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13 Nov 2009, 6:53 am
According to a News Release dated 11/09/09, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the U.S. [read post]
12 Nov 2009, 6:11 pm
An Illinois roofing company manager has been ordered to serve 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to obstructing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's probe into a worker's death. [read post]
12 Nov 2009, 7:00 am
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Web site, employees are required to ensure that when stopping a fall, "fall arrest systems" will be rigged so that the employee can neither free-fall more than 6 feet nor contact any lower level. [read post]
11 Nov 2009, 2:00 am
Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), reported that OSHA will be reviewing State safety programs. [read post]
9 Nov 2009, 10:00 pm
Those efforts hit a road block last week, when the Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the company $87.4 million in penalties for failing to make safety corrections at the refinery. [read post]
8 Nov 2009, 2:59 pm
Sam Hananel reports, “The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is issuing a record $87 million fine against oil giant BP for failing to correct safety hazards after a 2005 explosion killed 15 people at its Texas City refinery” (AP for FindLaw, 11/1). [read post]
6 Nov 2009, 8:21 pm
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's main objective is to make workplaces safe for employees and other citizens. [read post]
5 Nov 2009, 11:53 am
Since July 2009, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is an arm of the DOL, has conducted 689 inspections resulting in 1,100 violations and $1.6 million in fines. [read post]
5 Nov 2009, 5:57 am
OSHA -- the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration -- fined Ray Qualmann Marine Construction Inc. for failure to conduct proper safety inspections that may have revealed weak points in the equipment, and for allowing a worker not trained on this type of crane to operate the equipment. [read post]
3 Nov 2009, 5:47 am
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the largest fine in its history of $87 million in penalties against the oil giant BP for failing to correct safety problems identified after a 2005 explosion that killed 15 workers at its Texas City, Tex. refinery. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 5:45 pm
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued its list of the 10 most common workplace safety violations for the year: • 9,093 Scaffolding violations: Most common causes of scaffolding accidents involve the support or planking giving way or the employee slipping or getting hit by a falling object. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 5:33 am
Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), today told a Congressional committee that the serious shortcomings discovered during his agency's evaluation of the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration's safety program raised concerns about federal OSHA's monitoring of all state plan states. [read post]
1 Nov 2009, 12:33 pm
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") http://www.osha.gov/ has recently announced that it is now investigating an explosion at Special Metals Corporation in Ashland, Kentucky that injured several workers. [read post]
31 Oct 2009, 10:59 pm
Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced it is issuing $87,430,000 in... [read post]
30 Oct 2009, 4:54 pm
The Financial Times reports: "Jordan Barab, acting assistant secretary of the labour department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, said that in spite of Lord Browne being replaced as BP chief executive after the blast, BP continued to violate US safety regulations under the leadership of Tony Hayward. [read post]
30 Oct 2009, 9:52 am
In Southern California last week, a Los Angeles County factory employee was fatally crushed in an industrial compactor--giving the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) great concern about the health and safety of the factory's employees. [read post]
30 Oct 2009, 7:41 am
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) indicates that it wishes to develop a standard designed to prevent combustible dust fires and explosions in general industry and is seeking comments. [read post]
28 Oct 2009, 11:38 pm
House Education and Labor Committee will hold a hearing on Thursday, October 29 to examine the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration's critical review of Nevada's workplace health and safety program. [read post]
28 Oct 2009, 10:00 pm
Later, experts from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) came on scene to inspect the work's adherence to safety regulations. [read post]
26 Oct 2009, 6:10 pm
Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has awarded more than $6.8 million in Susan Harwood Training Grants, which cover a two-year period, to 30 recipients, encompassing labor unions, employer associations, colleges and universities, and other nonprofit organizations.The training grants are named in honor of the late Susan Harwood, who was a former director of the Office of Risk Assessment in OSHA's… [read post]
