Reich Announces $3 Million Settlement – With Ups Over Hazwoper

By: Cal-OSHA

SAN FRANCISCO - The United Parcel Service delivers roughly 2.8 billion packages a year. Fed-OSHA believes about 8.4 million of them may contain hazardous materials. On April 1, UPS agreed to pay OSHA $3 million for not coming into full compliance with a 1992 corporate-wide settlement agreement designed to resolve a number of violations of the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) standard.Under the terms of the agreement UPS was required to institute new procedures for protectin

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