What's New - Last 30 Days

• June 17 - Federal Register 78: 36276 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Regulations Containing Procedures for Handling of Retaliation Complaints
• June 13 - Region 6 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites oil and gas industry pressure pumping services company for safety and health hazards at Valley View, Texas, work site
• June 13 - Region 5 - US Department of Labor's OSHA renews alliance to protect Ohio workers in manufacturing, service, construction industries
• June 13 - Region 5 - US Labor Department’s OSHA fines Wisconsin’s Gilman Cheese Corp. $126,700 after worker suffers amputation by unguarded machine
• June 13 - Federal Register 78: 35559-35567 - Final Rule - Updating OSHA Standards Based on National Consensus Standards; Signage
• June 13 - Federal Register 78: 35585-35593 - Updating OSHA Standards Based on National Consensus Standards; Signage
• June 13 - Region 1 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Nucap US Inc. for 17 serious safety violations at Watertown, Conn., manufacturing plant
• June 11 - Region 5 - Construction workers to pause for safety stand down on fall hazards June 12
  
• June 11 - Region 2 - Orange County, NY, manufacturer faces almost $118,000 in additional US Labor Department fines for uncorrected and recurring hazards
• June 10 - Region 2 - US Labor Department's OSHA fines two companies $130,500 for trenching hazards at Kearny, NJ, site
• June 10 - Region 7 - Davis Tool & Die cited after worker electrocuted at Fenton, Mo., facility; US Labor Department's OSHA finds 17 violations during fatality investigation
• June 10 - Region 10 - Crane safety is focus of OSHA emphasis program in the Northwest
• June 10 - Region 4 - Maryland's Integra Health Management cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for workplace violence hazards following employee fatality
• June 10 - Region 2 - Three New York contractors face over $465,000 in US Labor Department OSHA fines for electrocution and other hazards at Long Island work site
• June 10 - Region 1 - US Labor Department orders Metro North Commuter Railroad Co. to pay damages to New Haven, Conn., employee who reported on-the-job injury
• June 7 - Federal Register 78: 34406-34408 - Asbestos in General Industry; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
• June 6 - Region 5 - US Labor Department's OSHA fines Austin Powder Co. $258,000 for multiple safety and health violations at McArthur, Ohio, explosives factory
• June 6 - Region 6 - US Labor Department's OSHA and Wage and Hour Division protecting workers and wages during Oklahoma tornado recovery efforts
• June 6 - Region 6 - La OSHA y la División de Horas y Salarios del Departamento de Trabajo de E.E.U.U. protegen a los trabajadores y los salarios durante las tareas de recuperación del tornado en Oklahoma
• June 6 - Region 1 - True North Hotel Group Inc. to provide whistle-blower training nationally following US Labor Department investigation
• June 6 - Region 4 - American Family Care in Montgomery, Ala., cited by US Labor Department’s OSHA for repeat and serious safety violations
• June 6 - Region 10 - Safe operation of powered industrial trucks is focus of OSHA’s new local emphasis program in Idaho
• June 5 - Region 8 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Community Power Corp. in Morrison, Colo., for exposing workers to amputation hazards; fines total $66,990
• June 5 - Region 6 - Timpson, Texas, sawmill cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for violations after a worker was killed, other workers exposed to many hazards
• June 5 - Federal Register 78: 33860-33862 - Crawler, Locomotive, and Truck Cranes Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
• June 4 - Region 5 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Wisconsin's Castalloy Inc. for exposing its foundry workers to coal tar pitch and formaldehyde
• June 4 - Region 2 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Rochester, NY, packaging manufacturer for willful and serious hazards following amputation
• June 4 - Region 8 - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites JBS USA, LLC in Greeley, Colo., for 20 violations of workplace standards
• May 30 - Region 2 - US Labor Department's OSHA fines South River, NJ, masonry contractor nearly $91,000 for fall, scaffold hazards at Maywood, NJ, site
• May 30 - Region 9 - Hawaii resort cited with 14 safety and health violations
• May 30 - Region 8 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Wal-Mart store in Great Falls, Mont., for repeat and serious safety and health hazards; proposes $50,000 in fines
• May 30 - Region 4 - US Department of Labor's OSHA announces safety stand-down at Florida work sites on June 4 to focus on heat-related illnesses and injuries
• May 30 - Region 4 - US Department of Labor's OSHA announces June 4 safety stand-down at work sites throughout Southeast to focus on heat-related illnesses and injuries
• May 30 - Federal Register 78: 32473-32474 - Southwest Research Institute: Modification of Scope of Recognition
• May 30 - Federal Register 78: 32472-32473 - Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc.: Application for Expansion of Recognition and Request To Remove a Condition of Recognition
• May 29 - Federal Register 78: 32110-32116 - Cranes and Derricks in Construction: Revising the Exemption for Digger Derricks
• May 28 - Trade Release - OSHA issues final rule to broaden exemption for digger derricks in its Cranes and Derricks standard
• May 28 - Region 2 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Schenectady, NY, medical lab for inadequate worker safeguards against bloodborne pathogen hazards
• May 28 - Region 5 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Quality Trailers Enterprise for 15 violations following complaint inspection at Salem, Ohio, manufacturing facility
• May 28 - Region 1 - Massachusetts contractor faces $290,700 in US Labor Department OSHA fines for willful, repeat fall hazards at Durham, NH, work site
• May 23 - Region 2 - Queensbury, NY, wood shavings manufacturer faces $233,870 in fines for combustible dust, confined space, chemical, mechanical, electrical hazards
• May 23 - Federal Register 78: 30937-30939 - National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH)
• May 23 - Trade Release - OSHA to hold meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
• May 23 - Trade Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA to hold meeting of the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
• May 23 - Region 2 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Accadia Site Contracting Inc., proposes $84,000 in fines for cave-in hazard at Lewiston Road work site in Niagara Falls
• May 22 - Federal Register 78: 30337-30338 - Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH)
• May 22 - Federal Register 78: 30393-30394 - Preparations for the 43rd Session of the United Nations Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE TDG) and the 25th Session of the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (UNSCEGHS)
• May 22 - Trade Release - OSHA announces intent to extend compliance date for crane operator certification requirements
• May 21 - Trade Release - OSHA offers training to federal agencies on worker safety and health
• May 21 - Region 5 - Lack of personal protective equipment among 33 violations cited by US Labor Department’s OSHA at A & B Foundry & Machining in Franklin, Ohio
• May 20 - Region 1 - Monro Muffler Brake Inc. cited by US Labor Department's OSHA for alleged willful, repeat and serious workplace safety violations in Portsmouth, NH
• May 20 - Region 7 - US Labor Department’s OSHA orders Enercon Services to pay $261,152.69 in damages after firing engineer who reported unsafe work practices

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