In testimony before House Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, Chemical Safety Board urged "governments at all levels to take steps to protect public employees from preventable chemical accidents..."
New legislation would attempt to put contract workers — like the 14 who lost their lives in the 2005 BP refinery explosion — on equal footing with regular employees on issues of workplace safety.
OSHA signed an agreement Monday with NAM and other industry groups that settles a challenge to OSHA’s hexavalent chromium standard. As a result, the agency will issue a letter of interpretation addressing specific questions regarding the new standard.
OSHA’s 2007 Site-Specific Targeting (SST) plan will focus on approximately 4,150 high-hazard worksites in its primary list for unannounced comprehensive inspections for the coming year.
ANSI/ASSE A10.4-2007 standard sets minimum requirements to provide for the safety of workers engaged in occupations that require the use of personnel hoists or employee elevators.
OSHA’s Wichita, Kan., area office recently
launched a new Local
Emphasis Program (LEP) targeting general industry businesses where
servicing of single and multi-piece rim wheels is performed, including those
used on large vehicles such as trucks, tractors, trailers, buses and off-road
machines. The LEP supplements OSHA's national Site-Specific Targeting program
that annually identifies workplaces with high rates of injuries and illnesses.
Stronger seals, proper methane monitoring and
the removal of a pump cable from a sealed area underground could have prevented
the Sago Mine disaster, according to a report issued Wednesday by federal
investigators.
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