Category: Safety and Regulation Compliance

Amazon will also monitor the effectiveness of its ergonomics program by monitoring compliance across its locations. Photo credit: bluestork/Shutterstock. The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that a company-wide settlement has been reached between Amazon and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) aimed at protecting employees from serious musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), including lower back… Continue reading Amazon settles with OSHA on workplace safety and ergonomic risks

The year 2023 was the warmest year in history. Cities across the United States broke records for consecutive days of extreme heat. These conditions forced risk managers to reevaluate heat protection protocols for their workforce. Several state OSHAs, including California, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, and Colorado, have updated their heat-related prevention guidelines, and federal OSHA is… Continue reading How risk managers and employers can keep workers safe as temperatures rise | Chartwell Law

The EPA recently announced a proposed regulation to tighten limits on nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from most new, modified and converted fossil fuel stationary combustion turbines. If passed, the regulation will “ensure that new turbines built at power plants or industrial facilities – especially large ones that could operate for decades – are among the… Continue reading EPA proposes stricter NOx standards for stationary combustion sources

Iowa Western Community College, with a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will recruit and train people to safely demolish buildings and return contaminated areas to spaces where people can live safely. The EPA announced in a news release that Iowa Western Community College, based in Council Bluffs, received a $478,474 grant through the… Continue reading Iowa Western Community College Receives EPA Job Training Grant • Iowa Capital Dispatch

EPA recently published interim guidance and additional materials to assist the regulatory community in implementing the final rule's requirements for the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Application Exclusion Zone (AEZ). An AEZ is defined as an area immediately surrounding pesticide application equipment during an outdoor pesticide application. The final rule defines additional requirements to protect… Continue reading EPA Issues Interim Guidance for the 2024 AEZ Rule

Listen to the article 3 mins This audio is generated automatically. Please let us know if you have any feedback. Diving certificate: The Ministry of Labor found that Dean Sausage Co.'s meat processing and packing plant in Atalla, Alabama, had repeatedly neglected safety standards during inspections over the past three years, resulting in employees being… Continue reading Three years in a row, a sausage manufacturer has been cited by OSHA

The California Labor Commissioner's Office has issued its new model whistleblower notice, “Whistleblowers Are Protected,” for employers to use beginning January 1, 2025. This explains who is protected by law; What is whistleblowing? What protection is afforded to a whistleblower? and how to file a report with the California Attorney General's Whistleblower Hotline. Employers can… Continue reading CA Labor Commissioner Issues New Whistleblower Notice | Spanned by Yocca Carlson & Rauth

The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has completed a revision to the standard for personal protective equipment in construction. The final rule specifically requires that equipment properly fit each construction worker who needs it, thereby improving protection from hazardous conditions. “I have spoken to construction workers, particularly women,… Continue reading The Department of Labor sets requirements for the proper fit of PPE

Well, that was a really intense episode. I think we all saw it coming. However, before I focus on Cooper's situation, I want to talk a bit about Tommy's brief visit to Monty's mansion at the beginning Countryman Episode 6. You may have heard the phrase that the rich live in their own bubble. Tommy,… Continue reading What happens to Manuel and Antonio?