Tag: OSHA
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MSHA, OSHA chiefs offer 2017 budget proposal details
Read More →: MSHA, OSHA chiefs offer 2017 budget proposal detailsJoe Main, assistant secretary of labor for the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) provides additional details on the agency’s 2017 budget…
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OSHA sends silica safety rules to White House
Read More →: OSHA sends silica safety rules to White HouseThe Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sent its long-delayed rules intended to protect workers from exposure to harmful…
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OSHA releases confined space rule
Read More →: OSHA releases confined space ruleThe Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) released its final confined space rule, which will reduce the number of injuries and fatalities…
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OSHA launches website to educate about demolition safety
Read More →: OSHA launches website to educate about demolition safetyIn order to help prevent fatalities and injuries from demolition hazards, OSHA launched an updated website to educate construction workers on common…
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NSSGA rep testifies before OSHA on silica rule
Read More →: NSSGA rep testifies before OSHA on silica ruleNSSGA‘s Pam Whitted, senior vice president of legislative and regulatory affairs, testified before the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on the…
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Consistent behavior, culture key to safely managing tasks
Read More →: Consistent behavior, culture key to safely managing tasksWhy do injuries and fatalities occur in the workplace? Or, perhaps a better question would be, why do the same injuries and…
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OSHA’s proposed silica rule drawing ire of industry
Read More →: OSHA’s proposed silica rule drawing ire of industryThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) proposed rulemaking on occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica has drawn strong negative reactions from…
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NDA asks OSHA to withdraw proposed silica rule
Read More →: NDA asks OSHA to withdraw proposed silica ruleThe National Demolition Association (NDA) requested the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) withdraw its proposed rule to drastically lower the permissible…