The Obama administration today proposed a budget of $10.5 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the largest in the agency’s 39-year history, according to an EPA press release. The increase of $3 billion from 2008 funding levels will further ensure the protection of public health and the environment for all Americans.
OSHA has cited St. Louis, Mo.-based G.S. Robins & Co., doing business as Ro-Corp Inc., for alleged willful, repeat and serious violations of federal workplace safety standards, proposing more than $1.2 million in penalties for numerous violations relating to the handling of hazardous chemicals at the company’s facility in East St. Louis, according to an agency press release.
Three trade organizations, the Association of Pool & Spa Professionals, the National Recreation & Park Association, and the World Waterpark Association, have designated May 2009 as National Water Safety Month, according to a recent press release.
The United States Court Of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld OSHA’s permissible exposure limit for hexavalent chromium on Monday, denying arguments by Public Citizen Health Research Group and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Worker’s International Union, (collectively “HRG”) that OSHA’s PEL was too low.
More than a month into the Obama administration, there’s increasing chatter in Washington corridors about who will be appointed assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health.
Seth Harris has been named by President Obama to be deputy secretary of labor, the number two spot at DOL. Harris worked for the Obama campaign and served in the Clinton administration.
Representative Hilda L. Solis of California finally was confirmed by the Senate Tuesday to be secretary of labor. The 80-to-17 Senate vote ended more than a month of delays, triggered by Republican concern about her strong ties to organized laborer and disclosures about unpaid tax liens on her husband’s business.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recognized the Publix Super Markets for their commitment to workplace safety in a letter from ASSE President Warren K. Brown, CSP, ARM, CSHM, of Fairborn, Ohio, according to an ASSE press release.
Scheduled for March 4 at the Peoria Civic Center, the 18th annual Downstate Illinois Occupational Safety and Health (DIOSH) Day will focus on workplace safety and health issues and provide information on these topics to employers, employees and the general public, according to a recent press release.
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