Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Tuesday signed a bill limiting on the governor's constitutional power to grant pardons, the culmination of an ongoing controversy surrounding a worker death in 1999.
Often, state and federal agencies assess fines for safety violations after an injury has a occurred. But in Arizona, the state’s worker safety commission announced recently that it will fine three Tucson businesses for violations ranging from unsafe scaffolding to lack of dust control. None of the violations involved injuries.
OSHA announced it has extended the presidential Safety, Health and Return to Employment (SHARE) initiative and presented achievement awards Thursday, Feb. 15, to five federal agencies that obtained exemplary results during the initiative's first three years.
OSHA announced yesterday in the Federal Register that nominations are being accepted for persons to serve on the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health.
OSHA Region 4 this week urged employers and workers to take appropriate safety measures to avoid injury and illnesses associated with the recovery and cleanup efforts following recent Florida storms.
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