OSHA is doing something it hasn’t done in a long time: The federal agency has formed a task force to investigate a state workplace safety agency.
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Tags: Jordan Barab, Nevada, OSHA
Does OSHA work for working people? No way, says David Michaels — the man President Obama will nominate to run the agency.
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Tags: agenda, David Michaels, OSHA
It’s been a little over a year since the feds announced the third-largest penalty in OSHA history.
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Tags: combustible dust, fines, Imperial Sugar, OSHA, settlements
No contrast between the Bush administration and the Obama administration is more stark than the dramatically different signals they’ve sent in selecting nominees to head federal safety and labor agencies.
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Tags: Joseph Main, MSHA, nominee, OSHA
New regulations; accidents with multiple fatalities; the President-elect’s take on what OSHA should be doing. What is the top safety story of 2008?
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Tags: new regulations, Obama, OSHA, top 10
Perhaps you’ve heard advice about what to do during and after an OSHA inspection, such as follow the inspector and challenge things you think the OSHA rep is getting incorrect. Here’s a good reason to take that advice seriously.
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Tags: citations, construction, inspections, OSHA
An investigation has turned up a scam in which an OSHA certified trainer sold dozens of fake cards crediting workers with participating in required 30-hour safety training.
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Tags: 30-hour safety course, certification, OSHA
As a safety pro, you’ve probably heard this claim: Once you get on OSHA’s inspection list, it’s tough to get off of it. A Midwest company can attest to that.
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Tags: carbon monoxide, fall protection, inspected, OSHA, violations
OSHA investigations aren’t limited to manufacturing and construction. Investigators are looking into a fatality involving an acrobat at a golf tournament dinner.
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Tags: acrobat, Fatality, investigation, OSHA
Heads up. The economic stimulus bill recently passed by the U.S. House is more than just business and income tax cuts. It contains more money for OSHA.
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Tags: enforcement, OSHA, stimulus bill
A monster truck show promoter died after accidentally stepping in front of a moving vehicle at a recent rally in Madison, WI.
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Tags: employee death, monster truck, OSHA
Various OSHA standards require employers to have written safety programs. Would a company satisfy such a requirement by keeping the documents solely in an electronic format?
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Tags: electronic records, OSHA, standard interpretation letter
The Senate grilled President-elect Obama’s pick for Labor Secretary on a variety of issues at her confirmation hearing.
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Tags: Employee Free Choice Act, ergonomics, Hilda Solis, Obama, OSHA
OSHA says it’s not enough for companies to develop fall protection plans — they have to enforce them, too.
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Tags: fall, fall protection plan, Fatality, OSHA, personal protection equipment
Recent statistics show OSHA continues to focus its inspections on specific problems, rather than conduct them randomly.
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Tags: fatalities, inspections, OSHA, repeat violations
Instead of “Play ball!” will it be “Play ball — but safely”?
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Tags: baseball, OSHA, shattered bats
Sure, OSHA has been more “business-friendly” in the last eight years. But it hasn’t been a paper tiger. New statistics on the agency’s citations and penalties for fiscal year 2008 show just the opposite. And with a new administration in January, OSHA is set to issue even more fines.
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Tags: fines, inspectors, OSHA, violations
An Alabama company faces one willful violation from OSHA for allowing explosive dust to accumulate on machinery and the shop floor.
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Tags: combustible dust, fines, national emphasis program, OSHA
With a new administration coming to the White House, it’s likely companies will see some changes from OSHA. Among the possibilities: higher fines for workplace fatalities and injuries.
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Tags: fines, new administration, OSHA, President-elect Obama
How OSHA chooses which companies it inspects isn’t a total mystery. One target: Companies with injury rates that are higher than their industry’s average.
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Tags: DART rate, Injuries, inspections, OSHA, recordables
For the first time in 14 years, Democrats will have a President in the White House and significant majorities in both the House and Senate. While many newspapers have been calling on the Democrats to make major changes in monetary and foreign policies, one has chosen to target the nation’s workplace safety and health regulations.
Tags: fatalities, Injuries, NIOSH, OSHA, OSHA standards
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