Two workers plunged 25 feet after scaffolding collapsed inside the water tank they were painting – an incident that prompted an OSHA investigation resulting in 15 safety violations and penalties of $69,168 against the contractor.
An OSHA inspection that began as part of a national emphasis program on combustible dust in the workplace found violations in that area and many others at a Mississippi sawmill recently.
A new report from the Fire Protection Research Foundation’s (FPRF) finds that home sprinkler systems not only save lives and property, they can result in a tremendous water savings when it comes to fighting fires, which aids in water conservation and helps communities reduce their water infrastructure demands.
Republicans' plans to cut OSHA's budget by $100 million or 17 percent in 2011 prompted a statement from one of the “wise men” of OSHA affairs, Frank White, Global Director, Mercer ORC HSE Networks, and a former agency top official.
It’s all good, at least on paper, for OSHA as the Obama Administration yesterday proposed raising the agency’s FY12 budget from $559 million to $583 million. The proposed increase came while the overall Department of Labor budget was cut 5.4 percent.
On Capitol Hill today the Republican House majority went after OSHA as the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing whose title said it all: “Investigating OSHA’s Regulatory Agenda and Its Impact on Job Creation.”
A new study linking hearing loss with dementia may intensify the debate over how to reduce hearing loss in the workplace – and lead to new ways to combat dementia.
As record numbers of National Guardsmen and Reservists return to the civilian workforce from active military duty - in many cases, from duty in a combat zone - they and their employers face challenges that occupational safety and health professionals are uniquely positioned and skilled to address, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
OSHA last week issued a directive intended to help enforcement personnel determine whether employers have complied with agency personal protective equipment (PPE).
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration last week issued a fatality alert to the mining community, profiling the causes of and circumstances surrounding the 71 fatal accidents that occurred last year.
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