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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) set the date of June 15, 2010 for the direct final rule requiring employers to notify their workers of all Hexavalent Chromium exposures. Under the old rule, employers were only required to notify employees when they experienced exposures exceeding the permissible exposure limit (PEL). Exposures to Hexavalent Chromium
Read moreRail carrier ordered to rescind discipline and pay worker $5,000 in punitive damagesNEW YORK – A whistleblower investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found that CSX Transportation Inc. retaliated against a veteran employee in its Selkirk, N.Y., dispatch office who repeatedly reported safety concerns to his managers, the
Read morePlease plan to attend June 3, 2010. All employees meeting, News Media, Public meeting. For more detailed information: http://iam700.org/
Read moreIn keeping with the president’s memorandum on open government, the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is releasing 15 years of data providing details of workplace exposure to toxic chemicals. The data is comprised of measurements taken by OSHA compliance officers during the course of inspections. It includes exposure levels to hazardous chemicals
Read moreThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration so far in fiscal year 2010 is on track to significantly outpace its enforcement performance in previous years across a range of actions, Richard Fairfax, OSHA’s deputy assistant administrator, said during an April 28 panel discussion at the National Labor College. Roughly halfway through the fiscal yearOSHA has performed
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