OSHA is requesting comment on a voluntary program that specifies the
criteria and conditions under which labs may control and audit certain
satellite facilities.
U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao appeared
yesterday (April 22, 2008) on NBC’s Today show to kick off
OSHA’s national 2008 Teen Summer Job Safety Campaign.
Several contractors in
Westchester County, N.Y., will face $130,600 in fines after a cave-in hazard
was spotted at public library construction site by an OSHA ‘drive-by’ inspection.
The organizations will continue their stated
goal of providing safety and health information related to personal protective
equipment, heat stress, and reducing and preventing exposure to silica among
employees in the metalcasting industry.
The
Allied Pilots Association (APA) and American Airlines announced they have
agreed to extend the Aviation Safety Action Program, or ASAP, but talks will
continue concerning pilots who report safety problems.
Eleven
contractors, chiefly from western and central New York, have been cited by OSHA
for failing to protect their employees against fall hazards during the Walden
Galleria Mall construction project in Cheektowaga, N.Y. The combined penalties could total $135,700.
OSHA
Region 2 announced it has joined with the New Jersey Department of Labor and
Workforce Development On-Site Consultation Program, and the Gateway Regional
Chamber of Commerce.
The
new instruction modified the Safety Management (PSM) standard will allow OSHA
to employ an alternative re-approval process for qualifying VPP Star participants
Responding to a fatal Jan. 13, 2008, incident,
in which an ignited vapor cloud led to a fire at Texas oilfield waste disposal
facility, OSHA recently published a new information bulletin to highlight
specific workplace hazards for the oil and gas industry.
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