OSHA has cited the U.S. Postal Service for alleged willful and repeat violations of safety standards following an inspection at the Southern Maine Processing and Distribution Center in Scarborough, Maine, according to an agency press release. The Postal Service faces a total of $430,000 in fines, chiefly for exposing workers to electrical hazards.
Can you locate and nurture your “safety talent”? Individuals in your workforce who are safety champions, naturally inclined to take on extra-duty safety responsibilities.
OSHA has cited Schneider Electric, doing business as Square D, in El Paso for alleged workplace safety violations following the electrocution fatality of a worker at the company's facility.
Every day 1,000 eye injuries occur in American workplaces. Nearly 90 percent of eye injuries are preventable with proper protective eyewear, but a Bureau of Labor Statistics survey found that nearly three out of five workers were not wearing eye protection at the time of the accident. Such stats come into focus as July 1 kicks off National Eye Safety Month.
Dr. Rafael Moure-Eraso has been confirmed and appointed as the new chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), the agency announced; Mr. Mark Griffon has been appointed as a new board member, filling the other vacancy on the board.
During the national meeting of the American Society of Safety Engineers last week in Baltimore, ISHN spoke to a safety and health consultant who said, “The new OSHA is manna from heaven. Don’t quote me on that.”
Promulgating a sweeping injury and illness prevention program standard, (I2P2) which would require employers to find and fix hazards, and modernizing OSHA’s injury and illness data collection system are the top priorities OSHA chief Dr. David Michaels wants to see completed during his time at the agency, he told a group of reporters following his speech last week to about 500 safety and health pros at ASSE’s national meeting in Baltimore.
OSHA chief Dr. David Michaels made his first appearance at a national ASSE meeting last week in Baltimore. ISHN learned from sources that ASSE’s 32,000 members by and large like what they’ve seen from Dr. Michaels since he took over the agency earlier this year.
There’s no let up in OSHA’s enforcement surge. And no surprises, either. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and then-acting OSHA chief Jordan Barab said one year ago at the ASSE national meeting in San Antonio that there was a new sheriff in town. Here’s what the sheriff has been up to in the past 30 days:
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