The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced in a press statement the publication of a final rule in the Federal Register revising the agency’s electrical design requirements for the approval of high-voltage continuous mining machines. The rule also establishes additional safety standards to address the machines' installation, use and maintenance in underground coal mines. MSHA's existing standards do not address high-voltage continuous mining machines. Although this equipment has been used in underground coal mines since the late 1990s, mine operators must submit a petition for modification to use it.
OSHA has confirmed that the long-time head of the agency’s enforcement directorate, Richard Fairfax, was promoted April 5 to OSHA’s top career position, deputy assistant secretary, according to a post on ORC Worldwide’s EHS website. OSHA’s other deputy assistant secretary is political appointee Jordan Barab.
Aaron Trippler, government affairs director for the American Industrial Hygiene Association, dissects NIOSH’s proposed budget for fiscal 2011, in his latest dispatch, “Happenings from the Hill.”
Legislation is pending that would require OSHA to adopt a safe-patient handling standard, according to Aaron Trippler, government affairs director for the American industrial Hygiene Association.
American Industrial Hygiene Association Government Affairs Director Aaron Trippler reports in his “Happenings from the Hill” that Congress is unlikely to focus on occupational health and safety issues in post-healthcare legislative maneuvering.
Working the nightshift interferes with sleep, particularly for workers in their 30s and 40s, reports a study in the April Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), according to a press release.
ASSE announced in a recent press release that the organization has teamed up with the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearing House to hold a free webinar on work zone safety April 21 at 1 p.m. EDT. To register for the free webinar, go to http://www.workzonesafety.org/training/record/10234 .
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced in a press release that the agency expects more than 125,000 renovation and remodeling contractors to be trained in lead-safe work practices by April 22, the effective date for a rule requiring such training. The agency is on target to implement the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule, which will protect millions of children from lead poisoning, on April 22, 2010.
Food industry workers face a myriad of hazards, including sharp knives, extreme temperatures and harsh chemicals as well as the bacteria, grease and oils inherent in food products.
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