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Homeland security resources

Weave it into your organization’s fabric

September 3, 2014

Homeland Security is an intricate web of agencies, task teams, risk assessments, private sector involvement, frameworks for how natural disasters and terrorist attacks are handled

California nurses applaud new patient lifting regs

August 27, 2014

The California Nurses Association says new state regulations by the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board will result in improved safety for patients, registered nurses, and other staff in lifting and other handling of hospitalized patients.

Outlook: FY 2015 federal budget for OSHA, NIOSH and MSHA and reg reform legislation

Aaron K. Trippler

August 25, 2014

OSHA – It doesn’t make much sense to go through all of the different proposals on the FY15 federal budget, so let’s just stick with the facts as they stand. The only thing that has been actually put to paper is the Senate Labor Appropriations Committee spending bill that would provide OSHA with approximately $557.4 million in FY15.

DOT starts rulemaking process for vehicle-to-vehicle communications

August 20, 2014

The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Monday released an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) and a supporting comprehensive research report on vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications technology.

OSHA extends comment period on proposed rule to improve tracking of workplace injury and illnesses

August 14, 2014

OSHA announced yesterday that it will extend the comment period on the proposed rule to improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses to Oct. 14, 2014. The proposal, published on Nov. 8, 2013, would amend the agency's recordkeeping regulation to add requirements for the electronic submission of injury and illness information that employers are already required to keep.

NTSB proposes changes in investigation procedures

Agency seeks public comments

August 13, 2014

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking public comment regarding proposed changes to rules governing investigation procedures. The rules are laid out in 49 C.F.R. part 831.

Should 16-year-olds work as loggers?

AIHA opposes efforts to allow younger workers in dangerous industry

August 12, 2014

The American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA) has issued letters to Congress in opposition of new legislation that would exempt certain 16- and 17-year-old children employed in logging or mechanized operations from child labor laws.

Companies bidding on federal contracts must self-report violations

August 11, 2014

An Executive Order (EO) signed by President Obama July 31^st requires companies competing for new federal contracts to self-report safety and other labor law violations.

OSHA’s I2P2 idea – Not quite gone and not forgotten

Tom Lawrence CSP, P.E.

August 7, 2014

When OSHA released its Spring Regulatory Agenda, the Injury/Illness Prevention Program had been moved to Long Term Action. In the immediately previous regulatory agenda, I2P2 had been on the proposed rule schedule for September 2014.

DOT proposes new reg to protect bus passengers in rollover crashes

Performance requirements would reduce risk of ejection

August 6, 2014

The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed a new federal motor vehicle safety standard to protect motorcoach and other large bus passengers in rollover crashes. The proposal aims to improve the structural design of large buses to ensure that passengers are better protected in a deadly vehicle rollover by ensuring that the space around them remains sufficiently intact and the emergency exits remain operable.