Jordan Barab, acting assistant secretary for OSHA, yesterday told a Congressional committee that the serious shortcomings discovered during his agency’s evaluation of the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s safety program raised concerns about federal OSHA’s monitoring of all state plan states.
An essay, poem and photo are among the winners of this year's Rachel Carson Contest. The third annual intergenerational contest reflects Carson's efforts through her writings to have adults share with children a sense of wonder about nature and help them discover its joys. This year, dance was a new category for entries.
OSHA has cited Franklin Non-Ferrous Foundry Inc. for 17 alleged willful and serious violations of workplace health and safety standards. The Franklin, N.H., foundry faces a total of $254,000 in fines following comprehensive OSHA inspections begun in April.
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson has announced a $200 million grant for a smarter, stronger and more efficient electric system in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. The funding, announced at a press conference with Lieutenant Governor Walter Dalton and Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker, is part of President Barack Obama’s announcement yesterday of the largest single energy grid modernization investment in U.S. history - $3.4 billion in Smart Grid Investment Grant Awards under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that will be matched by industry for a total investment worth more than $8 billion, according to an EPA press statement.
OSHA has proposed $45,000 in fines against Veolia ES Technical Solutions in West Carrollton, alleging 11 serious violations of federal workplace health and safety standards, according to an agency press release.
In conjunction with an interagency task force, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano yesterday announced new proposed guidance for protecting the health of emergency responders during an anthrax attack on a major U.S. city, according to a DHS press release.
According to a press release from the AFL-CIO, the labor unions’ group, along with American Rights at Work and the National Employment Law Project, issued a comprehensive report yesterday, which finds that the federal government’s immigration enforcement in recent years — including a heavy reliance on raids and often inadequately trained enforcement agents — has severely undermined efforts to protect workers’ rights, to the detriment of immigrant and native-born workers alike. Drawing on several case studies from across the country, the report offers an unprecedented analysis of how the division between labor and immigration enforcement has eroded, and a blueprint for how the new administration and federal agencies can restore the balance. The authors, joined by a group of affected immigrant workers, presented their findings and recommendations at a conference at AFL-CIO headquarters.
Following is the statement given yesterday by Lisa P. Jackson, administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works during a legislative hearing on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act:
The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) has published new medical treatment guidelines for providing care to workers with injuries of the hand, wrist and forearm, according to a recent press release. The new guidelines, which represent the latest chapter in ACOEM’s comprehensive publication, Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, are available online now via ACOEM’s APG-I Web application; a print version will be available in the fall of 2010, when the next hard-copy edition of the Practice Guidelines is published.
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