OSHA launched its second annual Teen Summer Job Safety Campaign, making a special emphasis on keeping teens safe and healthy when working in the construction industry. OSHA Administrator Edwin Foulke Jr., as well as key construction stakeholders fr OSHA launched its second annual Teen...
Compiled by Carl Molesworth U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administrator Ed Foulke has unveiled a nationwide Voluntary Protection Program initiative aimed at meeting the unique needs and characteristics of the constru Compiled by Carl Molesworth...
Construction contractors often work in different facilities and in various types of confined spaces. OSHA's general industry standard for confined spaces (29 CFR 1910.146) usually doesn't apply to the construction industry, because the agency determi Construction contractors often work in different facilities and in various...
Contractors Struggle With OSHA Standard What are 500,000 construction contractors doing this summer? Trying to comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's expanded Hazard Communication Standard. On March 17, OSHA began enforcinContractors Struggle With OSHA Standard What are...
The construction industry trade group Associated Specialty Contractors ASC lobbied heavily, in Apr 1993, in opposition to proposed bills that would reform the Occupational Health and Safety Administration OSHA and prevent employers from hiring permaneThe construction industry trade group Associated Specialty Contractors ASC lobbied heavily, in Apr 1993, in opposition...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is alerting 14,200 employers across the country that their injury and illness rates are higher than average and encouraged them to take steps to reduce hazards and prWASHINGTON, Feb. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Occupational Safety and Health...
(This article originally ran in the Daily Reporter, Milwaukee, WI., another Dolan Media publication).(This article originally ran in the Daily Reporter, Milwaukee, WI., another Dolan Media publication).
The Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health ACCSH has recommended that OSHA disseminate an ACCSH draft document listing best practices used in the construction industry to prevent musculoskeletal disorders MSDs. The committee The Advisory Committee on Construction...
For years, the federal government and many safety and health groups have recognized that noise-induced hearing loss among construction workers is far too common. By the age of 25, the average carpenter's hearing is equivalent to that of an otherwis For years, the federal...
The big underground construction issue before Congress at the start of the 2003 session is whether Republicans and Democrats can increase the funding ceilings for the wastewater and drinking water state revolving funds SRFs. The water infrastructur The big underground construction issue before Congress at the...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Construction Management Association of America CMAA have established an Alliance to share their collective expertise to help prevent injuries and illnesses iWASHINGTON, Oct. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Construction...
By Tom Hale A new report released by TRIP, a Washington, D.C.-based national transportation research group, points out that approximately one in four miles of the nation's major metropolitan roads -- interstates, freeways and other critical l By...
COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bio-Clean International, Inc. (Pink Sheets: BCLE) announced today that the Company has completed its acquisition of a 49% interest in Veterans Training Corporation, an approved Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business from John P. Finn, a director and Secretary of the Company. Veterans...
Wisconsin builders remember Gil Czaplewski as the man who made safety a priority for contractors. Czaplewski died Friday at age 83. "Gil would go ahead and put it in a way that we one-up the Occupational Safety and Health Administration," said Jim Reichl, president of Reichl Construction...
The Oregon Electric Group has hired Alec Mesdag, Elias Campbell, Matt Saager, Harry McClane, George Baker and Elizabeth Monzo to its Portland office. Mesdag will develop OEG's Sustainable Construction Services program. A recent environmental science graduate from Oregon State University, he is Leadership in Energy and Environmental...
Industry Leader Now Offers Over 150 Online EHS Courses in Spanish to Help Hispanic Workers Stay Safe, Healthy and On-the-Job NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- PureSafety, the leading provider of online safety training and risk management software solutions, today announced the release of a new online Spanish OSHA 10-Hour program...
Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services' construction field operations will be inducted into OSHA's Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program during a presentation on July 24. The SHARP program encourages businesses to become self- sufficient in managing workplace safety and health issues, and provides incentives to find and...
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