OSHA is introducing more durable and secure completion cards for its Outreach Training Program.
The plan would ensure workers have access to wage insurance that would replace half of lost wages, up to $10,000 over two years. People out of work who were making less than $50,000 and were with their prior employer for at least three years could use it to help them prepare for a new career.
A and S Tree Service Faces $44,000 in fines.
There were 59 fire deaths in 2015, the second-fewest for NYC since accurate record keeping began in 1916. New York City now has gone an unprecedented 10 consecutive years with fewer than 100 fire deaths annually.
The money will provide reemployment services in emerging and growing fields.
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Reading through the training requirements in OSHA’s construction standards highlights their common elements.
The alliance has developed fact sheets, toolbox talks, and guidance documents on updated OSHA electrical standards; hazards involved in working on or near energized electrical conductors and circuit parts; general safety guidance to help prevent fall injuries; and ladder safety.
A revised program directive contains inspection criteria that apply to temporary service providers and worker leasing companies.
According to L&I inspectors, company employees were exposed to silica quartz dust at 3.4 times the permissible limit during stone slab grinding operations.
The Administration for Children & Families proposed the new rules, which include new requirements for background checks and safety training for child care providers.
The company was cited for one willful and two serious safety violations.
OSHA has proposed $157K in fines for the Illinois company.
The citations were identified during two inspections that began in August. Four of the infractions are "repeat-serious" violations because the same violations were found during a July 2013 inspection.
Of the 9.3 million projected new service-sector jobs by 2024, 3.8 million will be added to the health care and social assistance major sector, which will overtake the state and local government major sector and the professional and business services major sector to become the largest overall.
A DOT assistant inspector general told a congressional subcommittee that the problem demands "urgent attention."
Blue Rhino has agreed to pay penalties totaling $52,000 and to complete the abatement of all hazards within 60 days of signing the settlement.
The alliance will focus on the safe operation, use, and maintenance of equipment such as cranes, chippers, digger derricks, and aerial lifts.
Deborah A.P. Hersman, NSC's president and CEO, said 14 participating companies "share how they have placed safety at the heart of every project. Their experiences can help other employers establish safe contract relationships that run the gamut, from delivering mail to major construction projects."
The rule is intended to protect truck and bus drivers from being forced by their employers or others to violate hours of service of safety regulations.