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OSHA has cited Scovill Fasteners in Clarksville, Ga., for 60 safety and health violations. Penalties total $133,350.

In an April 22, 2010 memorandum to OSHA regional administrators, Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health David Michaels outlined "Administrative Enhancements to OSHA's Penalty Policies,” as explained in an analysis posted on the ORC Worldwide web site. ORC Worldwide’s Washington, DC office is a global environmental health and safety consultancy. ORC Worldwide consultant Scott Madar authored the following analysis.

The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow featuring the following speakers:

A statement issued by Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis lamented the loss of worker lives this April, the month Shakespeare called “the cruelest.”

OSHA, in an effort to address urgent safety and health problems facing Americans in the workplace, is implementing a new Severe Violator Enforcement Program and increasing civil penalty amounts, according to an agency press release.

The heads of five agencies of the U.S. Department of Labor will host live Web chats — open to the public and members of the press — to discuss their respective regulatory agendas, according to a press statement.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a rule to remove saccharin and its salts from the agency’s lists of hazardous wastes, hazardous constituents and hazardous substances because it is no longer considered a potential hazard to human health, according to an EPA press release.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration announced in a press statement that the agency launched an inspection blitz over the past weekend at 57 coal mines whose history of underground conditions indicated a significant number of violations and/or conditions that may include problems relating to methane accumulations, ventilation practices, rock dust applications and inadequate mine examinations.

The nation's buildings and infrastructure will become more efficient, significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions and cutting energy consumption, according to a new green construction plan released by the Associated General Contractors of America, the organization announced in a press release.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requesting comment on data available for evaluating emissions and potential exposure to lead in gas used in piston-engine aircraft, according to an agency press release.