Rose Freedman, 107, the last survivor of a fire that killed 146 New York City garment workers in 1911 and spawned industrial safety reforms that reverberate to this day, died in mid-February at her home in Beverly Hills, Calif.
U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) plans to build support in the House and Senate to strike down OSHA’s ergonomics standard by using the Congressional Review Act.
Analyzing data from all nuclear power plants in the U.S., Entergy Corporation learned that safer plants (in terms of number of violations cited by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission) performed better — and at lower operating costs.
U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) will again chair the Employment, Safety and Training Subcommittee of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee as the new session of Congress gets underway.
During the month of February employers with 11 or more employees must post a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred in 2000.
The Automotive Industry Action Group has set up an Occupational Health & Safety Steering Committee to oversee work groups that will develop guidelines and standards.
A voluntary threshold limit value (TLV®) for hand activity level has been set by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists Worldwide (ACGIH®).