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  • October 29 - [Federal Register: 64:58451] - Construction Records for Tests and Inspections for Personnel Hoists.
  • October 29 - [Federal Register: 64:58452] - Construction Records for Blasting Operational.
  • October 29 - [Federal Register: 64:58452] - Trucks Used Underground to Transport Explosives, Inspection Certification.
  • October 29 - [Federal Register: 64:58452-58453] - Rigging Equipment for Material Handling.
  • October 28 - [Region 1 News Release] - North Haven, Connecticut, Pratt & Whitney plant cited by OSHA for alleged willful violations of workplace injury & illness recordkeeping requirements; $155,000 in penalties proposed.
  • October 28 - [Trade News Release] - OSHA announces maritime advisory committee open meeting.
  • October 27 - [Region 1 News Release] - OSHA Cites Boston, Mass., employer for alleged serious safety violations following worker death; $28,800 in fines proposed against United Foods, Inc.
  • October 27 - [Region 2 News Release] - New Process Gear cited by OSHA for alleged safety and health violations at Syracuse plant; $108,829 in penalties proposed.
  • October 26 - [Federal Register: 64:57127-57128] - Personal Protective Equipment for General Industry, Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of an Information Collection (Paperwork) Request.
  • October 26 - [Federal Register: 64:57128] - Permit-Required Confined Spaces for General Industry; Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection Requirements.
  • October 26 - [Federal Register: 64:57128-57129] - Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health; Notice of Meeting.
  • October 25 - [Region 1 News Release] - OSHA cites East Bridgewater, Mass., contractor for alleged willful and serious safety violations following fatal August trench collapse.
  • October 22 - [Federal Register: 64:56812] - Personal Protective Equipment for Shipyard Employment; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of an Information Collection (Paperwork) request.
  • October 21 - [Region 1 News Release] - OSHA cites Massachusetts contractor for alleged willful safety violations following Peterborough, N.H., electrocution.
  • October 20 - [National News Release] - OSHA proposes fines of $530,500 against new jersey firm For failure to eliminate workplace hazards.
  • October 20 - [Region 1 News Release] - OSHA cites Reading, Massachusetts, contractor for alleged willful, repeat and serious safety violations at Kingston, Mass., excavation sites; over $45,000 in fines proposed.
  • October 19 - [Trade News Release] - New OSHA interactive software pinpoints workplace hazards, remedies.
  • October 19 - [Region 1 News Release] - OSHA cites contractor at Meriden, Connecticut, construction site for alleged willful, serious and repeat safety violations involving inadequate fall protection.
  • October 18 - [OSHA Directives] - CPL 2-1.30 - Chocking of Tractor Trailer under the Powered Industrial Truck Standard.
  • October 18 - [Trade News Release] - OSHA extends comment period for fall protection rulemaking.
  • October 14 - [Region 1 News Release] - OSHA cites contractor at Concord, New Hampshire, jobsites for alleged willful and serious safety violations; nearly $46,000 in penalties proposed against Heitkamp, Inc., of Watertown, Conn.,.
  • October 14 - [Region 2 News Release] - Auburn, New York wire factory cited by OSHA for alleged safety violations; $38,700 in penalties proposed.
  • October 14 - [Region 5 News Release] - OSHA cites Praefke Brake & Supply Corp., west bend, for violations involving worker exposure to asbestos.
  • October 13 - [Federal Register: 64:55390-55403] - Draft Revisions to the Voluntary Protection Programs To Provide Safe and Healthful Working Conditions.
  • October 13 - [Trade News Release] - OSHA revises voluntary protection programs.
  • October 12 - [Region 5 News Release] - The University Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio agrees to state of the art protection against needlestick injuries.
  • October 12 - [Region 4 News Release] - OSHA fines Tampa Electric $25,000 following fatal explosion.
  • October 12 - [Region 9 News Release] - Oakland union awarded $141,000 OSHA training grant.
  • October 7 - [OSHA Statement] - A Statement by Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman dated Thursday October 7, 1999.
  • October 7 - [Trade News Release] - Federal agencies to sponsor meeting on working conditions and quality of care.
  • October 7 - [Federal Register: 64:54358-54361] - Proposed Policy Statement Concerning the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Use of Voluntary Employer Safety and Health Self-Audits.
  • October 7 - [Region 2 News Release] - OSHA awards more than $4 million in grants to provide safety and health training for 50,000 workers and managers.
  • October 6 - [Trade News Release] - OSHA says it won't routinely request employers' voluntary self-audits of workplace safety and health.
  • October 6 - [Region 1 News Release] - Joint investigative report on Jahn foundry explosion released.
  • October 5 - [Region 1 News Release] - Big Dig contractor cited by OSHA for alleged workplace safety violation in fatal fall of worker.
  • October 5 - [Speech by Charles N. Jeffress] - Subject: Ergonomics in the Workplace - Presented To: Massachusetts Ergonomics Fair in Fitchburg , Massachusetts.
  • October 5 - [OSHA Directives] - 99-4 (TED) - OSHA Training Institute Schedule of Courses for FY 2000.
  • October 4 - [Region 1 News Release] - OSHA awards more than $4 million in grants to provide safety and health training for 50,000 workers and managers.
  • October 4 - [Region 10 News Release] - OSHA selects Washington Health Foundation in Seattle, Wash., to conduct health care safety training programs.
  • October 4 - [Region 10 News Release] - OSHA selects Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Wash., to conduct logging safety training programs.
  • October 1 - [National News Release] - OSHA awards more than $4 million in grants to provide safety and health training for 50,000 workers and managers.
  • October 1 - [Region 2 News Release] - Ford Motor Company settles OSHA citations following inspection.

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