The employer of welders killed and disabled in a pipeline explosion two years ago in Walnut Creek, Calif., is urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign a worker-safety bill, reports the Walnut Creek-based Contra Costa Times.
Three holdouts among hundreds of plaintiffs who sued BP PLC for injuries or deaths in the 2005 Texas City explosion are set for trial this morning as the British energy company is under fire for management lapses in Alaska and Texas.
The Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) will hold a public meeting in Washington, D.C., Oct. 11-12, 2006. Notice of the meeting is scheduled to appear in today’s Federal Register.
Training class is into its third day and we have broken into teams to begin identifying all the safe practices and conditions required within each team’s assigned work area. One group is having difficulty determining the safest way to perform a particular function.
A recent survey conducted by the Employment Law Alliance reported that while millions of workers – about 5 percent of the American workforce – are maintaining online personal diaries, only about 15 percent of employers have specific policies addressing work-related blogging.
OSHA announced it will hold an open meeting of the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH) in Arlington, Va. on Sept. 28, 2006.
OSHA announced that it will publish an advance notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register on Sept. 12, 2006, seeking public comment on the implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS).
NY1, a news channel serving New York City, recently televised a meeting of experts discussing the continued health concerns of residents and responders who worked near or at the World Trade Center site in the aftermath of 9/11.
Amid threats of a hurricane, safety professionals met last week in Orlando for the 22nd annual conference of the Voluntary Protection Programs Participants' Association (VPPPA).
The Department of Energy announced that it will combine its Office of Environment, Safety and Health with its Office of Safety Performance Assurance, despite some congressional concerns.
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