The citations are the result of a follow-up investigation conducted in January. Proposed penalties total $71,280.
"Our seminar will teach manufacturing industry professionals how to protect their most valuable asset: their employees' hands," said STOKO Skin Care Senior Technical Manager Armand Coppotelli.
American Building employees were installing metal roofing onto a prefabricated steel building when one of the workers fell 35 feet to the ground and sustained fatal injuries.
During the two-year agreement, the alliance will develop fact sheets for paramedics, police officers, truck drivers, and other work zone visitors.
Additional abatement measures Republic Steel agreed to take at the Lorain mill include providing a two-hour lockout/tagout training program to all affected employees, conducting a fall hazard audit, and developing a fall protection abatement plan.
OSHA set a June 15 deadline for applications from nonprofit organizations interested in joining the OSHA Training Institute Education Centers Program.
H.R. 4297, the Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012, is the subject of an April 17 hearing by the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee.
The 2012 edition provides the most current technical information and training programs in traffic incident management for fire and emergency service providers.
The free, CE accredited webinar on April 20 is sponsored by Becton, Dickinson and features experts from Illinois, Washington state, and Texas.
Bechtel Corporation's revenue rose by 18 percent to $32.9 billion, and it reduced its lost time and recordable incident rates by 20 percent, top management reported April 11.
The report, published recently in Public Health Reports, said that 88 youths under age 20 died from work-related injuries in 2010, while 20,000 missed work in private industry due to occupational-related illness or injury.
The organization recently said its anhydrous ammonia tour trained more than 60,000 emergency responders during 2011.
New member Ron Moore has received the International Society of Fire Service Instructors’ George D. Post Instructor of the Year Award and the International Association of Fire Chiefs’ Excellence in Rescue award.
The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 took effect April 6. The changes concern recordkeeping, notification, and ultimately medical surveillance for non-licensed work.
Willful safety violations are failing to train workers on safe electrical working practices for voltage testing and the use of required personal protective equipment.
Two types of safety and health training grants will be awarded: targeted topic training grants and training and educational materials development grants.
Two repeat health violations, similar to violations cited in 2007, include failing to provide eye protection for workers using aluminum brightener and other corrosives and provide access to an emergency eyewash station.
The seminars will provide practical information on hearing loss prevention, the culture of safety, and the latest research and technologies that can help enhance companies’ hearing conservation programs.
Beginning April 8, National Geographic Channel promises to show the Titanic's wreck in more detail than viewers have ever seen. The April 15, 1912, sinking triggered a sweeping new international treaty governing safety equipment and procedures aboard such ships.
The focus on preventive measures required since July 2003 "may have diminished somewhat," marine insurer Gard says in a new loss prevention circular.