Showing posts with label Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Show all posts
Thursday, March 31, 2016

OSHA Settles with Anheuser-Busch of New Jersey - Warehouse Violations

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US Labor Department settlement: Anheuser-Busch of New Jersey agrees to enhance safety for workers at its Jersey City, Bronx distributorship...
Sunday, March 27, 2016

Silca: New US DOL Rule to Protect Workers

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The U.S. Department of Labor 's  Occupational Safety and Health Administration  today announced a final rule to improve protections for...
Thursday, January 14, 2016

OSHA schedules public hearing on proposed rule on occupational exposure to beryllium

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled a public hearing on the agency's proposed rule to amend its existing ex...
Friday, September 25, 2015

Employees exposed to dangerous workplace hazards at Pennsauken aluminum
 services plant

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A aluminum company fined $308K
 OSHA's investigation found 44 safety violations, including one willful: Employer name: Aluminum Shape...
Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Lead: Bringing it Home From Work

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NIOSH reports that homes may be contaminated by toxic substances such as lead when employees bring home the contaminates. Bystander exposure...
Monday, April 27, 2015

The Circus: OSHA Settlement

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Ringling Bros. to enhance safety for all aerial acts after settlement agreement 9 employees injured in May 2014 fall in Providence, Rhode I...
Saturday, October 25, 2014

Judge upholds citations issued for bloodborne pathogen and lead exposure hazards at West Caldwell, New Jersey, company

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Drivers and loading-dock workers at UniFirst Corp. were exposed to hazards that involved bloodborne pathogens and lead at its West Caldwell,...
Monday, October 6, 2014

Taking Action on Workplace Stress

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Taking Action on Workplace Stress   NEW!   FREE! Presenter:  John Oudyk, Occupational Hygienist , OHCOW Date:  Tuesday, Oc...
Friday, August 29, 2014

OSHA Fines Frost King $90K for Workplace Hazards

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Workers willfully exposed to amputation hazards at Paterson, New Jersey , manufacturing facility Film Pak Extrusion facing more than $90K in...
Friday, August 22, 2014

SeaWorld Won't Appeal Ban On Trainers Performing With Orcas

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Today's post was shared by WCBlog and comes from www.npr.org SeaWorld has decided not to appeal a court ruling that prohibits its ...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Cal/OSHA fines aviation company in death of LAX baggage worker

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Today's post is shared from the latimes.com State officials fined an aviation services company $77,250 on Wednesday for five safety ...
Thursday, August 7, 2014

Wilcox Farms Fatal Silo Collapse - Citations

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Today's post comes from guest author Kit Case, from Causey Law Firm. By Kit Case from Causey Law Firm The  Department of Labor...
Friday, July 25, 2014

OSHA issues new directive to keep communication tower workers safe

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has updated its   Communications Tower directive   regarding the use of hoist systems u...

OSHA cites willful safety violation after workers expected to 'free climb' 195-foot tower without adequate fall protection

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T wo workers were free climbing, or climbing without safety lines, a 195-foot communication tower under construction without adequate   fa...
Sunday, July 20, 2014

Using Mobile Technology for Work Linked to Higher Stress

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Today's post was shared by Work Org and Stress and comes from www.gallup.com Heavier users carry more stress , but also rate live...

Mapping the lives and deaths of workers: An emerging way to tell the story of occupational health and safety

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Today's post is shared from scienceblogs.com When Bethany Boggess first debuted her online mapping project, she didn’t expect it to at...