The Obama administration has proposed a fiscal year 2011 budget of $573 million for OSHA, part of the Department of Labor’s overall $117 billion proposed budget.
Mental health problems affect many working people, according to the February 2010 issue of the Harvard Mental Health Letter . Yet they often escape notice because these disorders tend to be hidden on the job. Mood symptoms, for example, can masquerade as physical problems such as irritability and sleep disturbances. Efforts to identify and treat mental health problems not only improve employee health, but also increase workplace productivity.
As state legislators across the U.S. enact laws that ban phoning and/or texting while driving, a new Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) study finds no reductions in crashes after hand-held phone bans take effect, according to a recent press release.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced in a recent press release that, on behalf of the secretary of labor, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Kentucky has filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky to collect $639,034.98 in delinquent civil penalties for violations at Double A Mining's # 4 Mine and an additional $25,749.94 in unpaid civil penalties for violations at B King Coal Inc.'s #1 and #2 Mines.
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury jointly issued new rules providing parity for consumers enrolled in group health plans who need treatment for mental health or substance use disorders, according to a Jan. 29th press release from the Department of Labor.
OSHA is proposing $57,000 in penalties against Triangle Grading and Paving Inc. for safety violations that exposed its employees to cave-in hazards working at a trench in Fort Bragg, N.C.
OSHA has cited a Quincy, Mass., contractor for 15 alleged serious violations of safety standards following the collapse of a ladder jack scaffold at a Boston, Mass., worksite that injured four of its workers.