Occupational Safety and Health Administration Logs

Federal Osha Regulations News

The Lens: Deadly workplaces escaping close scrutiny Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 9:25PMIn January 2002, a mound of powdery chemical catalyst used to make gasoline collapsed on a worker doing routine cleanup at the Marathon Ashland Petroleum refinery in Garyville, La. Within minutes, the contract employee, from Colfax, was completely engulfed in the toxic chemical and struggling to get free. Before help arrived, the face seal on the man’s helmet broke, allowing fresh air to hit the ...
Obama orders removal of outdated regulation Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:36PMIn a nod to Big Business, President Obama on Monday issued an executive order asking independent agencies to rid their books of old and outdated regulations.
White House battles red tape Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:23PMIn a nod to Big Business, President Obama on Monday issued an executive order asking independent agencies to rid their books of old and outdated regulations.
EPA-approved Lead Safe Certification Training at Warren County Community College Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 2:12PMWarren County Community College WASHINGTON TWP. — Warren County Community College is an accredited training provider for the EPA/HUD Renovation, Repair and Painting Program for construction industry professionals, multiple dwelling owners and property maintenance staff. Those who complete this program...
Inspect2GO Releases Mobile App Checklist Technology for Regulatory and Safety Inspections using iPhone, iPad and Android Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 5:06AMInspect2GO releases Regulatory Compliance and Safety Inspection mobile app technology for OSHA, USDA, FDA, FEMA, EPA, DOT, MIL, ISO, NFPA, DOE and other federal/state regulatory inspections. The apps facilitate code safety inspections and regulatory audits performed in the field using mobile devices including Apple's iPhone, iPad and Android smartphones or tablets. Inspect cars, trucks ...
[UPDATED with Looming Federal Regs:] Windpower Convention Blows into Anaheim Monday, May 23, 2011 @ 10:34AMUPDATE, MAY 26, 8:33 A.M.: Talk about taking the wind out of your sails.An official of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) informed attendees of the Windpower 2011 Convention
OSHA cites AMPI in incident that killed truck driver Wednesday, March 2, 2011 @ 12:03AMNEW ULM - The New Ulm-based Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) is facing accusations of willful safety violation from federal regulators. The citation was announced Monday by the U.S.
Top Stories Monday, February 14, 2011 @ 10:32AMTucker, GA—The 2011 Feed Mill Management Seminar will provide mill managers with information on best practices to help optimize production and efficiency, so their feed mills can operate at peak performance.
Saturday’s Prep Scoreboard Saturday, February 5, 2011 @ 5:42PMBoys’ Basketball La Conner 61, Friday Harbor 41 Girls’ Basketball Friday Harbor 55, La Conner 41 Girls’ Wrestling Sub-Regional…
Small Businesses React to Obama's Regulatory Strategy Wednesday, January 26, 2011 @ 4:21PMPresident Obama released a new regulatory strategy yesterday, with promises of less regulation, more government transparency and lower costs for small business owners across the country. While the strategy would be a great improvement and change of pace for the administration, the outlook among small businesses is a mix of caution and optimism, as health-care reform hangs in the wings.
Current Policies Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 11:02AMThe ACA Master Plan, ratified by the House of Delegates in June 1964 (Amended June 1979, June 1989, July 1994 and September 2000), and will govern future policies of ACA as quoted: "With regard to the core chiropractic principle, which holds that the relationship between structure and function in the human body is a significant health factor and that such relationships between the spinal column ...
Chamber of Commerce: Let Them Eat Cake Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 8:46AMThe Chamber of Commerce is a group that protects the realm of corporate interests. Period. The Chamber has made a profitable business from business, maximizing profit for corporations and producing the propaganda of Corporate America. Sounds good, right? I mean a healthy Corporate America is a healthy America, right? Personally, I think the Chamber of Commerce would have made a fine feudal lord ...
NATE Releases Updated Tower Safety Resource Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 7:00AMThe National Association of Tower Erectors , the unified voice for the tower erection, service and maintenance industry, today released the fourth edition of its Accident Prevention, Safety and Health Program Guide.
Sulfur dioxide released at Holly Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 2:40AMA heater malfunction released sulfur dioxide into the air Friday at Holly Corp.'s refinery in west Tulsa, according to reports Monday.
Samantha Power on transparency, national security and open government - How open government can have a global impact. Saturday, November 20, 2010 @ 3:31AMSamantha Power, special assistant to the President for multilateral affairs and human rights, discusses the relationship between open government, technology, human rights and transparency.
