Recent Developments in Whistleblower Reward and Retaliation Claims Including...
... in whistleblower retaliation claims; a Extraterritorial application of Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank; a Trends in OSHA enforcement of whistleblower protection laws; and a Whether Dodd-Frank...
View ArticleRose Brink Helps Senior Citizens Transition to New Homes
... She also earned an SSD Certification, KS Certified Nursing Assistant, a certified Activity Director, a certified OSHA trainer, and is certified through Faith Based Crisis Response Training in...
View ArticleFeds targeting Arizona construction sector over what they call lax safety...
... Safety and Health Administration said Arizona's fall protection standard doesn't do enough to protect workers' safety. OSHA threatened to take over the state's authority to regulate construction...
View ArticleFormer Hometown Bank lawyer faces new lawsuit over his bank role
... last year. The lawsuit specifically names Jacobowitz as a defendant. His attorney, Josh Weiner, said he moved the OSHA complaint to federal court because the timing was right. Builder Pete Berman...
View ArticleFeds find numerous issues at state workplace-safety agency
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration uncovered problems in several areas of Indiana's workplace safety program during an investigation. In a report issued Wednesday, OSHA issued 22...
View ArticleJVS carpentry lab air quality tests come back clean
... A test completed by an independent testing firm in 2010 indicated that one student's exposure to particulates exceeded OSHA's permissible exposure limits, while another student did not. Since that...
View ArticleWyoming OSHA Proposes $200K in Fines to Sinclair Refinery
The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services (DWS) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Salt Lake City-based Sinclair Oil for seven violations stemming from a September 2013...
View ArticleMechanical Assembler
... and sample assemblies, or receives verbal instructions regarding duties to be performed Properly follow company and OSHA safety procedures. Steeled toed shoes, safety glasses and other Personal...
View ArticleDon't Worry, MODOT Won't Use Military-Style Sound Cannons To Slow You Down
... a constant message to drivers behind the striper trucks that slow-moving vehicles are ahead. This will be done at an OSHA- safe sound level. The sound is focused to reach oncoming traffic as the...
View ArticleBART Fined $210,000 by Cal/OSHA for Accident That Killed 2 Workers
In response to the news of BART's citation and penalty by Cal-OSHA, Patricia Schuchardt, president of AFSCME Local 3993, said: "BART management and board members are finally being held accountable for...
View ArticleSanta Clara: Cal-OSHA fines subcontractor for safety violations in worker's...
A steel subcontractor has been fined by Cal-OSHA for safety violations in the death of a worker who was crushed by falling building materials at the San Francisco 49ers stadium construction site in...
View ArticleFederal team investigating fatal Tenn. explosion
A special investigative team of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is looking into an explosion at a Tennessee ammunition plant that killed one person and injured three others.
View ArticleNY Paper Manufacturer Exposes Workers to Serious Safety Violations at...
... safety violations at two of the company's work sites. Burrows faces $298,100 in proposed fines following inspections by OSHA's Syracuse Area Office. "The proposed fines reflect both the gravity of...
View ArticleBART Fined $210,000 After 2 Worker Deaths: Cal-OSHA
... Hernandez reports. The state agency that oversees workplace safety cited BART on Thursday for willful serious safety violations that ...
View ArticleBART fined over 2 track workers' deaths during strike
... during a union strike, alleging that the transit agency deliberately violated safety rules. The investigation by Cal/OSHA, the unit of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health that regulates...
View ArticleBART cited, fined $210,000 for worker deaths
... hit by a train in October in Walnut Creek and fined the transit agency $210,000. The state's top safety agency, Cal-OSHA, determined that the victims, Christopher Sheppard, 58, of Hayward, and...
View ArticleOSHA Visits Hospital Following Isolated Carbon Monoxide Incident
A representative from the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) visited the Martha's Vineyard Hospital last week following the detection of high counts of carbon monoxide in the boiler...
View ArticleBART fined $210,000 for worker deaths
... trainee's actions and observe the track" before the train hit Christopher Sheppard, 58, and Laurence Daniels, 66, Cal/OSHA said in citing the rail agency for "willful serious safety violations."...
View ArticleFair versus spiteful
Evolution has a problem with fairness and spite. At least at face value, there's little gained by sharing your food in a world of survival of the fittest.
View ArticleSafetySign.com Launches New Job Site Safety Signs
... and safety rules for construction areas. These new signs present a more modern appearance and incorporate the new OSHA approved ANSI Z535 design and layout elements for identify hazards and safety...
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