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OSHA finds methylene chloride, other hazards at Bergen County manufacturing facility

February 24, 2022

OSHA issued citations related to methylene chloride hazards, including allowing workers to be overexposed to the solvent, and failing to provide personal protective equipment, eye wash stations, and medical surveillance for workers exposed or potentially exposed to the solvent. 


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powered industrial trucks

DOL announces proposed rule to update powered industrial trucks standard for general industry, construction

February 16, 2022

The U.S. Department of Labor announced today a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to improve worker safety and health by ensuring the agency’s general industry and construction industry rules reflect current industry practice and state-of-the-art technology. 


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trench

OSHA cites employer – involved in 2021 double fatality in downtown Boston – for new trench violations at East Boston worksite

February 16, 2022

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the employer involved in a February 2021 double fatality at a downtown Boston worksite and his successor company again for failing to provide employees with essential and required safeguards, this time at an East Boston residential construction site.  


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Investigation into worker’s fatal fall finds Henderson sawmill, pallet manufacturer exposed workers to willful, serious hazards

February 16, 2022

A federal investigation into fatal injuries suffered by an 86-year-old worker at a Henderson sawmill and pallet manufacturer found the company exposed workers to hazardous energy sources and lack of machine guarding.


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OSHA’s 2021 standard interpretations

Employers must submit required 2021 injury, illness data to OSHA by March 2, 2022

February 16, 2022

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds employers that the agency began collecting calendar year 2021 Form 300A data on Jan. 2, 2022. Employers must submit the form electronically by March 2, 2022.


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NIOSH awards more than $5 million in extramural funding to address COVID-19 related challenges

February 10, 2022

NIOSH provided more than $5 million in extramural funding during fiscal year 2021 to 38 projects that address challenges related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This amount includes supplemental funding for State Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Surveillance Programs and funding for investigator-initiated research through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) COVID-19 response efforts


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OSHA proposes $145k in fines after worker suffers fatal injury at Chicago-area pizza manufacturer

February 10, 2022

An employee of a frozen-pizza manufacturer suffered a fatal injury while cleaning a machine on July 20, 2021. An inspection by the OSHA determined that Rich Products Corp.’s failure to implement energy control procedures – commonly known as lockout/tagout – exposed its third-shift sanitation workers to serious hazards.


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Drug Testing and the Opioid Crisis

DOL awards $1.8M in funding for employment, training services to combat New York’s opioid crisis

February 3, 2022

Fatal overdoses in New York have nearly tripled in the last decade, with nearly 85 percent of them linked to controlled substances, including opioids. Nationally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates fatal opioid overdoses kill 91 people each day in the U.S.


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Biden administration officially withdraws vaccine rule for businesses

February 3, 2022

The Biden administration has officially withdrawn a rule that would have required workers at big companies to get vaccinated or face regular COVID testing requirements.


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OSHA cites Florida company after worker dies in extreme heat in national forest

February 3, 2022

Working in the recesses of Apalachicola National Forest on a July day as temperatures neared 100 degrees, the supervisor of two crews hired to clear invasive plants saw one 42-year-old worker was sweating heavily, his hands were trembling, and he seemed confused, unable to respond to commands.


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