Use these practical tips and best practices to create and maintain an effective emergency response plan. Frequent practice drills are essential.
The meeting is for the Emergency Response and Preparedness Subcommittee.
Lynar Corp. faces $54,000 in fines.
Last year's national stand-down reached more than 2.5 million workers and federal OSHA's goal is to reach 5 million workers this year.
The new hydrogen fuel car is now available for use on California roads. It and other alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) are challenging for the fire service and emergency responders.
The agency is seeking stakeholders' input during the next 60 days.
The rules will improve pilots' response to unusual situations, as well as give more credit toward the requirements for an instrument rating.
The agency is reminding medical examiners and commercial motor vehicle drivers.
The inspections involved in the new case took place at four sites in Middletown, Del., and Limerick and Perkasie, Pa. Berlin Builders is based in Cinaminson, N.J., according to OSHA, which has cited it for two willful, nine repeat, eight serious, and one other-than-serious violations.
"As a large and geographically diverse state, Texas faces the full gamut of public safety threats, including severe weather and natural or manmade disasters, and preparedness is our number-one defense against such emergencies," said Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw.
ISEA President Dan Shipp said the demand for QSSP classes is higher than ever.
DOT developed these resources to offer a flexible approach to training responders to prepare for rail incidents involving flammable liquids; the materials offer information on best practices related to rail incidents involving Class 3 flammable liquids, such as crude oil and ethanol.
The training facility fills 35.3 acres and features two lakes connected by a channel modeled after the canal's Culebra Cut. It has docking bays, replicas of the new and existing locks, and gates, all at a 1:25 scale, and is equipped with scale-model tugboats and ships.
The partnership aims to close the consumer education gap, NADA President Peter Welch said.
The partnerships are with the National Electrical Contractors Association of Central Ohio and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
With such a broad description for OSHA first aid compliance, the responsibility of defining the various components of first aid response and preparedness lies solely on the employer.
Here's how companies can improve workers' safety harness compliance.
April traditionally signals the beginning of the spring season for U.S. metal and nonmetal mining operations.
"Marines always have safety in place, but it was not an official program. I built the program up from scratch and it became necessary for us to have a fall protection system here for working on the jets."Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Kwan Cochrane said.
Inspectors also found workers had to enter a dust-collection silo referred to as a "bag house" to perform routine maintenance without the required confined space safety precautions being in place, so 13 of the serious violations involved confined space hazards.