OSHA director Edwin
G. Foulke announced new appointments to key executive positions at the agency, including directors for the agency's Southwest and Mid-Atlantic regions.
OSHA
has made another friend in the Big Apple. The agency and the New York City Department
of Design and Construction (DDC) announced they have formed an alliance to
address construction hazards in the city’s five boroughs.
OSHA’s Advisory Committee on Construction Safety
and Health (ACCSH) will meet in Washington, D.C., May 15 and 16, 2008,
according to an April 29 notice in the Federal Register. The
meeting is open to the public.
April 28 was Workers
Memorial Day, wherein labor unions and other groups around the world remember those who have
been injured or died on the job, and generate further
discussion on safe workplaces and practices.
OSHA announced in the April 21 Federal
Register that it will hold an informal public hearing to receive
testimony and evidence on the proposed rule for confined spaces in construction
The Union of Concerned Scientists, an environmentalist
group, released a report this week in which a large number of EPA scientists
claim they have experienced political interference during the Bush
administration.
OSHA has proposed $94,250 in penalties for seven
safety violations after inspecting an Atlanta worksite where employees were exposed to cave-in hazards.
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