preventive strategies and equipment.
One of the safety industry's best annual events again visits the Mile High City next year. (ASSE's Safety 2012 conference also was in Denver.)
These single-industry contracts will support the growth of apprenticeship programs in health care, construction, transportation and logistics, energy, manufacturing, and information and communications technology. DOL also will award as many as four multi-industry contracts to organizations to help employers from different sectors grow their apprenticeship programs and work together to create a pipeline of skilled workers.
Employers can see that employee training, while part of the first and final deadlines in OSHA's GHS transition period, is actually an ongoing obligation.
Emergency response preparedness for "not if" but "when" requires a dynamic and effective training program.
Tempting as it may seem in the “real world,” fall protection choices should never be influenced by convenience alone.
A survey was given to 2,000 employees in high-risk jobs.
The meeting took place ahead of Safety 2016, the big ASSE conference taking place this month in Atlanta.
The event will help improve federal worker safety and health.
According to DOT estimates, more than half of the existing U.S. highway construction workforce is older than 45, and more than a 500,000 highway construction jobs will be available during the next decade. These grants target specific workforce needs.
The DOL has awarded the grants as part of the Strengthening Working Families Initiative.
An investigation led to a declaration of imminent hazard to public safety by the agency.
Their special shareholder meetings are scheduled to begin simultaneously at 10 a.m. in Wilmington, Del., and Midland, Mich.
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The retail industry is a leading employer of young workers, who on average are injured more frequently than older colleagues.
The site teaches at-risk high school juniors and seniors to make aerospace parts from blocks of titanium, aluminum, nylon, and phenolic resin.