In a speech before the American Bar Association earlier this month, OSHA chief Dr. David Michaels said that workplaces have become much safer during the agency’s forty year existence. In 1970, there were 38 workers killed on the job daily in the U.S., compared with 12 fatalities per day in 2011.
As the U.S. economic outlook continues to improve, employee loyalty is on the decline, according to MetLife’s 9th Annual Study of Employee Benefits Trends, released today.
For three years of excellence in its employee safety and health program, NuStar Energy’s Central West North District facility in Amarillo has been designated a “star” site in OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating a March 23rd incident in which the only air traffic controller on duty at the Ronald Reagan Washington Washington National Airport (DCA) apparently fell asleep, thwarting attempts by two flight crews and other controllers to make contact with him.
An administrative law judge with the Occupational Health and Safety Review Commission has affirmed six of seven safety and health citations issued to Independence-based ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. by OSHA in July of 2009.
OSHA and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) have released two guidance documents, one for workers and one for employers, which describe the use of spirometry testing to help reduce and prevent worker exposure to respiratory hazards.
Although a Presidential Proclamation called the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire a “galvanizing moment” which provoked sweeping improvements to safety regulations throughout the country, the factors which made it such a deadly event can still be found in workplaces throughout the U.S. and the world, say officials and safety professionals.
A recent OSHA inspection of C.I.L. Inc.’s Lawrence, Mass. plant found hazards at the plant similar to those cited during inspections in 2005 and 2007, resulting in repeat and serious citations totaling $49,280 in proposed fines.
The international Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) is seeking participants for a panel considering revisions to the American National Standard for High-Visibility Public Safety Vests.
The Department of Labor’s 2012 budget reflects “difficult choices,” according to Secretary Hilda L. Solis, testifying last week before the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations.