OSHA is seeking comments on phase three of its Standards Improvement Project (SIPs III), the third in a series of rulemaking actions intended to improve and streamline OSHA standards and lessen regulatory burdens without reducing employee protections.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the formation of a new ergonomics branch, co-sponsored by the ASSE Industrial Hygiene and Engineering Practice Specialties, to enhance the professional development of ASSE members and to address the rising number of injuries due to improper ergonomic behavior.
OSHA''s warning to mechanics that exposure to asbestos in brakes can cause deadly disease will not be removed from a federal Web site, OSHA officials said.
At a U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board public meeting on Dec. 14, the American Society of Safety Engineers urged officials to provide the same level of workplace safety protection for the estimated 8.5 million state and local government workers that other U.S. workers have under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), Fairfax, Va., has announced the results of its biannual membership survey that projects the top public policy issues of concern to AIHA members and the occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS) profession over the next two years.
OSHA has cited two Florida construction companies following investigation of a roof collapse in which three workers were killed, reported Business & Legal Reports. The fatal accident occurred in May at a site in Miami Beach.
As reported by Business & Legal Reports, OSHA has cited Mountain Pure MS and proposed penalties totaling $164,150 following the investigation of a fatal May 24 accident at the company''''s Magee, Miss., facility.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Des Plaines, Iowa, will host a technical conference call on Wednesday, Dec. 13, to address the issue of lockout/tagout (LOTO) for demolition and construction operations.
"If we don't understand and address the safety risks of nanotechnologies people will probably not buy the products," said Andrew D. Maynard, Ph.D., chief science advisor for the D.C.-based Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies.
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