OSHA fines Guam construction company $135,400 for safety violations
Employer cited for one willful violation, 13 serious violations at two sites
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited High Rock Construction Corp. for alleged safety violations at two Guam jobsites. Inspectors noted the violations at construction sites in [...]
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Urging everyone to drive slowly and carefully through highway work zones as repair crews work along the nation’s highways, Acting Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) head Jim Ray joined state transportation officials in kicking off the ninth annual “National Work Zone Awareness Week” on April 8, 2008.
Ray noted that because motorists are four times [...]
Inspiring quotes from some of history’s greatest leaders set to dramatic music and coupled with classic footage. Let the likes of John F. Kennedy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. inspire and motivate you through their own words, pictures and video.
A great way to start any meeting or training session, the Great [...]
House committee passes combustible dust legislation
The U.S. House Education and Labor Committee recently passed legislation by a voice vote to help prevent combustible dust explosions. The Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act (H.R. 5522) would force OSHA to issue rules regulating combustible industrial dusts that can build up to hazardous levels and [...]
Mike “Coach K” Krzyzeswki belives in the power of words – words that can change lives and make individuals, teams and organizations successful.
Mike Krzyzewski grew up in Chicago, where his mother cleaned floors at the Chicago Athletic Club nearly every night from 11pm until 6am, and his father was an elevator operator at Willoubhby Towers, [...]
Climbing Mount Everest is hard. Climbing Mount Everest blind is impossible. Or at least that’s what they told Erik Weihenmayer. This incredible true story follows Erik’s quest to reach the summit of the tallest peak in the world – and the amazing team that made it possible.
Erik Weihenmayer has never believed in limitations – even [...]
OSHA proposed a total of $119,500 in fines against a Michigan-based delivery carrier, for alleged willful, repeat, and serious safety violations following an inspection at the company’s New Hampshire service center.The inspection was prompted by an Oct. 3, 2007, accident in which an employee died when he was crushed beneath the forklift he was operating [...]