A 30-year tenure with one organization could be considered unlikely in today’s organizations, but one OSHA employee has already met and surpassed the three decade mark, OSHA reported in a recent press statement.
As part of its ongoing efforts to protect human health and the environment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has posted a list of 44 “high hazard potential” impoundments containing coal combustion residuals, commonly referred to as coal ash, at 26 different coal burning electric utility facilities. According to an EPA press release, the agency is releasing this information after interagency coordination with FEMA’s Risk Analysis Division Mitigation Directorate and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The International Code Council announced in a press release yesterday that it has launched its International Green Construction Code (IGCC) initiative, which will reduce energy usage and the carbon footprint of commercial buildings. Entitled “IGCC: Safe and Sustainable By the Book,” the initiative is committed to develop a model code focused on new and existing commercial buildings. It will focus on building design and performance. Buildings consume approximately 40 percent of energy used and produce about the same amount of the nation’s carbon emissions, says IGCC.
As the summer driving and road construction season heats up across America, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) reminds all motorists to be on the lookout for law enforcement officers and other emergency personnel working on our roadways and to exercise extreme caution around these public servants.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) honored members for their help as volunteers in reaching millions of people and thousands of businesses on the importance of being safe at work during May’s North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week, May 3 – 9, 2009, and Occupational Safety and Health Professional (OSHP) Day, May 6, 2009, according to a recent press release. At the annual ASSE House of Delegates meeting held Sunday, June 28, in San Antonio as part of SAFETY 2009, ASSE members from Hawaii, Indiana, Maryland, Oklahoma, Oregon and Washington were presented with the NAOSH Champion award for going above and beyond in their ongoing volunteer support.
The American Public Health Association (APHA) applauded the House for recently passing a comprehensive climate change bill that includes important provisions to protect the health of the public, the agency announced in a press statement.
The National Business Group on Health (NBGH) has recognized 63 large employers — representing the full spectrum of the U.S. economy — as “2009 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles’ award winners for their exceptional commitment to a healthy workplace and for helping their employees and families make better choices about their own health and well-being, the non-profit group announced in a recent press release.
National Transportation Safety Board Acting Chairman Mark V. Rosenker today addressed the Crescent River Pilots’ Association on ensuring passenger ship safety on the nation’s waterways, according to a NTSB press release.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association is preparing to launch another effort to see if it can find a new process to "update the PELs," according to a blog post by AIHA Government Affairs Director Aaron Trippler.
In another sign of OSHA’s pumped up enforcement posture, the agency last week banged Milk Specialties Co. in Whitehall, Wisc., with multiple violations of federal workplace safety and health standards and proposed $1,145,200 in penalties.