January 4, 2013 by Fred Hosier
A multi-year fight between government safety agencies and a manufacturer of food flavorings comes to the end with a settlement that lowers a fine but also restricts use of a dangerous chemical.
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Tags: diacetyl, Indiana OSHA, popcorn lung, Sensient Flavors
August 28, 2012 by Fred Hosier
OSHA administrator David Michaels has said the federal agency uses news releases about fines against employers to shame the companies into improving safety. Does this bad publicity actually get companies to improve safety? That remains to be seen, but one employer is losing business over bad safety publicity.
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Tags: bronchiolitis obliterans, diacetyl, popcorn lung, Sensient Flavors, Starbucks
November 1, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Some business leaders claim the reason the U.S. economy has been floundering is because of the number of new regulations imposed by the Obama administration. Bloomberg News has conducted an analysis of new regulations enacted by the last several presidents. The results may surprise some people.
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Tags: beryllium, Bloomberg News, combustible dust, diacetyl, federal rules, injury and illness prevention programs, Obama regulations
October 24, 2011 by Fred Hosier
While some lawmakers in Washington are harping on OSHA for creating too many regulations, a recent report says during the last ten years, there have been fewer new regulations produced by the agency than in any other period in its history.
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Tags: diacetyl, OSHA Inaction, Public Citizen, silica, small business, too many new regulations
June 13, 2011 by Fred Hosier
A Baltimore man has won an $814,500 judgment after he developed popcorn lung from workplace exposure.
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Tags: bronchiolitis obliterans, diacetyl, Kenneth McClain, popcorn lung
August 31, 2010 by Fred Hosier
A jury in Chicago has awarded the largest individual verdict in a popcorn lung disease case.
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Tags: BASF Corp., bronchiolitis obliterans, diacetyl, jury award, popcorn lung
May 5, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Companies face two new workplace health and safety rules: one on food flavorings, another on combustible dust.
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Tags: bronchiolitis obliterans, combustible dust explosions, diacetyl
April 15, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Popcorn lung may not be limited to workers in popcorn factories, according to a recent report by an investigative journalist.
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Tags: bronchiolitis obliterans, diacetyl, food flavorings, popcorn lung
February 12, 2009 by Fred Hosier
OSHA isn’t the only federal safety and health agency that can come into your workplace to perform an investigation. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) can enter a facility to investigate threats against employee health and safety.
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Tags: diacetyl, investigation, NIOSH, Sensient Flavors International
January 26, 2009 by Fred Hosier
It took exactly one day for OSHA under the new Obama administration to move forward on two proposed regulations.
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Tags: diacetyl, face masks, fit testing, respirators
