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This year marks the 40th anniversary of both the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, which promise American workers the right to a safe workplace and require employers to provide safe conditions. For years April 28 has been recognized by America’s Labor Unions as the day to
Read moreOn 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
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