OSHA has cited Superior General Contracting of Cheektowaga, N.Y., for 10 alleged serious violations of workplace health standards at an Amherst, N.Y., jobsite.
OSHA has cited Quinco Steel Inc. of Chicago Heights, Ill., with proposed penalties totaling $111,100, for alleged willful, serious and repeat violations of federal workplace safety and health standards.
OSHA is proposing $364,350 in penalties against Frit Car Inc. in Brewton, Ala., for alleged safety and health violations. The inspection began April 3 when four workers were overcome by vapors while working in a confined space.
EPA has honored 37 organizations with its 2009 SmartWay Excellence Awards for slashing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and saving fuel through significant improvements to their freight operations.
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, an opportunity to highlight the important contributions from workers with disabilities, as well as the barriers they still face. According to a recent press release, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) provides an online resource to help provide safe, fulfilling work for men and women with developmental disabilities.
EPA has issued a document that provides state and local governments with technical guidance for methamphetamine lab cleanups, according to an agency press release.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced in a press release that it is issuing a final rule to ensure that safe and reliable drinking water is provided to aircraft passengers and crew. The rule provides multiple-barrier protection through requirements for coliform sampling, best management practices, corrective action, public notification, monitoring and operator training. It will better protect the public from illnesses caused by microbiological contamination.
Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) released a new report on October 1 that finds 15 states could run out of available hospital beds during the peak of the outbreak, if 35 percent of Americans were to get sick from the H1N1 flu virus, according to a TFAH press release. Twelve additional states could reach or exceed 75 percent of their hospital bed capacity, based on estimates from the FluSurge model developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
OSHA’s new National Emphasis Program (NEP) to ensure and promote the accuracy of workplace injury and illness recordkeeping is bound to attraction attention in the coming months as the agency begins to publicize violators.
OSHA recently revised the steel erection compliance directive for the agency's Steel Erection Standard to change two enforcement policies related to tripping hazards and installation of nets or floors during steel erection.
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