OSHA has cited BP North American Inc. and BP-Husky Refining LLC’s refinery in Oregon, Ohio, with 42 alleged willful violations, including 39 on a per-instance basis, and 20 alleged serious violations for exposing workers to a variety of hazards including failure to provide adequate pressure relief for process units. Proposed penalties total $3,042,000.
The Department of Labor — along with other agencies across the federal government — is gathering ideas online to help increase transparency, collaboration, and participation within DOL as part of the White House Open Government Initiative.
OSHA surveys employers to collect workplace injury and illness data it uses to identify employers whose injury and illness rates are considerably higher than the national average. A letter has been sent to about 15,000 workplaces with the highest numbers of injuries and illnesses resulting in days away from work, restricted work activities or job transfers, known as the DART rate.
All professional staff inside the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) are directed, under pain of discipline, to report any outside “teaching, presentations and training” performed while working for DOSH including uncompensated volunteer work, according to documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
The American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA) participated in a public hearing hosted by OSHA on March 5 to discuss modifications to the Hazard Communication Standard to Conform to the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS), according to an AIHA press release. In anticipation, AIHA prepared comments to the proposed revisions and submitted its “Proposal to Modify the Hazard Communication Standard to Conform to the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS)” at the hearing.
National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah A.P.
Hersman encouraged the sleep research and healthcare
community to continue their efforts to educate
transportation policy makers of the dangers of fatigue in
all modes of transportation, according to a NTSB press release.
On March 4, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) participated in the “OSHA Listens” public meeting, according to an AIHA press release. The all-day, live webcast addressed issues posed by the agency, and featured input from numerous stakeholders, including AIHA, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), representatives of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and ordinary citizens who lost family members due to worksite accidents.
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