OSHA has cited J&P Construction of Tuscaloosa, Ala., doing business as Jamison Construction, with safety violations for exposing its workers to cave-in hazards while installing storm drains along Highway 98 in Destin, Fla. Proposed penalties total $45,500.
Every day, approximately 2,000 U.S. workers suffer a job-related eye injury, with one-third of them serious enough to require treatment in a hospital emergency room, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
OSHA has cited U.S. Minerals LLC with willfully exposing its workers to dangerously high levels of hazardous dust, and not providing adequate breathing protection and training for workers at its facility in Coffeen.
A new OSHA Safety and Health Information Bulletin and companion Worker Alert recommend that employers use safety measures to prevent exposing workers to the potentially fatal health effects of butter flavorings and other flavoring substances containing diacetyl or its substitutes.
With buildings becoming taller and floor areas becoming larger, several thousand building occupants may need to be evacuated quickly and safely during an emergency, noted National Fire Protection Association’s Russ Sanders during a recent ASME symposium on elevator use in building emergencies.
With the topic “Safe Development, Prevention First,” COS+H 2010 - 5th China International Occupational Safety & Health Exhibition – recently ended successfully in Beijing.
To help find solutions to the nation’s bed bug problem, the Federal Bed Bug Workgroup is convening a second national summit set for February 1-2, 2011, in Washington, D.C. The summit is open to the public and will focus on ways the federal government and others can continue to work together on management and control of these pests.
Simmons Manufacturing Co. in Hazelton, Pennsylvania has been certified as a "star" worksite, garnering the highest honor in OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs, according to an OSHA press release.