A Canton, Mass. contractor exposed employees working inside an aqueduct tunnel to a variety of dangers, according to OSHA, which hit Barletta Heavy Divison, Inc. with repeat and serious standards violations carrying a total of $52,500 in proposed fines.
American Industrial Hygiene Association Government Affairs Director Aaron Trippler, in his latest “Happening From the Hill” newsletter, offers this update on state mold legislation:
Ergonomic is kryptonite at the national level, with OSHA officials not even mentioning the word in speeches these days. Ergo is so toxic that even the agency’s proposal to have employers separately log ergo-related injuries was withdrawn.
In an effort aimed at early detection, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will offer free pneumoconiosis screenings to surface coal miners throughout the U.S.
Thanks to Aaron Trippler, government affairs director for the American Industrial Hygiene Association, we present this updated list of state activity involving existing or proposed OSHA state plan programs.
Elizabeth Grossman, a widely publicized author and journalist whose writings have appeared in The Washington Post, Scientific American, Salon, The Nation, Mother Jones, Grist, and the Huffington Post, posted a blog on The Pump Handle yesterday blasting House Repubican attempts at what she called “the great leap backward.”
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced announces a public meeting for receiving comments from the public on implementing the provisions of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-347).
Rep. John Barrow, a Savannah, Ga., Democrat, has introduced The Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act (H.R. 522). The bill would force OSHA to set requirements regulating combustible industrial dusts.
OSHA has cited Bona Via Inc., a Rochester, N.Y., manufacturer of pizza shells, for failing to correct safety hazards identified during a prior OSHA inspection and for newly identified hazards at its plant. The company faces a total of $195,200 in proposed fines.
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