Graphic Products Releases OSHA's Top 10 Safety Violations for 2013
Graphic Products, the global leader in workplace labeling and signage, has released OSHA's top 10 safety violations for 2013, along with visual communications ideas for bolstering safety for 2014.
View ArticleKirk Joins 42 U.S. Senators in letter about OSHA's Illegal Regulatory Actions
... joined an effort with 40 of his Senate colleagues, in requesting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) immediately stop their unlawful regulation of family farms. The request was...
View ArticleOSHA Fines Companies after A&M Equine Center Collapse
... steel beams framing the Texas A&M Equine Center collapsed amid construction workers. After six months of investigation, OSHA officials now know why. According to investigators, the collapse...
View ArticleCORONA: Hospital cited for health and safety violations
... of the citations. Contractors in a blocked-off area have been working with asbestos at the Medical Center, said Cal/OSHA spokesman Peter Melton. In both cases, Cal/OSHA investigated after...
View ArticleWhat others think in the U.S., elsewhere
... panel to consider a rule to protect workers from combustible dust and how any rules would affect small businesses. Now, OSHA says April 2014, maybe. Unglamorous as it may be, controlling...
View ArticleNeighbors fight Eliot gas terminal plans
... He said he saw three concerns: noise, size and the environmental impact. Berry said he could look into turning off the OSHA-mandated truck back-up alarms. He said the company's experts said any...
View ArticleCarl Hiaasen: 'Blackfish' reveals misery of captive orcas
... as it eventually did after the "Free Willy" films in the 1990s. Meanwhile it's working hard in court to overturn the OSHA decision and return to the old bareback-riding days. Said its lawyers,...
View ArticleWestlake chemical plant has history of spills, violations
The fire at the Axiall chemical plant in Westlake is out, but state police are investigating the cause of the fire that began in a unit containing hazardous chemicals.
View ArticleEH&S Specialist-Direct Hire
... with medical providers, third party case managers and the workers compensation attorneys. Oversee and maintain all OSHA, workers compensation, first aid and medical records. Develop, update and...
View ArticleSilica Exposure Lawsuits: The Next Toxic Tort?
With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) signaling its increased attention to workers' exposure to crystalline silica, and the plaintiffs' bar evidently in search of new subjects...
View ArticleOSHA Now Accepting Whistleblower Complaints Online
The Whistleblower Protection Program, administered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), is now accepting whistleblower complaints filed online. The online form may be completed...
View ArticleU.S. needs to invest in school
... panel to consider a rule to protect workers from combustible dust and how any rules would affect small businesses. Now, OSHA says April 2014, maybe. Unglamorous as it may be, controlling...
View ArticleSeaWorld launches ‘Blackfish’ counterattack in ads
After months of dismissing "Blackfish" as activist propaganda, SeaWorld Entertainment has launched a more aggressive counterattack on the critical documentary.
View ArticleCity worker suffers severe head injury
A Fairfield wastewater facility employee, Larry Hanshaw, was taken to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Tuesday for an injury he suffered on the job.
View ArticleMan dies after roof collapses
... Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, according to Larry Reinsmith, Wilmington's director of public service. "OSHA and other agencies will be looking at it," Riley said. "It was an...
View ArticleCombustible dust rules
... panel to consider a rule to protect workers from combustible dust and how any rules would affect small businesses. Now, OSHA says April 2014, maybe. Unglamorous as it may be, controlling...
View Article2 companies cited after A&M structure collapse
... reported Sunday that all four men work for Ramco Erectors. The Houston-based company was fined $40,500 for seven OSHA violations. The general contractor, Gamma Construction Co., was cited for one...
View Article2 companies cited after A&M structure collapse
... and Health Administration investigated when four workers were hurt in the June 22 accident, about a mile from campus. OSHA determined the barn, which was under construction at the time, collapsed...
View ArticleKeyport base earns top safety award
... participating in the agency's Voluntary Protection Program. VPP, a collaboration among employees, labor, management and OSHA, is designed to recognize and promote effective workplace safety and...
View ArticleAsian trade treaty will destroy America
... enterprises-at a competitive disadvantage. American businesses would remain shackled by the regulations of EPA, FDA, OSHA, etc. while their foreign competitors could operate here unimpeded by those...
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