Whole Foods Knife-Sharpening Station Has Some Shoppers on Edge
... on the machine during its operation." The store has received no formal complaints about the knife sharpener, and OSHA had no record of gripes against it either, a spokesman said. Harth follows the...
View ArticleTeen retailer Forever 21 slapped with safety fines
... are common among retailers, and put workers at serious risk," said Robert Kulick, New York regional administrator for OSHA, in a statement. "Retail managers have a legal responsibility to inspect...
View ArticleWhat Is Frostbite?
... "What can be done for a person suffering from frostbite?" Learn these and many more key safety facts, and comply with OSHA training requirements, through LBA University online Cold Weather Safety...
View ArticleAgencies offer options in fertilizer explosion response
... West Fertilizer explosion, recently released a bevy of potential regulatory and policy options. Options for expanding OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) standard and EPA's Risk Management...
View ArticleNew line worker program will power up JTED students next school year
... earn up to three high school credits per year, and up to 18 credits through Yavapai College. Certification is an OSHA 10 card, and average line worker salaries range from $45,000-$80,000. Comments...
View ArticleCIC, ISHM Enter Endorsement Agreement
... safety managers who have a broad range of duties. CIC and ISHM's certifications complement each other. According to OSHA research and Province of Ontario studies conducted over a period of years,...
View ArticleOSHA Investigating Fayetteville Construction Injury
... week that left one worker hospitalized. The U.S. Department of Labor confirmed to 5NEWS on Wednesday (Jan. 8 ) that OSHA is investigating the incident on Jan. 3 at the Cardinal at West Center...
View ArticleA Chilling Week for Outdoor Workers
... and Health Administration sent out a separate alert for miners. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which oversees workplace safety, does not publish any regulations...
View ArticleWill OSHA's Shame Game Improve Workplace Safety?
... information out of fear they will be publicly ridiculed." The proposal is certainly controversial, so much so that OSHA announced Monday that it would, at the request of the National Association of...
View ArticleBlackfish - Can a killer whale be a serial killer?
... According to former trainers they obscure the facts of these violent incidents for their employees. In recent years OSHA has made it so trainers are no longer allowed to be in the water with the...
View ArticleThe Horror! Brooklyn Is Freaking Out About Whole Foods' New Knife-Sharpening...
... according to DNAinfo , and anyone can come inches from the area. One customer was so concerned that he even contacted OSHA-the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, according to Effed in...
View ArticleOSHA will hold live Web chat on its proposed silica rule
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration will host a live Web chat to discuss the agency's proposed rule on occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica...
View ArticleOSHA schedules meeting on e-reporting of injuries, illnesses
... submit quarterly reports on their injuries and illnesses. That's the first proposed new requirement under a rule OSHA has proposed. The idea of the electronic reporting is to ramp up tracking of...
View ArticleTexas A&M Contractors Face Penalties After Two Accidents
... a separate site accident on the College Station campus killed a 28-year-old worker employed by another contractor. OSHA cited project subcontractor Ramco Erectors Inc., Houston, with seven...
View ArticleAgencies Offer Ideas for Preventing Chemical Disasters
... storage, handling, and sale of ammonium nitrate; options for expanding risk standards and risk management programs at OSHA and EPA; and possibilities for adding chemicals to the list of those...
View ArticleSmoking and other things we didn't take seriously 50 years ago
The federal government did not mandate these warnings on cigarette packs until 1966, that was two years after the surgeon general's 1964 Report on Smoking and Health .
View ArticleObamacare supporter turned critic not being audited by IRS
... True the Vote, began a push to clear ineligible voters off the rolls, she and her husband suddenly received an OSHA safety investigation of her company, as well an IRS audit that asked multiple...
View ArticleRichfield trustees begin year with new business
Jankura also was selected as the trustee liaison to the Zoning Department and the township's representative on the Joint Economic Development District Board.
View ArticleUnsafe building projects at Texas A&M campus keep OSHA busy
... Garcia, a construction worker who was employed by Lindamood Demolition , fell four stories and died shortly thereafter. OSHA is conducting a post-fatality inspection at the scene and of Lindamood's...
View ArticleNational Trench Safety Announces Relocation of Fayetteville Operations...
... specializing in the rental and sales of trench and traffic safety equipment, trench and traffic safety engineering, and OSHA-compliant training classes, announced today that it has relocated its...
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