Bryan Cave LLP Elects 14 New Partners Thursday, November 18, 2010 @ 3:44PMMeridyth Andresen, Phoenix Andresen practices with the Class & Derivative Actions, Commercial Litigation and Antitrust Client Service Groups.
Salem power plant to shutter Thursday, November 18, 2010 @ 11:46AMThe company that owns the coal- and oil-fired Salem Harbor Power Station expects to shut the plant down within five years, according to a company executive. It has been in operation since 1951 and is among the state’s largest sources of power.
Making the workplace safe and healthy through education Tuesday, November 16, 2010 @ 9:24PMGetting employers to see the benefits of training is sometimesdifficult. Missed man hours and the temporary loss of worker outputmay not seem worth the expense. However every company, big orsmall, should invest in industry safety training for all employees.In 2004, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 1224construction workers died on the job with 36 percent of thosefatalities resulting ...
Loss of engine company draws heated response Saturday, October 30, 2010 @ 5:03PMBY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Township officials ordered last week that one of the engine companies at the firehouse on Amboy Avenue, which services the Clara Barton section of the township, be discontinued. The career fire company was one of two operating at the firehouse. A volunteer fire company also operates there. read more
ON THE JOB: Safety officer by day, belly dancer by night Sunday, October 3, 2010 @ 11:31PMName: Genevieve Moyer Age: 28 Occupation: "I have two jobs. In the daytime, I'm compliance and safety officer for Paper Chemical Supply. "On Friday and Saturday nights, I belly dance at Casbah Moroccan Restaurant." Before she joined Casbah in November, she danced and choreographed dances with a 3-year-old local troupe, Mei'attah Raqs in Savannah. Family: She's a single mom with an autistic son ...
Uncle Sam extends a helping hand on the Web Monday, September 27, 2010 @ 9:16AMAmong the online resources are key government publications, forms, statistics and regulatory data that can help you plan for your small business.
Uncle Sam extends a helping hand on the Web Monday, September 27, 2010 @ 9:12AMThe federal government has made it a priority to put much of its public information on the Web. This is good news, since you can often find key government publications, forms, statistics and regulatory data that can help you plan for your small business.
Biomass project meeting draws a skeptical throng Monday, September 27, 2010 @ 2:26AMKEITH WHITCOMB JR. POWNAL -- About 100 people gathered for three hours on Saturday in the grandstand of the former Green Mountain Race Track to hear from developers of a proposed 29-megawatt biomass power generation and wood pellet manufacturing facility, and to ask questions of their own.
Biomass project meeting draws a skeptical throng Monday, September 27, 2010 @ 2:13AMSunday September 26, 2010 POWNAL -- About 100 people gathered for three hours on Saturday in the grandstand of the former Green Mountain Race Track to hear from developers of a proposed 29-megawatt biomass power generation and wood pellet manufacturing facility, and to ask questions of their own. The developers, Beaver Wood Energy, LLC, a Delaware company with officers based in Maine, have
A government agency proposes reduced hours for medical residents Sunday, September 19, 2010 @ 7:54PMA government agency may limit the hours of medical residents to 80 hours a week and no more than 16 hours in one shift. And some medical leaders contend that those limits could mean that residents would get less actual training.
Bad Planning Cited In Fatal Xcel Power Plant Fire Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 8:45AMThe U.S. Chemical Safety Board will release its final report on the investigation into a tunnel fire that killed five California workers at an Xcel Energy hydroelectric plant in Colorado.
Maine firefighters laud federal 'two-in two-out' rule as a lifesaver Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 6:40PMFederal rules that require firefighters who enter burning buildings to do so with a partner while two other firefighters are outside to rescue them if anything goes wrong are nearly a decade old now, ...
US, casino at odds on air-quality inspection Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 9:15PMThe U.S. Labor Department has asked a federal judge to allowsafety inspectors into a local casino after receiving complaintsalleging high ozone levels.
Candidates mix it up at resort on Gull Lake Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 9:15PMThe three men vying to become governor sparred over taxes and school finance Tuesday before a pro-business crowd at a resort in central Minnesota.
OSHA: Mount Carroll grain bin deaths were preventable Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:12AMMOUNT CARROLL — A grain bin accident that left two teenagers dead and a third person hospitalized could have been prevented. Preliminary investigations found one worker was underage and employees lacked safety equipment, a federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokesman said today.
Brown: Tell your lawmakers how you feel Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 12:01AMYou spend two and a half hours every work day, working for the federal government.
CSB Chairperson Saddened By Fatal Colorado Welding Accident; Renews Call For Hot Work Safety Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 12:26AMDr. Rafael Moure-Eraso, chairperson and CEO of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said recently he was saddened by news of the death of a Colorado welder yesterday while performing what is called "hot work" on a storage tank containing flammables at an environmental remediation company in Englewood, Colorado.
