Due to the growing national emphasis on green energy development and the potential risks involved in green energy-related construction operations, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced a new A10 Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) standard project to protect the safety and health of workers involved in construction and demolition operations for wind generation/turbine facilities, the “American National Standard for the Safe Construction and Demolition of Wind Generation/Turbine Facilities” (A10.21-20xx).
OSHA has cited Blackstone Business Enterprises Inc. of Jamestown, N.Y., for 18 alleged willful and serious violations of OSHA standards for failing to protect contract employees against asbestos hazards, according to an agency statement.
OSHA is proposing $192,350 in penalties after an inspection at NTN-Bower's manufacturing plant in Hamilton, Ala., revealed 36 alleged safety and health violations, according to an agency statement.
The Obama administration today proposed a budget of $10.5 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the largest in the agency’s 39-year history, according to an EPA press release. The increase of $3 billion from 2008 funding levels will further ensure the protection of public health and the environment for all Americans.
OSHA has cited St. Louis, Mo.-based G.S. Robins & Co., doing business as Ro-Corp Inc., for alleged willful, repeat and serious violations of federal workplace safety standards, proposing more than $1.2 million in penalties for numerous violations relating to the handling of hazardous chemicals at the company’s facility in East St. Louis, according to an agency press release.
Three trade organizations, the Association of Pool & Spa Professionals, the National Recreation & Park Association, and the World Waterpark Association, have designated May 2009 as National Water Safety Month, according to a recent press release.
The United States Court Of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld OSHA’s permissible exposure limit for hexavalent chromium on Monday, denying arguments by Public Citizen Health Research Group and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Worker’s International Union, (collectively “HRG”) that OSHA’s PEL was too low.
More than a month into the Obama administration, there’s increasing chatter in Washington corridors about who will be appointed assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health.
Seth Harris has been named by President Obama to be deputy secretary of labor, the number two spot at DOL. Harris worked for the Obama campaign and served in the Clinton administration.
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