OSHA announced today that it will address problems identified in its Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) in response to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, “OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs: Improved Oversight and Controls Would Better Ensure Program Quality.” The report recommends improved oversight and additional controls to ensure participating companies maintain effective workplace safety and health management systems.
EPA today released a first-of-its-kind guide to help states save money and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by adopting clean energy practices in their facilities, operations and vehicle fleets.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) yesterday published a final rule in the Federal Register for mine rescue teams regarding underground coal mines, according to an MSHA press release. The final rule amends existing standards published Feb. 8, 2008, in accordance with the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act of 2006.
The global financial crisis could push an increasing number of children, particularly girls, into child labour, according to a new report issued by the International Labour Office (ILO) for the World Day Against Child Labour on June 12. The ILO report, entitled Give Girls a Chance: Tackling child labour, a key to the future, notes that while recent global estimates indicate the number of children involved in child labour has been falling, the financial crisis threatens to erode this progress.
Jessie Ngoma-Simengwa, author of the article, “Plight of a Zambian mine accident victim”, has won the journalistic prize for the best story on labour rights, awarded by the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO), the training arm of the ILO.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today released a new safety video showing the need for emergency response agencies, companies, and communities to work closely together to prepare for the kinds of tragic chemical accidents the CSB has investigated over the past decade.
The American Public Health Association (APHA) is pleased to announce the release of a timely issue brief entitled “Holes In the Net: Surveying the Impact of the Current Economic recession on the Health Care Safety Net.”
The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) recently issued a report, “Dying for Work in New York,” a summary of up-to-date and historic data on occupational health and safety in New York City and New York State.
OSHA’s Kansas City office announced today a special regional emphasis program aimed at reducing occupational exposure to lead, one of the leading causes of workplace illnesses, for workplaces under OSHA’s jurisdiction in the Midwestern states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.
On June 9th, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) unveiled its bold new highway safety agenda at a press conference on Capitol Hill, according to an ATA press release.