EPA has assessed the second highest penalty for violating the worker protection provisions of U.S. pesticide laws to an agricultural company based in Puerto Rico.
When several academics met with public health officials and drug industry leaders Thursday at a conference to discuss seasonal- and bird-flu preparation, many of those present urged the federal government to commit billions of dollars more toward its bird-flu outbreak response plan.
Businesses need to plan now for a possible pandemic flu outbreak because it takes time to develop a concise and workable plan, noted Dan Markiewicz, MS, CSP, CIH, CHMM, speaking at a recent seminar held by ASSE in Las Vegas.
OSHA is reminding employers that beginning Feb. 1, they must post a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred during 2006.
President Bush has signed a directive that gives the White House much greater control over the rules and policy statements that the government develops to protect public health, safety, the environment, civil rights and privacy.
Jordan Barab, author of the popular, pro-labor safety blog Confined Space, is ending his participation in the site. The former director of AFSCME’s health and safety program, OSHA labor liaison under Clinton, and AFL-CIO health and safety consultant announced this week that he has accepted a position in the new Democratic-controlled Congress with the House Committee on Education and Labor.
R.S. Audley Inc., a contractor in Bow, N.H., faces a total of $50,000 in proposed fines for alleged cave-in hazards at worksites in North Conway and Pembroke, and Powershot Utility Construction Services LLC of Nashua faces $64,700 in proposed for alleged cave-in hazards at a North Conway worksite, OSHA announced this week.
Canada’s most populous province has reduced its noise exposure limits and introduced a time-weighted average exposure limit, announced Ontario’s Minister of Labour, Steve Peters.
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