Jarrett pledges administrationsupport to finish silica rule
... administration's effort to protect workers from harmful silica dust. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) last month issued draft regulations for the rule, which had been under...
View ArticleGNP Company's Wisconsin Feed Mill Achieves National Recognition for...
... GNP Company, award consideration was based on criteria set forth by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which included recordable incidents and those that resulted in days...
View Article2 workers injured in gas tank explosion in NH
TV reports (http://bit.ly/18PLc8t) there was no word on what caused the explosion on Hanover Street on Monday afternoon. Officials from the state Fire Marshal's Office and the Occupational Safety and...
View Article4th Adult Film Star Tests Positive For HIV In 3 Weeks
... continuing to film and advertising for filming in Arizona. AHF said it has filed a workplace-safety complaint with Cal/OSHA against the production company Kink Studios, where Bay worked.
View ArticleMcDonough health institute cited for safety violations
Federal labor officials have cited a metro Atlanta health care institute for failing to correct problems that surfaced during a 2012 inspection.
View ArticleDid EPA Overstep in Applying Soil Vapor Intrusion Guidance to Commercial...
... the interplay between U.S. EPA and the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA"). These features of the 2013 Guidance underscore the need for careful legal...
View ArticleThe Fatal Four Construction Site Accidents
... killed on the job in 2011. A significant portion, or 17 percent, stemmed from construction. In the past four decades, OSHA and its state partners have made dramatic strides in reducing the number...
View ArticleEducation Location Introduces New Partnership
... selection of online driving, continuing education and license renewal courses, for real estate and mortgage, insurance, OSHA and workplace safety, cosmetologist, electricians and more. Through...
View ArticleHot dog manufacturer faces $53k OSHA fine
Hot dog manufacturer Vienna Beef faces a $53,000 fine for 10 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety violations in Chicago. The US Department of Labor carried out an inspection of...
View ArticleMGM Resorts ordered to rehire whistleblower
... Health Administration is ordering MGM Resorts International to rehire a whistleblower and pay $325,000 in restitution. OSHA says the MGM condominium subsidiary the Signature at MGM Grand fired the...
View ArticleDepartment of Labor orders Illinois Central, Wisconsin Central to pay ...
... employer does not have the right to retaliate against employees who report work-related injuries," said Nick Walters, OSHA's regional administrator in Chicago. "When workers can't report safety...
View ArticlePan Am Railways found to have violated Main employee's whistleblower rights
... Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The employee, who works in a rail yard in Waterville, Maine, filed an OSHA complaint on Dec. 6, 2011, claiming that the railroad had subjected him to...
View ArticleDebunking The Top 5 Myths Of Tank Repair
... owners can typically save their money and skip the pressure grouting. Many tank owners, in an effort to comply with OSHA standards, will add handrails along the entire perimeter of the roof. But...
View ArticleTroubled Mill Fined $185K in Accident
... company employees - Randy Hoegger, 56; Donald Snyder, 46; and Steven Voermans, 52 - and injured a fourth. In that case, OSHA found that the manager failed to conduct air monitoring inside the tank...
View ArticleStericycle Enhances OSHA Compliance Program to Minimize HazCom Violations
OSHA's recent revisions to its Hazard Communication Standard prompted Stericycle's enhancements of its Steri-Safe OSHA Compliance Program to ready customers for the December 1 training deadline.
View ArticleOSHA's new haz-mat requirements take effect Dec. 1
OSHA's new haz-mat rules take effect Dec. 1 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's new labels and new safety data sheets, part of the federal agency's revised hazard communication...
View ArticleGa. health institute cited for safety violations
Federal labor officials have cited a metro Atlanta health care institute for failing to correct problems that surfaced during a 2012 inspection.
View ArticleWorkers seriously injured in fire in diesel tank
... PARTICULARLY INHALATION INJURIES. THE CHIEF SAYS THE TANK TECH SUPERVISOR WAS SHOWING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO THE OSHA INVESTIGATOR WHEN THE LIEUTENANT WAS INADVERTENTLY SPRAYED IN THE FACE WITH...
View ArticleStainless Steel Air Entry Unit has space saving design.
... contaminant ingression. Like the standard L-O-X valve, the stainless model meets applicable safety standards such as OSHA, CSA, ISO, EN, ANSI/PMMI, ANSI and NACE. The valves: Are easily...
View ArticleManufacturer to Pay $1.3M in Penalties, Fines for Worker Death in South Dakota
... of the agreement, the company will pay the worker's surviving spouse $450,000, a criminal fine of $450,000 and the full OSHA fine of $435,000 stemming from the regulatory violations that caused the...
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