PRCC offering pipefitting, welding courses at night
... Nov. 27. The course offers an industry recognized certificate in pipefitting, including applications for a 10-hour OSHA certification and NCCER certification in the core curriculum of introductory...
View ArticleInsight - Fast-growing U.S. craft brewers struggle with worker safety
... Oregon. "It's a challenge everywhere," he said. "I don't think anyone is deemphasizing safety." State inspectors and OSHA found 547 violations, including 250 serious ones, at craft breweries from...
View ArticleProject Manager IV
... and financial administration a Knowledge of U.S. government procurement regulations and labor law a Must pass OSHA 10 hour safety course a Working knowledge of NFPA, EPA, and OSHA codes and...
View ArticleJackson Lewis Adds Seven High-Profile Attorneys to Workplace Safety and...
... to best serve our clients." "We had been searching for the right people to expand our group to include specialists in OSHA, MSHA and crisis management, and found the right match in this new team,"...
View ArticleExcessive Heat Warning for All of Arkansas
The long, hot summer continues to bring rising temperatures to Arkansas, prompting an EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING for the state over the next 24 hours.
View ArticleNational Demolition Association Provides Testimony at Hearing on Philadelphia...
... Taylor pointed out in his testimony that according to statistics compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and OSHA, the seemingly dangerous industry is in fact overwhelmingly safe, with only...
View ArticleWhistleblowers: They Have More Protection Than You Think
... had an employee who reported the company over a safety concern to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The company weathered an examination and was exonerated. The next year...
View ArticleFracking industry cleanup workers exposed to benzene in Colorado, feds allege
... of the nature, level and degree of exposure likely as a result of participation in such hazardous waste operations," OSHA documents said. Workers dug trenches along the pipeline, west of Parachute...
View ArticleRedwood City Grocery Outlet Employee Killed In Machine Accident
... employee has been identified as Mendie Udo, 43, of Burlingame, according to the San Mateo County coroner's bureau. Cal/OSHA has sent an investigator to the site and has removed the piece of...
View ArticleGrocery Outlet Employee Crushed to Death by Compactor
... employee has been identified as Mendie Udo, 43, of Burlingame, according to the San Mateo County coroner's bureau. Cal/OSHA has sent an investigator to the site and has removed the piece of...
View ArticleSilverton man, 55, crushed at Canby steel-fab plant previously cited for...
... Dean Boyer, would consult Scruggs' family to determine what kind of help could be provided. Cheryl Martinis, an OSHA spokeswoman, said there are no records of accidents reported at BBC Steel, which...
View ArticleState panel urges more stringent refinery safety oversight following major...
... tenance. Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), who successfully pushed a state budget measure that will require Cal/OSHA to use fees to add 15 chemical and refinery inspectors, noted that the...
View ArticleParis manufacturing company recognized by OSHA for workplace...
Employees of Maine Machine Products in South Paris, state representatives, and representatives of the Maine Department of Labor and SafetyWorks! hold up a banner that the company received as part of...
View ArticleDefending Against OSHA Whistleblower Claims
Done correctly and with the right facts, it is possible to defend against OSHA whistleblower claims.
View ArticleJanitor crushed to death by garbage compactor inside Grocery Outlet in...
... worker at about 10 p.m., said Peter Melton, a spokesman with the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA). A Cal/OSHA inspector was sent to the store at 1833 Broadway on Friday,...
View ArticleRedwood City: Grocery Outlet worker crushed to death in a compactor/baler
... in the cardboard baling machine, which Battalion Chief Geoffrey Balton said was a little higher than waist height. Cal/OSHA has sent an investigator to the site and has removed the piece of...
View ArticleOSHA fines company for man's death; will it be reduced? Or even collected?
... who wasn't a student wanted to move into one of these complexes and was denied because of that. But getting back to OSHA, and the monstrous fine (yes, I'm being ironic) they have levied upon the...
View ArticleOutdoor workers battle through heat to get the job done
... gets delayed because of heat, but the impact on the workers is something we keep a very close eye on," Pyritz said. OSHA released a smartphone app for workers to track head indices on the job site....
View ArticleWorker Killed After Falling From Building Downtown
... two buildings. Police say the building is vacant. They say the workers were not wearing harnesses, which is required by OSHA. No one else was injured.
View ArticleConstruction Collapse At Temple University
... us to move aside move aside," recalled Veronica Hudaeck, another student. Engineers with the state and inspectors with OSHA are on scene trying to officially figure out a cause. It may be months...
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