OSHA fines New London for safety violations at transfer station
... station. Smeeton is believed to have fallen into the trash compactor while dumping garbage at the transfer station. OSHA inspectors also issued a "serious" citation against the city for not...
View ArticleEditorial: Horror of silicosis
... accept hard-hat jobs offered by industry. But they shouldn't sicken and die from dust at the workplace. The tough new OSHA rules are humane and cost-effective. They should be imposed. CHARLESTON,...
View ArticleOSHA fines New London for safety violations at transfer station
... garbage at the Lewis Street facility. The state Department of Labor's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Conn-OSHA) fined the city $9,000 for a willful violation of the state's...
View ArticleLba Forges New Relationships at Nate Unite 2014
... 528 introduced people to LBA University safety courses and LBA's published safety bulletins that help companies meet OSHA mandates. LBA also highlighted its engineering services that provide...
View ArticleOSHA's Public Disclosure Rule Won't Deliver a Safer Workplace
... Trauger issued this statement after the NAM submitted comments on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) proposed rule to disclose injury and illness data publically: "OSHA's...
View ArticleEast Lansing investigating mercury incident
The city's wastewater treatment plant underwent remediation after a release of mercury in November, Public Works Director Todd Sneathen said today.
View ArticleOSHA: State law fails to protect residential construction workers
... is raising concerns about a 2012 state law requiring protection for workers facing potential falls of at least 15 feet. OSHA standards call for harnesses, nets or guardrails for those facing...
View ArticleHolloway v. Fres-Co Sys. USA, Inc., PICS Case No. 14-0392 (E.D. Pa....
... retaliatory discharge in violation of Iowa public policy based on her reporting an unsafe work environment and filing OSHA and EPA complaints and wrongful termination based on her reporting a...
View ArticleACE, ESIS Launch Programs for Construction Industry Addressing OSHA
... and developers for both new construction and renovation projects as they prepare for anticipated new requirements from OSHA. ESIS has assembled its team of health and safety professionals to...
View ArticleEPA Proposes New Pesticide Rules to Protect Workers
Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new Agricultural Worker Protection Standard .
View ArticleBerkman Buzz: March 21, 2014
... and Alexandra Wood from the Berkman Center submitted comments to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on behalf of the Privacy Tools for Sharing Research Data project. OSHA has...
View ArticleInvestigations
The founder of a paranormal investigation team is asking how someone in Texas could be collecting unemployment benefits using his company's tax ID.
View ArticleIPAF Urges Safe Distance from Power Lines When Operating AWPs
... feet from cables on wooden poles. These recommended safe distances meet or exceed those specified in ANSI standards and OSHA requirements. "Operators or supervisors are often not in a position to...
View ArticleSecond worker dies from Antero gas well blast
... Paxton, 45, of Walton, died. He was employed by another of the contract firms, C&R Downhole Drilling, according to OSHA. The other contract company was Willowbend Investments. The incident,...
View ArticleRR Donnelley Named Company of the Year in the Gravure Management Excellence...
... inserts. "Safety is our first and most important measure of operational excellence. Our commitment is reflected in an OSHA recordable case rate that is 60% below the industry average," stated...
View ArticleSection of AvalonBay tower collapses, injuries reported
... recoveries. We are fully cooperating with the Fire Department investigation and are in contact with representatives of OSHA."
View ArticleOSHA Investigating man in hole accident
... the construction accident that left a worker stuck in a hole for more than two hours, 10 News started searching OSHA's database and found the company, DEME construction, had never previously been...
View ArticleBoston elevator operator falls to death
... fety and Health Administration is investigating the fatality to find out what happened and to prevent future incidents, OSHA spokesman Andre Bowser told the Daily News.
View Article1-2011 Business Topics
... create problems, most notably the underreporting of accidents, and don't necessarily promote workplace safety. In fact, OSHA is shining a renewed spotlight on safety incentive systems as part of...
View ArticleUnion representatives join federal government safety inspectors on...
... SEIU agents recently accompanied an inspector from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a division of the Department of Labor, on three visits to nonunion work sites...
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