CSB Chairman urges OSHA to adopt combustible dust standardAt a recent Senate hearing, John Bresland, chairman and CEO of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), called on OSHA to act on a November 2006 CSB recommendation to adopt a comprehensive standard regulating combustible dust in the workplace.Speaking before the Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, [...]
A contractor does work at one of your facilities and, in the course of his work, generates a small amount of hazardous waste. Is your facility responsible for the proper disposal of the hazardous waste or is it the responsibility of the contractor/generator?
According to an EPA interpretation, both the facility and the contractor will [...]
House legislation would stop DOL’s “secret” chemical risk management proposal
The House Education and Labor Committee recently introduced legislation to prevent the Department of Labor (DOL) from finalizing a “last minute” rule that they say could dramatically weaken future workplace health and safety regulations and slow their enactment.
The “Prohibiting the Department of Labor’s [...]
OSHA establishes new National Emphasis Program for lead
OSHA recently issued a directive, CPL 03-00-009, that implements a National Emphasis Program (NEP) to reduce occupational exposures to lead. This document supercedes the 2001 OSHA National Emphasis Program on Lead (CPL 02-00-130). The new NEP directive contains a list of industries included to assist OSHA’s [...]
OSHA: Sugar refinery receives third largest fine in history
OSHA recently issued citations proposing penalties totaling $8,777,500 against a sugar refinery and its two affiliates alleging violations at their plants in Port Wentworth, Ga., and Gramercy, La. OSHA initiated inspections following an explosion and fire on Feb. 7, 2008, at the Port Wentworth refinery [...]
Organize applicant data to help make your hiring process more efficient.
Tracking applicants and matching applicants to positions can be a time-consuming and labor intensive process … taking time away from your primary focus of recruiting and screening activities. Now you can simplify your hiring process and make better informed hiring decisions with [...]
Lafayette, CA, Aug. 1, 2008 — A new version of the “Equal Employment Opportunity is The Law” poster that must be posted by employers with 15 or more employees has been issued by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
The updated required EEO poster has a revision date of August 2008. [...]