The United Steelworkers (USW) union who work at oil refineries around the country held a National Day of Action for Safe Refineries and Good Jobs on January 21.
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) is taking aim at a National Resources Defense Council (blog) that accuses the chemical industry of having undue influence over Congress, particularly in actions related to the assessment and classification of chemicals like formaldehyde and styrene.
Cranes without brakes and band saws without guards were among the violations found by OSHA at a Houston, Texas company -- after an employee gave the agency the heads up.
The president of a leading designer and manufacturer of safety signs and labels will serve as the chairman of the American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) U.S. committee for safety communication.
The top safety resolutions for 2012 include: 1. Perform regular audits of workplace safety initiatives: Benchmark safety programs to establish a baseline of performance.
A new OSHA PowerPoint presentation shows the heavy financial cost resulting from falls in construction. OSHA analyzed workers' compensation data for injuries resulting from falls from elevations suffered by roofers and carpenters.
Act covers workers with cancer, beryllium disease, silicosis
January 16, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor is notifying former workers of 17 facilities associated with the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act about compensation and medical benefits potentially available to them under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, which is administered by the department's Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation.
In a statement released yesterday, Chemical Safety Board (CSB) Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso expressed strong support for OSHA'ss proposal to include an "unclassified hazards" category in the current proposal to adopt the UN's Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labeling of Chemicals:
OSHA recently updated its Federal Agency Targeting Inspection Program (FEDTARG) directive for fiscal year 2012. FEDTARG directs programmed inspections of federal agency establishments that experienced high numbers of lost time injuries during FY 2011.