Category: Safety and Regulation Compliance

December 4, 2024 – By Ching Lee – To protect employees who work with dairy cows and poultry from H5N1 avian influenza, farmers should have a baseline plan in place even if their animals are not infected. Such advice and other guidelines were shared last month during a webinar hosted by the California Farm Bureau-affiliated… Continue reading The California Farm Bureau says farmers need a plan to protect their employees from bird flu

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (FOX 9) – Columbia Heights-based Your Lake Aquatic Plant Management, LLC has been fined more than $730,000 after an investigation following the death of one of its employees found multiple violations of training and standards. What we know The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry's (DLI) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)… Continue reading The drowning of an employee while clearing weeds in the lake results in a $730,000 fine for the company

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The 2024 Fall Worker Training Program (WTP) Awardees Meeting and Workshop, October 22-24, brought awardees together to discuss how to address threats in emerging and rapidly evolving industries. One example is the danger of silica dust to workers in the growing industrial stone finishing industry. The challenges posed by exposures such as this are not… Continue reading Environmental Factor – December 2024: Worker Training Program Highlights Hazards in Emerging Industries

Listen to this article The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the federal regulator tasked with ensuring that workplaces are safe and that workers who raise alarms about dangerous working conditions are not retaliated against, made a decision earlier this year issued clarifying who this might be while allowing OSHA inspections access to the construction… Continue reading New OSHA Rule: “Safety First” Gets a Second Look

Bosch – HCD2061 1 bit The hollow drill connects to a vacuum system, allowing time savings of up to 50% compared to the traditional drill-blow-brush-blow-anchor installation method Meets OSHA standards for adhesive bonding work in conjunction with the PRO+GUARD dust system to help users comply with OSHA's Silica Dust Table 1 regulation Faster drilling ensures… Continue reading Bosch HCD2061 Hcd Sds+ 3/8X4X9

That's why everyone keeps telling big guy Monty Miller that the only solution to all his problems is to get rid of his fellow countryman Tommy Norris. They want Monty to put all the blame on Tom and use him as a scapegoat. But you see, Monty knows what others don't. His Midland rigs won't… Continue reading “Landman” Episode 3 Recap: What’s Rebecca’s Plan?

As the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration considers new regulations for volunteer fire departments, New Ashford Fire Chief Frank Speth III issued a statement highlighting the burden this change will place on many fire crews in the Berkshires and could mean anywhere in rural America. At issue is the proposed Emergency Response Standard, which… Continue reading Our Opinion: New Ashford Fire Chief Is Right – OSHA Should Reconsider Burdensome New Rules for Volunteer Departments | editorial

Roofing has always been a dangerous industry for workers, and it's not getting any better. Reports of worker deaths or injuries in roofing accidents are commonplace, and the statistics are shocking. Roofers die at nearly twice the rate of the average rate for all U.S. construction workers, 29.9 deaths per 1,000 full-time workers. However, the… Continue reading Fall protection measures reduce the risk of injury when roofing

A labor activist has sued the Department of Labor (DOL) to force the release of records related to the deaths of three workers at Amazon workplaces in New Jersey in 2022. The lawsuit states that the DOL's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which Amazon says has opened investigations into all three deaths, did not… Continue reading Lawsuit demands OSHA records in deaths of three Amazon workers