Fed-OSHA Administrator David Michaels told the House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor that the agency needs greater enforcement power to protect workers. He urged Congress to pass of H.R. 5663, the Miner Safety and Health Act, which would increase penalties for mine safety violations, give more protection to whistleblowers, advance victims’ rights and …
We don’t yet know the exact place, but Fed-OSHA has announced it will hold a stakeholders meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Aug. 3 in Sacramento on its proposed rule to create a national version of the Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP). The Feds also have added another meeting in Washington, D.C., on …
If you worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory between 1950 and 1973 and became ill as a result, you might be eligible for benefits from a federal compensation program. The U.S. Department of Labor is notifying all former Lawrence Livermore workers employed at the complex for those 23 years about a new class of employees in a …
The former acting administrator of Fed-OSHA, now a deputy to Assistant Secretary of Labor Dr. David Michaels, testified to a congressional subcommittee that the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster and other fatal incidents in recent years in the energy industry is “sounding an alarm about a major problem.” Jordan Barab, testifying before the Senate subcommittee on …
In a May 28 letter to Assemblyman Sandre Swanson, Fed-OSHA Region 9 Administrator Ken Nishiyama Atha said the proposed definition of “serious physical harm” that would be added to the state Labor Code in AB 2774 would help clarify what constitutes a serious violation but doesn’t quite go far enough. The bill would define …
By J Dale Debber, Publisher It is always a sad state of affairs when government cannot get it together to fix obvious problems that do nothing but get worse. It is even worse when government inaction continues despite substantial agreement among stakeholders of all stripes that action is necessary. The problem with how the Cal/OSHA …
Some 20 years after California put into place the first requirements for employers to devise formal programs to address workplace hazards, Fed-OSHA is convening stakeholder meetings on a national version of the Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP). In fact, by the time you read this edition of Cal-OSHA Reporter, the Feds will have held …
Fed-OSHA is making available $8 million in Susan Harwood Safety and Health Capacity Building Training Grants. Deadline for application is July 2. The grants are available to nonprofit, community and faith-based organizations to provide occupational safety and health educational programs for workers and employers. The 2010 grant program is designed to fund longer-term programs that …