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On April 25, 2010 Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on worker deaths: “Yesterday we received the sad news that another worker died from injuries he sustained from the fire earlier this month at the Tesoro Corp.’s Anacortes, Wash., refinery. That brings to seven the number who lost their lives in
Read moreOSHA has just issued two new enforcement policies – the Severe Violators Enforcement program (SVEP) and a new directive on penalties that changes the penalty calculation formulas. The new SVEP program targets repeated severe violators with increased inspections, including inspections of other worksites of the same employer. According to OSHA the new penalty
Read moreThe Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will step up the enforcement of ergonomics hazards under the OSH Act’s general duty clause, OSHA Administrator David Michaels said April 7.Michaels’s comment during a web chat was made as part of a public outreach effort for developing the Labor Department’s six-year strategic plan. The plan will
Read moreOn March 25th, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology released its review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative, noting the importance of health, safety and environmental research to the success of nanotechnology and NIOSH’s role in that research. The report – released by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, a
Read moreOSHA is the regulatory agency that specifies when and where emergency eyewash stations are needed. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to developed standards to specify the performance and use of eyewash equipment. OSHA refers to ANSI Z 358.1 for compliance purposes. OSHA General Industry Standard for Medical services and first aid, 1910.151(c) states the
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