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This Saturday, October 30, will be the second National Day of Remembrance for American nuclear weapons program workers. These workers did not just do a job. During a time when our country was at war, and later, during the Cold War, they discreetly built a nuclear weapons program to protect and defend their families, neighbors,
Read moreThe scope and parameters for OSHA’s injury and illness recordkeeping National Emphasis Program have changed.Effective Sept. 28, OSHA’s changes (.pdf file) to the NEP include: The program will focus on manufacturing industries listed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as having the highest 2007 and 2008 incidence rates of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases
Read moreEliminating workplace injuries and illnesses relies on accurate recordkeeping and reporting, OSHA administrator David Michaels said recently, warning against some incentive programs that discourage such reporting. Programs rewarding employees for not reporting injuries or disciplining them for reporting injuries, as well as those that provide managers with bonuses for lowering injury rates, are “unacceptable,” Michaels
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics has announced that nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses among private industry employers declined in 2009 to a rate of 3.6 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers, down from a total case rate of 3.9 in 2008. BLS also reported a decline in the total number of
Read moreA nine month investigation has identified hundreds of sick workers inside the Kansas City DOE Plant and at neighboring offices in the same building that house employees that are not covered by EEOICPA. One of the common messages we’ve heard from sick former workers or their survivors is that they are unaware of screening
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