OSHA announced in a press statement the issuance of contempt of court orders against Brian Andre, former owner of Andre Tuckpointing and Brickwork (AT&B), Andre Stone and Mason Work Inc. (AS&MW) and Regina Shaw, owner of AS&MW. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued the contempt orders against the St. Louis-area company and individuals for failing to comply with court orders enforcing citations of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC).
Employees with depression have higher costs related to short-term disability and absenteeism — even after receiving antidepressant therapy, reports a study in the February Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).
According to an OSHA press release, the agency has fined the C.A. Franc construction company $539,000 following the investigation of a roofing worker who fell 40 feet to his death at a Washington worksite. The Valencia, Pa.-based roof installer — whose owner is Christopher A. Franc — was cited for 10 per instance willful citations for failing to protect workers from falls.
One day after Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc, announced it will conduct a voluntary safety recall on approximately 133,000 2010 Model Year Prius vehicles and 14,500 Lexus Division 2010 HS 250h vehicles to update software in the vehicle’s anti-lock brake system (ABS), Toyota President Akio Toyoda wrote the following op-ed piece that was published in the Washington Post on February 9, 2010. The apology and vow to rebuild consumer trust over a safety issue includes several strategies that safety and health pros will find interesting. We have boldfaced them in the text, which was also posted on Toyota’s corporate website.
Grainger, one of the nation’s largest distributors of safety products, reported for the year ended December 31, 2009, sales of $6.2 billion were down 9 percent versus 2008.
OSHA has issued a proposed rule to align the agency’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) with provisions of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). Published in the Sept. 30, 2009 Federal Register (74 FR 50280), the proposal requested interested parties to submit comments by Dec. 30.
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