• February 28 - Interpretation - Requirements for labels and material safety data sheets for distributors of lumber.
• February 28 - Interpretation - OSHA's position on the use of Q104 needle removal device.
• February 28 - Interpretation - Requirements for labeling products that contain a nitrate or nitrite.
• February 28 - Interpretation - Whether employers have the option to establish new baseline audiograms when business ownership changes, but medical records are maintained for 30 years.
• February 28 - Interpretation - Requirements of the HCS and the employer's ability to rely on a manufacturer's hazard determination.
• February 28 - Interpretation - Requirement for annual BBP training for tattooing and body piercing artists and the use of written interpretations in the BBP training program.
• February 28 - Interpretation - Oil-filled transformers and underground construction.
• February 27 - Federal Register 74:8990-8992 - Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request
• February 25 - Region 2 - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA proposes $273,000 in fines against Jamestown, N.Y., employer for lack of asbestos safeguards
• February 24 - Region 4 - U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA proposes more than $192,000 in penalties after inspecting NTN-Bower's Hamilton, Ala., plant
• February 24 - Region 2 - U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA proposes more than $41,000 in fines against Ontario County, N.Y., sauerkraut manufacturer
• February 23 - Region 5 - U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA establishes alliance with Minneapolis-based American Warehouse Systems
• February 23 - Region 2 - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA cites Schenectady, N.Y., employer for confined space hazards following employee death
• February 23 - Region 1 - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA orders Connecticut-based air carrier to pay more than $400,000 to employee terminated for raising safety concerns
• February 20 - Region 5 - Downstate Illinois workplace safety and health day aims to protect employees
• February 19 - Region 7 - U.S. Labor Department orders Union Pacific Railroad Co. to reassign worker to former position following whistleblower investigation
• February 19 - Region 2 - New York construction contractor agrees to pay $750,000 and take comprehensive jobsite safety steps in settlement with U.S. Labor Department
• February 19 - Region 6 - U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA fines construction company $63,000 for alleged safety violations at Clinton, Ark., worksite
• February 18 - Region 1 - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA forms training and education alliance with New England Laborers' Training Academy in Hopkinton, Mass.
• February 15 - OSHA Quick Takes -- February 15, 2009 -- Volume 8, Issue 4
• February 13 - Region 5 - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA cites Fairport Harbor, Ohio-based yacht construction company for workplace safety violations
• February 12 - Region 6 - U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA and Boat People SOS sign safety and health alliance agreement in Gretna, La.
• February 11 - Region 2 - Auburn, N.Y., commercial laundry ordered to compensate employee fired for filing safety and health complaint with U.S. Labor Department's OSHA
• February 10 - Interpretation - Whether a manufacturer-stipulated minimum anchor point elevation of 18½ feet precludes the use of a shock absorbing lanyard in an aerial lift.
• February 10 - Region 5 - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA cites Sunfield Inc. for safety violations
• February 9 - Region 2 - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA fines distribution center in Edison, N.J., for workplace safety and health violations
• February 9 - Region 7 - Monsanto Aviation of Chesterfield, Mo., earns OSHA's highest recognition for outstanding achievement in workplace safety and health
• February 9 - Region 5 - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA cites Sunfield Inc. for safety violations
• February 9 - Determining work-relatedness for recordkeeping of injury resulting from horseplay.[1940.4(a); 1904.5(a); 1904.5(b)(1); 1904.5(b)(2); 1904.5(b)(2)(v)]
• February 4 - Region 3 - U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA partners with Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem to protect employees during construction
• February 3 - Region 4 - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA proposes $108,000 in penalties against Marietta, Ga., construction company for trench safety violations
• February 2 - Region 3 - 2009 - 02/02/2009 - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA cites Laureldale, Pa., company for workplace safety and health violations
• February 2 - Federal Register 74:5864 Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request [1902]
• February 1 - OSHA Quick Takes -- February 1, 2009 -- Volume 8, Issue 3

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