HOUSTON—U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Scaffold Industry Association (SIA) signed a new regional alliance that aims to enhance workplace safety for construction workers in the states of Louisiana and Texas.
We welcome this opportunity to join with the SIA toward emphasizing employer awareness of hazardous working conditions in [...]
Starting February 1 up to April 30 all companies that are subject to OSHA recordkeeping policies are required to post their OSHA 300a log.
What is an OSHA 300a log?
An OSHA 300a log is a summary of work-related injury and illnesses that occurred in 2009 and recorded in the OSHA 300 log.
Who should post this?
Companies that employ [...]
Last Dec. 16, 2009, newly appointed Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels spoke at NIOSH’s Making Green Jobs Safe: Integrating Occupational Safety and Health into Green and Sustainability. The conference was held in Washington, D.C. Dr.
Michaels stressed out that green jobs cannot be good jobs unless they’re safe jobs. [...]
December 7, 2009 – Acting Secretary for OSHA Jordan Barab discussed the agency’s regulatory agenda through an hour long live chat. The live chat was open to the public and members of the media.
Some of the topics that were addressed were about the airborne infectious diseases, combustible dust, musculoskeletal disorder and Diacetyl.
Here are some excerpts [...]
David Michaels has been confirmed to be the new Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health last Dec. 3.
Michaels was a Research professor and Interim Chair in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. He was nominated by President Barack Obama last [...]
A host of regulations affecting a wide range of businesses and industries is being released by the administration. These changes can be summed up into four major areas dealing with increasing labor protections against common issues in the workplace. These are:
Safety checks. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is gearing for tougher enforcement in all [...]
Eight years may have passed but the effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks can still be felt, both by the victims and the heroes. In fact, the heroes of 9/11 have become today’s victims. When people rushed to Ground Zero with the intent of helping and being of assistance in any way that they could, [...]
The U.S. Department of Labor has given the state of Illinois’ OSHA the authority to administer their very own occupational safety and health plan for public employees in the state. The notice of authorization for the public employee protection plan appeared in the recent edition of the Federal Register.
Illinois, New Jersey, Connecticut, New York and [...]
A proposed permanent set of revisions to California’s heat illness prevention standard, was published by the Cal/OSH Standards Board: General Industry Safety Orders 3395.
“This is the third attempt by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) to make changes to the landmark standard; two other emergency proposals were failed before the Standards Board this [...]
On Saturday, tragedy struck as 12 people were injured after the Dallas Cowboys’ practice facility collapsed. The Occupational Safety and Health Administratioon (OSHA) is currently conducting an investigation on the cause of the accident. “We’re trying to determine if there were any violations, or determine the cause,” said Elizabeth Todd, spokeswoman for [...]
