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Washington — A new poster and fact sheet from NIOSH are designed to help educate firefighters about the unique nature of row house fires and how to stay safe when fighting these blazes.
Washington — The Department of Labor has published a final rule intended to help its agencies, including OSHA, improve their collection efforts for citation penalties and other debts.
Washington — Citing the recent hiring of chemical incident investigators and the ongoing publication of safety documents, Chemical Safety Board Chair and CEO Katherine Lemos is confident the agency “remains well on our way to really make a lot of progress” in fiscal year 2021.
Silver Spring, MD — Global Nurses United is demanding stronger COVID-19 guidance from the World Health Organization, including a call for more personal protective equipment for health care workers and acknowledgement from WHO on how the virus is spread.
Washington — Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia has renewed the two-year charter for the Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, OSHA announced in a notice published in the Dec. 8 Federal Register.
Washington — The Federal Railroad Administration has issued a final rule revising the agency’s regulation on highway rail-grade crossing action plans to require 40 states and the District of Columbia to develop and implement – and update, if applicable – FRA-approved action plans.
Washington — OSHA has updated its Site-Specific Targeting Program, the agency announced Dec. 16. OSHA’s primary targeting program for non-construction establishments with 20 or more employees, the SST Program directs agency enforcement resources to those with the highest rates of injuries and illnesses.
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