in response to a number of fatal accidents involving cranes osha announced new regulations regarding crane and derrick safety on september 18. employers can comment on the regulations published in the federal register however osha reserves the right to adopt the regulations as is without further notice.
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a complete copy of the new regulations is available here.
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the cranes and derricks proposed... [Show More]
grand rapids michigan contributor mark zimmer 22 hopes to climb to the highest point in every state over the next five years. he will be sending updates to cloudveil along the way.
through his quest zimmer is raising money for the alzheimers association his greatgrandmother died from the disease and his grandfather suffering from advanced alzheimers. i have seen first hand what it can do and i kn... [Show More]
a couple of weeks ago i wrote about several oakland properties north of me that have been inching closer in price to the amount i paid for my house two years ago. i lamented that i would have done well to wait out the housing bubble had i done so i likely could have scored a larger house in aamore valuablean eighborhoo d. one of the properties 1267 bates rd. was puzzling since its price 529000 di... [Show More]
management resisted correcting the situation
a full scale oregon occupational safety and health administration orosha investigation of smith frozen foods in 1998 found that the company was knowingly exposing their employees to dangerous carbon monoxide levels and refusing to address the problem. according to multiple complaints filed with orosha workers at smith frozen foods were nearly passing ... [Show More]
osha has announced public hearings on the controversial new personal protective equipment and employee training requirements regulations.
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many employers have questions or concerns regarding the most recent osha regulations. in an effort to allow business owners to air grievances and take part in the process of formulating new regulations the agency will hold hearings in october.
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osha will hol... [Show More]
the u.s. department of labor recently designated october 20 through october 26 2008 as national drugfree work week. the department has set aside this week to educate employers employees and the public about the importance of being drugfree as an essential component of a safe healthful workplace.
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drugfree work week is a good time to remind employers and employees that reducing workplace substanc... [Show More]
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we have all seen the headlines.
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more than 12000 chinese children sick from milk
beijing ap chinas health ministry says the number of children sickened by tainted milk products has doubled with nearly 12900 in hospital and 104 of them seriously ill.
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chinese ordered coverup of tainted milk scandal
chinese authorities ordered a coverup of a... [Show More]
draft proposed rule for cranes and derricks in construction
source u.s. department of labor osha
the document which follows is a draft of the proposed rule for cranes and derricks in construction. this draft has been provided to the individuals who served as members of the cranes and derricks negotiated rulemaking committee cdac in accordance with cdacs ground rules. those ground rules give each... [Show More]
osha the federal occupational safety and health administration is warning employers to follow proper safety precautions in the aftermath of hurricane gustav hurricane ike and the related midwest floods.
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the federal agency has released several public service announcements to remind employers that they are still responsible for worker safety even under such trying conditions as these natural disa... [Show More]
... ada worked with florida dental association to create a disaster preparedness manual. download the manual here www.florid adental.or gfoundatio ndisaster. html. osha offers useful information as well www.osha.g ovoshdocfl oodtornado recovery.h tml. and cdc offers a website for emergency preparedness and response httpwww.bt .cdc.gov.
source httpwww.ad a.orgprofr esourcespu bsadanewsa danews... [Show More]
kansas workplace fatalities numbers are just in and it is not a pretty picture. the most recent figures show a 5 aincrease in workplace fatalities from 81 per year to 85 per year.
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even more shocking 93 of those killed at work were male according to the kansas department of labor. of the total 85 fatalities 79 were male. only 7 of the workplace fatalities or 6 individuals killed were female.
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iowa construction site injuries safe and effective use of slings
reported in the online gazette blahnik construction iowa corp. no. 139932 was fined 7000.00 for an incident in which two employees were injured when slings being used to lift a 12000 pound compressor in an elevator shaft broke. the full article doesnt report the sections of osha regulations that were allegedly violated. the two emp... [Show More]
iowa construction site injuries safe and effective use of slings
reported in the online gazette blahnik construction iowa corp. no. 139932 was fined 7000.00 for an incident in which two employees were injured when slings being used to lift a 12000 pound compressor in an elevator shaft broke. the two employees were apparently pinned by the compressor when it fell. no report as to how far it fell ... [Show More]
it was encouraging news for workers and companies as the bureau of labor statistics bls recently announced that in 2007 fewer workers were injured on the job. the ap reports that the number of workers killed on the job annually dropped to a historic low in 2007.
while the news of overall fatalities is a positive development it was unfortunately the case that some areas of labor actually ha... [Show More]
more on cranes Post Source: sanantonio.injuryboard.com Posted: Sep 04 2008 13:17:24
due to the exorbitant amount of crane accidents with texas leading the nation in crane fatalities the texas department of insurance division of workers compensation is stressing safety precautions to all employees and employers. they also recommend employers to be proactive regarding more frequent crane inspection s.
requir ements from the occupational safety and health administration regarding ... [Show More]
the u.s.department of labortoday issuedthisproposed rulethat would change the methods the government uses to measure workplace exposures to toxic substances and hazardous chemicals.
under the proposed rule the dol will require that before agencies can issue rulemaking dealing with health issues they first must solicit input on studies scientific information and data on frequency intensity and dur... [Show More]
in addition to releasing new regulations on combustible dust for many industries osha just levied one of the largest worker safety fines in history against a sugar refinery for violating the regulations.
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osha issued citations with penalties totaling 8777500 against imperial sugar co. and two affiliates. this is the third largest fine in osha history.
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the fines are for violations at sugar plan... [Show More]
the other day we posted about construction and workplace safety resources for canada.
after coming across an article about a survey that was done on employees who do notalike to wear personal protective equipmentai thought it would be interesting to post the results of the survey.athis is a very prevelant issueain the steel buildings industryaand others as well asaagreat follow up to our last po... [Show More]
on august 19 the u.s. department of labor occupational safety and health administration osha published a proposed final rule to clarify the requirement for personal protective equipment and training for workers. the item was published in the federal register.
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the new osha regulation affects personal protective equipment or ppe in general industry maritime and construction trades.
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employers ar... [Show More]
safety in the work place is an obvious topic of discussion in the prefabricated buildings industry just as it is in other construction and manual based industries. unfortunately a lot of well intentioned companies managers foremen employees etc. can make mistakes. these mistakes can be based on perceived time constraints plain old clumsiness or lack of sleep or any number of circumstances. what re... [Show More]
in the arid land of southeastern washington state lies a remote area along the columbia river that serves as a reminder of the cold war standoff between the us and the soviet union. this 586square foot relic is the hanford sitea retired plutonium production complex that the department of energy doe considers to be the worlds largest environmental cleanup project. some 525 million gallons of rad... [Show More]
jeff thredgold is an economic consultant who has been writing a weekly column now online called tealeaf understanding todays economy since 1976. his column has good information about economics and the economy.
this week his column focused on a list of wouldnt it be nice if
my favorite wouldnt it be nice if
aaeach longterm member of congress was required to take a year off start a new busines... [Show More]
the recent crane accident scourge sweeping the country has finally made the government take notice. the democrats are now strongly urging osha to do something about the gross lack of safety regulations of construction site cranes. read the july 25 2008 wall street journal article on this topic in its entirety below
democrats seek tougher crane safety standard as deaths mountby kris maherjuly 25 2... [Show More]
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