Giant retailer Sears will adopt a safety and health program to ensure that all powered industrial trucks are operated in a safe manner, as part of a settlement agreement announced recently by OSHA.
A West Virginia company faces $117,500 in fines for failing to protect its workers from safety and health hazards from a job site in Cheshire, Ohio, according to OSHA.
The White House June 20 announced President Bush's intention to nominate William B. Wark and William E. Wright to serve five-year terms as board members of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB).
The former president of an Arizona-based water and sewer company was convicted earlier this month on four of five counts against him stemming from an October 2001 sewer accident that claimed the lives of two workers and injured a third, according to the Yuma Sun.
The House Appropriations Committee “marked up†the HHS fiscal year 2007 spending bill. OSHA would receive $486 million, as compared to $472 million last year.
Following the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension’s approval of bipartisan mining safety legislation introduced last month in Congress, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) applauded the committee and urged continued Congressional cooperation and quick action on the bill.
With hurricane season approaching, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is urging workplaces and communities to be prepared, and is offering a variety of safety resources to assist businesses.
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