What's New - Last 30 Days

March 18 - Region 4 - US Labor Department orders Tennessee Commerce Bank to reinstate whistleblower and pay more than $1 million in back wages and other relief
March 18 - Region 5 - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $55,500 in penalties against American Warming and Ventilating Inc. for safety violations
March 18 - Region 3 - US Labor Department's OSHA announces informal public hearing on hazard communication in Pittsburgh on March 31
March 18 - Trade Release - OSHA requests comments on Direct Final Rule and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to protect workers from exposure to hexavalent chromium
March 17 - Region 5 - US Labor Department's OSHA fines Ohio Decorative Products $91,000 for safety violations
March 17 - Region 6 - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Pecos, Texas, manufacturing facility for alleged safety and health hazards
March 17 - Region 3 - US Labor Department's OSHA fines Allentown, Pa., company for failing to abate workplace safety and health hazards
March 17 - Federal Register 75:12718 - Hazard Communication; Meetings Notice
March 17 - Federal Register 75:12681-12686 - Revising the Notification Requirements in the Exposure Determination Provisions of the Hexavalent Chromium Standards
March 16 - Region 5 - US Labor Department's OSHA schedules combustible dust stakeholder meetings in Chicago to address workplace hazards
March 16 - Federal Register 75:12570-12571 - Presence Sensing Device Initiation (PSDI); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
March 16 - Federal Register 75:12485-12489 - Revising the Notification Requirements in the Exposure Determination; Provisions of the Hexavalent Chromium Standards
March 16 - National Release - US assistant secretary of labor for OSHA testifies on Protecting America's Workers Act before House subcommittee
March 16 - Region 6 - US Department of Labor's OSHA forms alliance with Texas State Technical College in Sweetwater, Texas
March 16 - Testimony - Protecting America's Workers Act (PAWA)
March 15 - Trade Release - OSHA eTool explains ways to protect the safety of electric power workers
March 15 - OSHA Quick Takes -- March 15, 2010-- Volume 9, Issue 6
March 12 - OSHA Speech - American Bar Association OSH Law Committee
March 12 - Region 9 - US Department of Labor's OSHA assesses Guam contractor Hua Sheng $139,500 for hazardous conditions at barracks, worksite
March 11 - Region 3 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Harbeson, Del., poultry processing plant for workplace safety and health hazards
March 11 - Region 2 - US Labor Department's OSHA finds Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. railroad violated federal whistleblower law
March 10 - Directive - Cancellation and Revision of OSHA Instructions Related to Standard Alleged Violation Elements (SAVEs)
March 10 - Region 1 - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $178,800 in fines for Massachusetts and Rhode Island contractors for Newton, Mass., cave-in hazards
March 9 - National Release - US Labor Department's OSHA notifies 15,000 workplaces nationwide of high injury and illness rates
March 9 - Region 5 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Chipco LLC in Zanesville, Ohio, following fatality at natural gas well site in Londonderry, Ohio
March 9 - Region 1 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Franklin County, Maine, pellet mill for combustible dust and other hazards after explosion
March 9 - Region 10 - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Bowman's Inc. following trenching fatality at Pocatello, Idaho, worksite
March 9 - Federal Register 75:10738-10739 - Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements
March 9 - Federal Register 75:10739-10740 - Combustible Dust
March 8 - Trade Release - OSHA extends deadline for membership nominations to Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
March 8 - National Release - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $3 million in fines to BP-Husky refinery near Toledo, Ohio
March 8 - Trade Release - OSHA extends deadline for submitting comments on Recordkeeping proposed rule
March 8 - Federal Register 75:10629-10630 - Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health; Notice
March 4 - Federal Register 75:9953-9955 - Definition and Requirements for a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
March 3 - Region 3 - US Department of Labor's OSHA partners with Manhattan Torcon JV to protect workers constructing new medical facility
March 3 - Region 9 - US Department of Labor's OSHA orders e-Smart Technologies Inc. to pay whistleblower back wages and $600,000 in compensatory damages
March 3 - OSHA Quick Takes -- March 15, 2010-- Volume 9, Issue 5
March 2 - Region 1 - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes nearly $59,000 in fines against Cheshire, Conn., food distribution warehouse
March 2 - Federal Register 75:9439-9441 - FM Approvals: Application for Expansion of Recognition; Wyle Laboratories: Voluntary Modification of the Scope of Recognition; and Temporary Reinstatement of NFPA 72
March 1 - Speech - ORC Worldwide OSH Group and Corporate Health Directors meeting
March 1 - Region 1 - US Labor Department's OSHA fines Danvers, Mass., construction contractor $136,000 for asbestos hazards at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston
February 26 - Trade Release - DOL/OSHA schedules conference on Latino worker safety and health
February 26 - Region 8 - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites 2 contractors for violations of Occupational Safety and Health Act
February 25 - Region 3 - US Labor Department's OSHA reminds employers of hazards associated with snow cleanup and urges proper worker safeguards
February 25 - Speech - New Jersey Occupational Safety and Health Education Program (OSHEP) Conference
February 25 - Speech - North American Iron Workers Labor-Management Conference
February 25 - Region 2 - US Labor Department's OSHA reminds employers of hazards associated with snow cleanup and urges proper worker safeguards
February 25 - Region 2 - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $62,000 in fines for Worldcolor Buffalo for hazards at Depew, NY, printing plant
February 24 - Federal Register 75:8406-8407 - Aerial Lifts; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of an Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirement.
February 23 - Directive - National Emphasis Program - Hexavalent Chromium
February 23 - Region 10 - Rathdrum Power LLC in Rathdrum, Idaho, receives OSHA's highest safety recognition award
February 22 - Directive - Federal Agency Targeting Inspection Program (FEDTARG10)
February 22 - Directive - OSHA Authority Over Vessels and Facilities on or Adjacent to U.S. Navigable Waters and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
February 22 - Region 6 - US Labor Department's OSHA and Scaffold Industry Association form alliance to promote safety and health in construction industry
February 22 - Region 1 - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites North Carolina and Georgia contractors following fatal worker fall from Epping, NH, water tower
February 19 - Directive - Injury and Illness Recordkeeping National Emphasis Program (RK NEP)
February 19 - Federal Register 75:6220-6222 - Peer Review, Conflict of Interest and Disclosure Form; Request for the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
February 18 - OSHA Quick Takes -- February 15, 2010-- Volume 9, Issue 4
February 18 - Region 7 - Fred Weber Inc. earns US Labor Department praise for workplace safety and health achievements at 2 St. Louis-area asphalt plants
February 18 - Region 7 - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Endres Processing LLC of Kansas City, Kan., for violations of Occupational Safety and Health Act
February 18 - Region 2 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Cranesville Block Co. for safety and health hazards at Kingston, NY, plant
February 17 - Region 4 - US Department of Labor's OSHA to hold stakeholder meetings in Atlanta on Feb. 17 to discuss combustible dust hazards

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