The Republican spending bill being debated on the House floor this week will slash health and safety inspections and shut down OSHA’s popular website, Democrats on the House Workforce Protections Subcommittee said today in a statement.
Under President Obama’s FY12 budget, EPA will have to make do with $8.973 billion - about a 13 percent decrease from the FY 2010 budget of $10.3 billion.
Arsenic, lead and excessive noise were the hazards workers were exposed to at a drilling mud manufacturing plant in Mo, according to OSHA, which cited Cimbar Performance Minerals in Cadet for 23 violations of health and safety standards. Proposed penalties total $214,550.
Two workers plunged 25 feet after scaffolding collapsed inside the water tank they were painting – an incident that prompted an OSHA investigation resulting in 15 safety violations and penalties of $69,168 against the contractor.
An OSHA inspection that began as part of a national emphasis program on combustible dust in the workplace found violations in that area and many others at a Mississippi sawmill recently.
A new report from the Fire Protection Research Foundation’s (FPRF) finds that home sprinkler systems not only save lives and property, they can result in a tremendous water savings when it comes to fighting fires, which aids in water conservation and helps communities reduce their water infrastructure demands.
Republicans' plans to cut OSHA's budget by $100 million or 17 percent in 2011 prompted a statement from one of the “wise men” of OSHA affairs, Frank White, Global Director, Mercer ORC HSE Networks, and a former agency top official.
It’s all good, at least on paper, for OSHA as the Obama Administration yesterday proposed raising the agency’s FY12 budget from $559 million to $583 million. The proposed increase came while the overall Department of Labor budget was cut 5.4 percent.
On Capitol Hill today the Republican House majority went after OSHA as the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing whose title said it all: “Investigating OSHA’s Regulatory Agenda and Its Impact on Job Creation.”
A new study linking hearing loss with dementia may intensify the debate over how to reduce hearing loss in the workplace – and lead to new ways to combat dementia.
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