Philip K. Howard: Howard's Daily: The Hidden Causes of Bureaucratic Paralysis
... telling people exactly how to do their jobs. I had this discussion almost 20 years ago with Joe Dear, the head of OSHA (the worker safety agency) under Clinton. I had been highly critical of OSHA...
View ArticleTavares police nab suspected metal thieves at Blue Rhino
Four people are facing criminal charges after being caught on camera attempting to steal cooper from the Blue Rhino propane depot in Tavares early Wednesday morning.
View ArticleContractor in Ewing explosion fined more than $100k in past year
... at the site of Tuesday's fatal gas explosion in Ewing more than $100,000 in the past year for safety violations. OSHA records show that contractor Henkels & McCoy Inc. has been cited for...
View ArticleConnecticut lawmakers might turn down volume at movie theaters
Lawmakers on the Connecticut General Assembly's Public Safety and Security Committee are being asked to decide whether movie theaters statewide should be required to project sound levels no louder than...
View ArticleWherein My Schadenfreude Takes on My Ideological Purity
... current standards applied to many other businesses, such as restaurants and bars, to abortion clinics. Regulators from OSHA to the health department have tremendous powers to barge into private...
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... Training a Confined Space Training, including Confined Space & Confined Space Entry, and Confined Space Rescue a OSHA Training, including Construction, General Industry, and Residential Fall...
View ArticleNarrowing the construction gap [Commentary]
... the work demands brute strength, but this is not the case at all and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and union rules along with new building technology has made the requirement...
View ArticleResidents allowed to retrieve belongings as investigation continues...
EWING -- Some residents will be allowed back into their homes today to retrieve belongings after a gas explosion ripped through the South Fork condominium complex Tuesday, killing one woman and...
View ArticleThomas Sowell: Freedom is not free
... government, displeasing FCC bureaucrats in editorial offices could have brought on armies of "safety" inspectors from OSHA, audits from the Internal Revenue Service and many other harassments from...
View ArticleOSHA extends comment period on agency standards to improve chemical safety to...
... security, issued in the wake of the April 2013 West, Texas, tragedy that killed 15 in an ammonium nitrate explosion. OSHA is requesting comments on its Process Safety Management standard and...
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... about faulty complaint processing, the handling of whistleblower settlements and performance goals for inspectors. OSHA found all three allegations were valid and made 22 recommendations for...
View ArticleDisaster Prep Wednesday: Get First Aid Training
... Based on the Boy Scouts of America Wilderness First Aid Curriculum and Doctrine Guidelines, this course aligns with OSHA's Best Practices for Workplace First Aid Training Programs. Go on, get...
View Article20 Homes Remain Uninhabitable After NJ Explosion
The contractor working at the site of a massive explosion that killed one person and injured seven workers recently had been fined more than $100,000 by federal safety monitors for problems at two...
View ArticleContractor in deadly N.J. explosion fined $100K for safety violations
The contractor working at the site of a massive explosion in New Jersey has been fined more than $100,000 by federal safety monitors for problems at two other work sites.
View ArticleFederal investigators issue 'scathing' report on Indiana OSHA
... that were up to six weeks old, the report says. The state has 30 days to respond to the findings. State and federal OSHA officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But John...
View ArticleUtah Supreme Court Rejects OSHA's Multi-Employer Citation Policy
One of the most controversial policies of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is its Multi-Employer Citation Policy (better known as the "MEP"). OSHA uses this policy to cite...
View ArticleK-State to Offer Combustible Dust Workshops at Mid-America Farm Show in...
Manhattan, KS-As on-farm grain storage increases, and the size of bins and silos expands it is even more important for everyone to understand the risks and causes of grain dust explosions.
View ArticleContractor in NJ explosion faced $100K in fines
The contractor working at the site of a massive explosion in New Jersey has been fined more than $100,000 by federal safety monitors for problems at two other work sites.
View Article20 homes remain uninhabitable after NJ explosion 8 minutes
The contractor working at the site of a massive explosion that killed one person and injured seven workers recently had been fined more than $100,000 by federal safety monitors for problems at two...
View ArticleFeds slam Indiana OSHA
... Safety and Health Administration. The Indianapolis Business Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1g0UOoa) Regional OSHA Administrator Nick Walters, in a Feb. 25 letter to the state agency, noted it had...
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