The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) expressed a variety of concerns focused on the failure to reference widely accepted national voluntary consensus standards addressing crane safety in the proposed updated federal ‘Cranes and Derricks in Construction Rule’ in testimony by ASSE professional member Matt Burkart, a crane safety expert from Southampton, Pa., who is a member of the A10 Safety Requirements for Construction and Demolition Operations Standards standard committee and chairman of the ASCE Construction Site Safety Committee at a public hearing held this week at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), according to an ASSE press statement.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) announced in a recent press release that it has developed and distributed new interactive electronic newsletters for each of its 16 Practice Specialty (PS) groups, providing members with not only the latest specialty news, but live links to videos, documents and websites with capabilities to e-mail leadership and article authors.
Oregon members of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) attended yesterday’s state House Business and Labor Committee hearing on medical marijuana use in support of legislation ensuring an employer’s right to deal with workers affected by marijuana in the workplace, according to an ASSE press release.
OSHA has cited Wyman Gordon Co. for 29 alleged serious violations of safety standards at its Grafton, Mass., manufacturing plant, according to an agency press release.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing the first four pharmaceutical plants to earn the Energy Star for performing in the top 25 percent of energy performance nationwide, according to an EPA press release.
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis has announced the withdrawal of an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for occupational exposure to food flavorings containing diacetyl.
OSHA has cited John Prouty Construction Inc., O'Neill, Neb., for alleged violations of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act following an investigation of a trench collapse near Verdel, Neb., that killed four workers Sept. 12, 2008.
OSHA has proposed $43,050 in fines against Custom Crews Inc., a Lockport, N.Y., contractor, for allegedly failing to provide cave-in protection for employees working in an unprotected 5 foot, 8-inch-deep trench located at 1925 Main St. in Niagara Falls, N.Y.
"Employees should not be exposed to the dangers of excavation hazards," said Eric S. Harbin, OSHA's area director in Austin, in a press statement announcing that OSHA has cited Austin-based Key Enterprises Inc. with four serious and two repeat violations of safety standards at the company's worksite in Dripping Springs, Texas.
President Obama, in his weekly address, named Dr. Margaret Hamburg as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Dr. Joshua Sharfstein as the Principal Deputy Commissioner. President Obama also announced the creation of a new Food Safety Working Group to be chaired by the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture. This group will examine and upgrade food safety laws and enforce laws designed to keep the American people safe.
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