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OSHA has proposed a rule that would revise the circumstances in which the agency may conduct inspections of sites participating in its On-Site Consultation Program Safety and Health Achievement and Recognition Program ( SHARP). The proposed rule, published in the Sept. 3 Federal Register, affects employers in OSHA’s Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program, which
Read more“The Federal Railroad Safety Act expressly forbids railroad companies from disciplining employees for reporting injuries and illnesses, and for following a physician’s treatment plan,” said OSHA Acting Regional Administrator Dean Ikeda in Seattle. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered Union Pacific Railroad Co. in Eugene, Ore., to pay back
Read moreMore than eight of ten workers — 85 percent — rate workplace safety first in importance among labor standards, even ahead of family and maternity leave, minimum wage, paid sick days, overtime pay and the right to join a union, according to a new study from the National Opinion Research Center at the University of
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration published in the Aug. 31 Federal Register interim final rules that will help protect workers who voice safety, health, and security concerns. The regulations, which establish procedures for handling worker retaliation complaints, allow filing by phone as well as in writing and filing in languages
Read moreOSHA’s 2010 Site-Specific Targeting Program (.pdf file) kicked off last week. The 2010 program will focus enforcement efforts on approximately 4,100 different sites with high days away, restricted or transferred rates; or high days away from work injury and illness rates. OSHA will target: About 3,300 manufacturing establishments with a DART rate of 7 or higher,
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