OSHA will hold a National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) meeting June 8, 2010, in Washington, D.C., to discuss initiatives for protecting the safety and health of America’s workers, according to an agency press release. The meeting’s agenda will include, among other topics, examining ways to reach vulnerable and hard to reach workers, promoting injury and illness prevention programs and discussions on safety incentive programs.
In connection with its investigation into the natural gas explosion that occurred at the Kleen Energy power plant in Middletown, Connecticut, the United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announces that it will hold a public meeting on June 28, 2010, in Connecticut, according to a CSB press release.
OSHA has cited CEC Elevator Cab Corp., a Bronx, N.Y., manufacturer of elevator cabs, for 18 alleged violations of safety and health standards, chiefly for failing to correct hazards cited during prior OSHA inspections, according to an agency press release. The company faces a total of $346,500 in proposed penalties.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration this week launched its annual roof fall prevention awareness program aimed at reducing the high number of roof falls that occur in the nation's underground coal mines, according to an MSHA press release.
People who smoke certain U.S. cigarette brands are exposed to higher levels of cancer-causing tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs), the major carcinogens and cancer-causing agents in tobacco products, than people who smoke some foreign cigarette brands, according to a press release from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
OSHA announced in a press release that the agency has scheduled a three-day OSHA training event for federal agency staff responsible for workplace safety and health issues that is designed to enhance their knowledge and skills for keeping federal workers safe and healthy on the job.
OSHA investigated the employee's allegation that Atlanta, Ga.-based UPS terminated his employment in retaliation for his refusal to drive after raising safety concerns, according to an agency press release. OSHA's investigation found the driver was terminated after refusing to drive the vehicle because of inoperable lights on the trailer and tractor. The evidence showed the driver had a reasonable apprehension of serious injury to himself and the public. Although the driver notified UPS management of the unsafe conditions, the employer continued to order the unsafe operation of the vehicle.
OSHA has fined the South Dakota Wheat Growers Association of Aberdeen, S.D., more than $1.6 million following the Dec. 22, 2009, death of a worker at the company's McLaughlin, S.D., grain handling operation, according to an agency press release. The worker suffocated after being engulfed by grain in one of the facility's bins. OSHA's investigation found that five additional workers were also at risk of being engulfed when they were sent into the bin to dig the victim out.
OSHA has cited New York Plank Services LLC, a precast concrete installation contractor, for alleged willful, serious and other-than-serious violations of safety standards following a partial building collapse in Brooklyn, according to an agency press release. The contractor, also in Brooklyn, faces a total of $125,800 in proposed fines.
OSHA has proposed a total of $214,500 in fines against High Liner Foods Inc. for 17 alleged violations of workplace health and safety standards at the company's Portsmouth, N.H., seafood processing plant, according to an agency press release. The company is mainly cited for a failure to address deficiencies in its anhydrous ammonia piping system used for freezing.
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