The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has renewed its 20-year training program with the Builders’ Association. The training program targets workers in construction in Missouri and Eastern Kansas. The program also focuses on reducing the number of injuries, illnesses, and fatalities resulting from construction’s top four hazards. These include falls, struck-by, caught-in/between, and electrocutions. The program also trains workers on how to prevent other construction site hazards. Such as lacerations and amputations and lack of adequate machine guarding and lockout/tagout procedures. All United …
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Reports from various news resources relevant to multiple aspects of Workplace Health & Safety, particularly Occupational Safety & Health (OSHA) guidelines.
President Joe Biden announced on September 9 that OSHA is developing an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on Covid-19. The ETS will require employers with at least 100 workers to either get their entire staff fully vaccinated or show a negative COVID test every week. Employers will also be required to give their workers paid time off to get vaccinated. President Biden also signed executive orders requiring federal employees and contractors to get vaccinated. All healthcare employees will also have to …
OSHA has published its final interpretive rule under section 11(c). The section is concerned with regulations on whistleblower protection. It prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who engage in protected activity. It also includes those employees complaining about unsafe or unhealthful working conditions. The revised final interpretive rule also clarifies the causal connection between the protected activity and the adverse action (29 CFR 1977.6). OSHA also revised the regulation by adding terms to reflect the full scope of section 11(c)’s …
This weekend, we are celebrating our 245th Independence Day across our country. Yes, we are getting old. And what better way to wish Uncle Sam a big “happy birthday” than a good old fireworks display, hopefully with fireworks safety protocols. According to the American Pyrotechnics Association (APA), every year more than 14000 Independence Day fireworks displays light up skies across America. Not content with celebrating at home, we also do the same in our diplomatic missions across the world. This …
OSHA has taken notice of frequent incidents of workplace violence at Fort Myers. Fort Myers has breached Osha regulations for the fifth time in a row. As a result of violent occurrences in the spring and autumn of 2020. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reached a settlement with a Fort Myers mental healthcare and residential treatment facility. SalusCare Inc. has accepted an OSHA determination that five instances of spitting, kicking, and other assaults …
OSHA handrail and stair rail system to be updated for general industry. In November 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a final rule on walking-working surfaces and personal protective equipment that enhanced criteria for slip, trip, and fall risks. The manufacturer has received multiple requests for handrail specifications and railing specifications. None of the regulatory judgments taken in the 2016 rulemaking are reopened for debate in this proposed rule. It focuses entirely on clarifying and allowing flexibility in …
Worker dies in Agua Caliente Casino as a 3,000-pound metal gate fell. Within a month of the new Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City’s opening, a metal gate at the casino’s loading dock fell, burying a construction worker underneath its 3,000-pound weight. The construction worker who died in Agua Caliente Casino was a 41-year-old male. Following the Dec. 7, 2020, disaster, the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined that the project’s contractors – Penta Building Group, No-Limit …
KANSAS CITY, MO – In the midst of heavy rain and extensive floods in southwestern Missouri, the United States The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration advises employees and the general public to prevent potential dangers and learn how to defend themselves as clean-up efforts continue. Clean-up work may include restoring power, communications, water, and sewage services; finishing demolition; accessing flooded areas and clearing floodwater from buildings; removing the debris; trimming trees; fixing structures, roadways, and bridges; using …
Every 99 minutes, approximately one worker is killed or is unable to return home safely at the end of their workday. That’s 15 employees a day, 100 per week, and more than 5,200 a year – a daunting fact, but one that employers around the country will improve by adhering to occupational safety and health policies and regulations. Workers Memorial Day is observed annually on April 28 by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the …
The United States Department of Labor will host a teleconference meeting on May 19, 2021, to elicit public input and recommendations on core problems confronting OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Program. Anyone who wishes to attend or participate in the meeting must apply by May 12, 2021. All registrants will receive call-in details. There is no registration charge. All workers in the United States must abide by the occupational safety and health regulations set forth by Federal OSHA. OSHA 30 Construction is an online …