Can occupational exposure to chemo cause cancer? Studies point in that direction Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 2:22PMSue Crump braced as the chemo drugs dripped into her body. She knew treatment would be rough. She had seen its signature countless times in the ravaged bodies and hopeful faces of cancer patients in hospitals where she had spent 23 years mixing chemo as a pharmacist.
OSHA's Whistleblower Protection Website Gives Workers Fast Access to Information Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 12:18PM(7/12) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced its online whistleblower protection program has a new address at www.whistleblowers.gov. The website provides information about worker rights and provisions under each of the 18 federal whistleblower statutes and regulations that OSHA enforces. The website also has fact sheets and information on ...
O&G Industries gets safety plan for rebuilding gas plant Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 9:36AMTORRINGTON — The Chemical Safety Board has just given O & G Industries recommendations for how to best proceed with the rebuilding of the Kleen Energy Systems plant in Middletown, where there was a fatal explosion on Feb. 7.
Labour and Employment Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 9:29AMUnited States: But I Have a Prescription! – Employee Drug Tests in the Age of Medical Marijuana
Preview of BP CEO's Words to Congress Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 5:49PMTony Hayward to Tell Lawmakers Tragedy Left Him "Personally Devastated," then Outline Internal Investigation, Lessons Learned
Federal panel blasts oil industry safety on Bellingham pipeline anniversary Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 4:49PMWASHINGTON - Eleven years to the day after three people were killed in a pipeline explosion in Belli
Experts: BP's Plan to Protect Spill Workers Inadequate Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 1:27PMby Marisa Taylor WASHINGTON — BP's plan to protect workers fighting the massive oil spill in the Gulf, which the Coast Guard approved on May 25, exposes them to higher levels of toxic chemicals than generally accepted practices permit. read more
OSHA deputy assistant secretary testifies before Senate Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety on worker ... Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 12:14PMread more
OSHA deputy assistant secretary testifies before Senate Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety on worker ... Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 11:57AMWASHINGTON, June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jordan Barab, deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, today testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety. His statement, as prepared, appears below.
NPRA Seeks Cooperation on Safety Issues at Refineries and Petrochemical Plants Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 10:28AMread more
NPRA Seeks Cooperation on Safety Issues at Refineries and Petrochemical Plants Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 10:16AMWASHINGTON, June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Operators of petroleum refineries and petrochemical plants want to work closely with federal agencies, labor unions and others to make further progress in preventing injuries and fatalities at their facilities, the president of NPRA, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, told a Senate subcommittee today.
OSHA called after truck accident Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 1:13AMPORTSMOUTH — A Kittery, Maine, native's 30-foot fall from a truck bucket Sunday morning was reported to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which mandates that workers in truck buckets be secured to prevent falls.
Experts: BP plan to protect workers inadequate Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 12:13AMWASHINGTON — BP's plan to protect workers fighting the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which the Coast Guard approved on May 25, exposes them to higher levels of toxic chemicals than generally accepted practices permit.
Three Upstate New York Men Sentenced to Prison for Environmental Crimes Wednesday, June 9, 2010 @ 2:30PMread more
Massive gas fire near Moundsville injures several workers Tuesday, June 8, 2010 @ 12:01AMVolunteer firefighters had to jump in "blind" at the scene of a massive explosion and raging gas fire early yesterday when injured workers, some with severe burns, left to seek medical treatment.
Government/Regulations: Related News Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 2:04AM6/2/2010 - House Approves Bill Extending Biodiesel Credit The U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Workers, State and Business Relief Act, (H.R. 4213), which would reinstate the $1 per gallon biodiesel tax credit through the end of 2010,...
Government/Regulations: Related News Tuesday, June 1, 2010 @ 5:03PM6/1/2010 - West Virginia Passes Truck Idling Law West Virginia recently passed a law limiting how long diesel-powered trucks can idle.... More > 5/27/2010 - Not Much Chance of a Highway Bill This Year There is practically no chance that Congress will pass a highway bill this year - the will to raise the money is simply not there, said congressional leaders and staffers....
Molex Showcases the Electrical Industry's First Safety Lamp for Open Rated Temporary HID Light Fixtures at LIGHTFAIR ... Tuesday, May 11, 2010 @ 8:00AMLISLE, Ill.----Molex Incorporated announced today its Woodhead® Safety Lamp for high-bay fixtures, the electrical industry’s first safety lamp to meet the requirements for an open rated fixture , the new Energy Independence and Security Act , and the Code of Federal Regulations revised in 2008.