Space Mountain and Soarin’ Over California were closed voluntarily by park officials in mid-April after the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health issued six citations to Disneyland Resort for worker-safety violations. Two of the citations issued to the park were for general violations and the four others for serious violations. The serious violations include: [...]
OSHA has scheduled a series of meeting this month to discuss the crane operator certification requirements in the Cranes and Derricks in Construction standard. The certification requirement, adopted as part of the Aug. 9, 2010 crane rule, requires that all crane operators receive certified by November, 2014. Secondly, the standard requires that certifications issued by [...]
OSHA has issued its 2012 Site-Specific Targeting plan to direct enforcement resources to workplaces where the highest rates of injuries and illnesses occur. OSHA’s Site-Specific Targeting (SST) program is OSHA’s main programmed inspection plan for non-construction workplaces that have 20 or more employees. The SST plan is based on the data received from the prior [...]
The implementation of a new standard requiring employers to adopt and Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2) highlights OSHA’s 2013 regulatory agenda. The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires federal agencies to publish lists of pending regulatory actions twice a year – spring and fall. However, the White House never released the spring 2012 agenda and did [...]
Two of the nation’s largest workplace safety associations are pushing for congress to eliminate House Policy Riders, that if approved would prevent the adoption of and injury/illness prevention program standard. In legislative procedure, a rider is an additional provision added to a bill or other measure under the consideration by a legislature, having little connection [...]
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Monday that they have scheduled meetings to discuss backover injury prevention. The five informal meetings will occur in two rounds. The first will take place Jan. 8-9, 2013, in Washington D.C., and the second, Feb. 5, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. Backover injuries were responsible for 79 worker deaths [...]
Safety Services Company has released a new Arizona labor law poster to coincide with an update to the state’s minimum wage requirement. Effective January 1, 2013, Arizona’s Minimum Wage Poster must reflect a 15-cent increase in the minimum wage, from $7.65 to $7.80. For any tipped employees, the employer may pay up to $3.00 less [...]
While the Federal Aviation Administration regulations still take precedence in airplane cabins, on Nov. 30, 2012, the air travel regulatory body proposed a policy to work with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to address workplace safety for flight attendants. The FAA Modernization and Reform act of 2012 required the agency establish milestones and a policy [...]
Designed in 1983 as a method of informing employees about the hazards of the chemicals they work with, OSHA’s hazard communication standard is one of the foundations of occupational health and safety. Yet, nearly 30 years after its initial inception the standard is one of the most violated in the nation. In 2012, the standard [...]
In response the September death of a California wine worker the state’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) has issued a warning about the dangers of anhydrous ammonia. Anhydrous ammonia is used under pressure as a liquid refrigerant in many wineries across California. The chemical is extremely hazardous to a person’s health, if released [...]
