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Two workers at one company working at two separate press brakes suffered amputations eight days apart last January – resulting in fines and membership in OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program for T & D Metal Products LLC of Watseka, IL.

An employee who was fired after raising concerns about the proper use of a bucket lift will receive back wages with interest, thanks to a settlement reached by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Blue Bird Corp., a Georgia-based school bus manufacturer.

A Massachusetts contractor with a long history of violating workplace safety standards faces a total of $354,000 in new proposed fines from OSHA, chiefly for exposing its employees to cave-in hazards at work sites in Cambridge and Framingham.

Although the incidence of chronic beryllium disease (CBD) is decreasing, new immunological tests, particularly the beryllium lymphocyte proliferation test (BeLPT), are detecting emerging cases of subclinical disease and beryllium sensitization, according to a new report from the U.K. Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

On July 7, 2011, the Department of Labor's Spring 2011 Semiannual Regulatory Agenda was published in the Federal Register at 76 FR 40086, writes James Nash in a post on the Mercer (formerly ORC) EHS consultancy website.

The number of adult workers with elevated blood lead levels (BLLs) in the U.S. declined from 1994 to 2009, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study published in last week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Ergonomic hazards; slips, trips and falls and exposure to toxic cleaning chemicals are just a few of the occupational health risks faced by the nation’s 400,000 hotel cleaners, according to a partnership put together by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to improve workplace practices.

OSHA has filed a complaint in federal court against Niles Family Dentistry and owner Dr. A. Scott Santucci for allegedly violating OSHA's Whistleblower Protection Act by creating a hostile work environment for two employees and forcing them to resign.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking nominations for membership to the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH).

OSHA and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) are among the federal agencies that will hold live web chats next week to discuss their regulatory agendas.