S+H Staff

Sumner, TX – OSHA is seeking to fine two Texas manufacturers almost $950,000 for unguarded machinery, fall hazards, accumulations of potentially hazardous dust and failure to provide eye protection, the agency announced Sept. 27.

Washington – OSHA released an update to its Whistleblower Investigations Manual Sept. 21, the first such update in nearly a decade and part of a series of measures the agency is seeking in an effort to improve the Whistleblower Protection Program.

Port Arthur, TX – A tanker ship pilot’s inadequate sleep schedule contributed to a collision last year that resulted in an estimated 462,000-gallon oil spill in the Sabine-Neches canal, according to a National Transportation Safety Board investigation

Washington – OSHA on Sept. 22 issued a revised hazard alert warning hair salon owners and workers about the potential for formaldehyde exposure from certain hair smoothing and straightening products.

Janet Froetscher, president and CEO, National Safety Council, introduces the 2010 CEOs Who "Get It"

New York – All exit doors to a Brooklyn supermarket were locked at night while employees worked inside, which is a violation of workplace regulations, an OSHA inspection recently revealed.

Tumwater, WA – A new e-bulletin from the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries outlines hazards associated with industrial ice-making machines.

Washington – The Chemical Safety Board on Sept. 22 released its final report on a series of incidents in January 2010 that left one worker dead at a DuPont chemical plant in Belle, WV.

Tumwater, WA – The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries on Sept. 20 proposed a 2.5 percent increase for the 2012 workers’ compensation rate, the lowest increase in five years.

Washington – The Senate Appropriations Committee on Sept. 20 approved the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (S. 1599) for fiscal year 2012.