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Philly contractors have “Eggs with OSHA”

November 20, 2018
It’s a pretty big breakfast meeting and it takes place every four months or so. Approximately 200 members of the General Building Contractors Association’s (GBCA) Philadelphia chapter get together with OSHA representatives three times a year to learn more about improving safety in Philadelphia area construction projects.
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budget

Harwood training program gone from OSHA’s 2019 budget

March 1, 2018
OSHA’s FY 2019 budget request reflects an emphasis on compliance assistance, an increase in enforcement and the elimination of a longstanding safety and health training grant program – a move sure to draw the hire of some in the occupational safety community. The agency says its request for $549,033,000 for FY 2019 will allow it beef up its VPP initiative and restore 24 of the 33 compliance assistance positions that were lost in a five-year-long budget crunch.
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A Confined Space blog post

House to Hold OSHA hearing on Tuesday

Barab
Jordan Barab
February 26, 2018
The House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections will hold a hearing on Tuesday entitled “A More Effective and Collaborative OSHA: A View from Stakeholders.” This will be the first — and probably the only — oversight hearing held in this two-year session of Congress.
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A Confined Space blog post

Trump’s worker safety & health budget again undermines worker safety & health

Barab
Jordan Barab
February 16, 2018
Earlier this week, President Trump submitted his Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal. This is his second budget proposal, and like the first, although it left OSHA’s budget fairly flat, it once again proposes to slash or eliminate important safety and health programs and agencies.
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OSHA

ISHN readers want next OSHA chief to…

More results from our online flash survey
February 15, 2017

With a new administration taking a new approach to federal agencies, ISHN thought it a good time to survey our readers to find out what they feel should be the shape and direction OSHA takes going forward. For instance, the majority of respondents felt that increased educational tools and programs should be the top priority for the next OSHA Chief. Half or more respondents expect a thorough review of standards or increased support for the voluntary protection program.


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Resources

The importance of analysis in workplace safety

October 5, 2016
OSHA has released two fact sheets that stress the importance of tracking metrics and investigating potential hazards to prevent workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities.
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AIHA supports H.R. 2500, the “Voluntary Protection Program Act”

July 16, 2015

This week, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) sent a letter in support of H.R. 2500, the “Voluntary Protection Program Act,” introduced by Rep. Todd Rokita, R-Ind. The Act would codify the Department of Labor’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP), ensuring that the program would continue with adequate funding.


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Are you up on the latest EHS trends?

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Dave Johnson
September 16, 2014

Here is what ISHN noticed is “in” and “out” in terms of EHS trends based on education sessions and corridor talk at the ASSE Safety 2014 meeting in Orlando this past June.


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Veolia achieves OSHA VPP STAR certification at Valero site

Latest award brings company total to 12 VPP certified sites
January 17, 2014

Veolia’s site-based industrial cleaning operations at Valero Houston Refinery has been accepted into OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) at the Star Award level, the highest level granted. OSHA will formally recognize Veolia’s team at an upcoming ceremony for its outstanding efforts in achieving exemplary occupational safety and health systems.


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tape

We’re in the post-regulatory era, friends

Davejohnson
Dave Johnson
October 3, 2012
I don't think I2P2, the must-vaunted Injury and Illness Prevention Program hailed by OSHA as its numerous uno standards priority, has snowball's chance of passing.


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