OSHA News
- Bartlett Grain in Atchison, Kan., cited for willful and serious violations after 6 die, 2 injured in grain elevator explosion
- Delta Air Lines signs agreement with OSHA on seat belt compliance measures to protect airline industry workers, OSHA also issues hazard alert to other airlines urging compliance
- OSHA seeks applications for $1.2 million in Susan Harwood grants, will host webinar on April 18 for potential applicants
- OSHA announces new National Emphasis Program for Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
- OSHA seeks applications from organizations interested in becoming OSHA Training Institute Education Centers
- OSHA will hold a meeting of the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health: Six new members appointed
- OSHA will hold meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health
- Researchers point to drop in grain entrapments in 2011, credit OSHA's increased enforcement and outreach
- California study reveals nail salon workers may be at risk for exposure to hazardous chemicals in nail polish and nail care products
- OSHA orders Jersey Window Factory & Building Supply in Newark, NJ, to reinstate whistleblower following investigation
- Judge finds All-Feed Processing & Packaging in Alpha, Ill., in contempt for not allowing OSHA inspection; company ordered to pay nearly $42,000 in fines
- OSHA cites Alabama and Illinois employers for combustible dust and other hazards
- OSHA cites Bath Iron Works for safety violations, Maine shipbuilder faces more than $171,000 in fines for fall, other hazards
- OSHA reminds employers to post injury/illness summaries
- OSHA to host, participate in Workers' Memorial Day events around the country
- Prestigious occupational health award goes to OSHA's Cindy Coe
- DOL kickoff event marks start of NAOSH week
- New OSHA publications now available for order in Spanish and other languages
- Job openings
- OSHA revises Hazard Communication Standard
- OSHA seeks comments on how to prevent worker injuries and deaths from reinforcing concrete activities and vehicle backovers
- OSHA issues memo on safety incentive and disincentive policies and practices
- Grain employer sentenced for asphyxiation death of worker
- OSHA reminds employers to post injury/illness summaries
- OSHA finds two railroads in violation of the Federal Railroad Safety Act for retaliating against workers for reporting an injury in New York, Connecticut and Idaho
- Cal/OSHA issues citations to Community Recycling & Resource Recovery totaling $166,890 following two worker deaths
- OSHA cites poultry processor KD Acquisition for 11 safety violations at Gainesville, Ga., plant; proposes more than $187,000 in fines
- OSHA cites commercial construction employers in New Hampshire and Wisconsin for failing to protect workers from falls
- OSHA cites Willkomm Excavating & Grading of Union Grove, Wis., for failing to protect workers from trench collapse
- OSHA reaches out to employers with high injury and illness rates
- OSHA reaccredited as an authorized continuing education provider
- DOL commemorates 101st anniversary of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
- OSHA, American Society of Safety Engineers renew Alliance to promote best practices to prevent worker exposures to health, physical hazards
- New California PELs to better protect workers from hazardous chemicals
- Video PSAs alert young workers to on-the-job hazards
- All about OSHA now available for order
- OSHA co-sponsors safety days across the United States
- Job openings
- Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis Announces Updates to OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard
- About OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)
- The Right to Understand
- What is the Globally Harmonized System (GHS)?
- Why Modify HCS?
- Benefits of Harmonization
- Changes to Anticipate
- What Do the New Pictograms Look Like?
- What Employers Need to Do and When (Effective Dates)
- Educational Materials on HCS and GHS Now Available
- For Additional Information
- DOL sues U.S. Postal Service and Florida school for violating whistleblower protections
- Occupational exposure to diesel exhaust multiplies risk of lung cancer for miners
- Construction superintendent sentenced for willful disregard of OSHA safety standards following worker's death
- OSHA's Free On-Site Consultation Program helps technology recycler protect workers by addressing and correcting root causes
- Brazilian Blowout manufacturer agrees to compensate salon workers exposed to formaldehyde hazards
- Target protects factory workers from silicosis by no longer carrying sandblasted denim
- OSHA reminds employers to post injury/illness summaries
- OSHA cites Westinghouse plant in Newington, N.H., for inadequate safeguards against hexavalent chromium
- Site-Specific Targeting Program inspections result in OSHA citations for employers in Texas and Ohio
- OSHA cites Falls Stamping and Welding in Cleveland for workplace violations including lockout/tagout; proposed penalties exceed $124,000
- OSHA establishes local emphasis program to protect workers on Wisconsin dairy farms from common hazards
- OSHA compliance assistance follows devastating storms in the Midwest
- Assistant Secretary for OSHA addresses United Steelworkers convention on worker safety
- OSHA and the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication renew Alliance to protect workers from exposure to chemical hazards
- OSHA co-sponsors safety days across the United States
- Job openings
- OSHA's free On-site Consultation Program helps fund innovative safety training center in Maine
- OSHA extends temporary enforcement measures in residential construction
- OSHA cites grain company after 2 teenage workers suffer leg amputations at Kremlin, Okla., facility
- OSHA proposes $365,500 in fines to Wal-Mart for repeat and serious safety and health hazards at Rochester, N.Y., store
- IOSHA cites 3 employers following investigations after fatal injuries at 2011 Indiana State Fair
- OSHA proposes $169,000 in fines to Hartford, Conn., contractor for repeatedly exposing workers to cave-in hazards
- OSHA cites Beasley Forest Products in Georgia for combustible dust and other hazards; $78,000 proposed in penalties
- Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis promotes international worker rights through new collaborations
- New Mexico OSHA and Oil & Gas Association announce collaborative effort to increase worker safety
- New fact sheet provides information on protecting shipyard workers from eye injuries during welding and cutting operations
- Nurses' miscarriages linked to chemicals at work
- NIOSH webinar today on workers' compensation among health care workers
- OSHA alerts workers to falls and other hazards when removing snow from rooftops
- Job openings
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