All Blog Posts Tagged 'osha' (58)

Easy Safety School is proud to announce that we have substantially lowered our pricing for online HAZWOPER training. Now you can meet compliance and enjoy our interactive e-Learning safety solutions at all time low prices. HAZWOPER stands for "Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard". HAZWOPER applies to five distinct groups of employers and their employees. This includes any employees…

In light of the new GHS / HazCom requirements, Easy Safety School is now offering a GHS and OSHA Hazard Communication online course. OSHA is requiring that employees are trained on the new label elements (i.e., pictograms, hazard…

Recently, a worker in a New England warehouse was found unconscious and…

Beth Slavet, the former chariman of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, has been selected for the position of Whistleblower Protection Program Director. Slavet has over 30 years experience working with whistleblower enforcement. Here is the full press release from OSHA:

WASHINGTON – Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels…

Easy Safety School is proud to announce that our online OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 hour training courses are now live again thanks to our partnership with 360Training, an accepted provider of online OSHA training.  The online Outreach courses offer a relaxed, self-paced…

With symptoms that include tremors, kidney problems, and damage to unborn children, exposure to mercury can be very dangerous.  With this is mind, OSHA has just released two new resources to help prevent and control mercury related injury and illness.  We always recommend…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced its intent to establish a Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee. The committee will advise, consult with and make recommendations to the secretary of labor and the assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health on ways to improve the…

OSHA has created new restrictions for online OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 hour courses.  While most providers are currently offline, 360Training has created some very good alternative courses which will satisfy 10 and 30 hour…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will extend for six months its temporary enforcement measures in residential construction. The temporary enforcement measures, extended through September 15, 2012, include priority free on-site compliance assistance, penalty reductions, extended abatement dates, measures to ensure consistency, and increased…

OSHA, in an attempt to enforce whistleblower protection, OSHA 10, has ordered a company to correct their fault by paying an employee over $300,000 and rehiring him. This case will send a clear message to employees violating the whistleblower protection act.  Read the rest of the article…

WASHINGTON - - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safetyand Health Administration (OSHA) has created a web page to help protect workers from hazards they may face during winter storm response and recovery operations.

The Web page provides guidance on how employers and workers involved in cleanup and…

WASHINGTON - - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safetyand Health Administration (OSHA) has created a web page to help protect workers from hazards they may face during winter storm response and recovery operations.

The Web page provides guidance on how employers and workers involved in cleanup and…

OSHA has recently released a new set of videos relating to construction hazards. In this blog post, we will be looking at videos concerning falls in the construction workplace. We hope you find these valuable and informational. Please check back for additional video topics.  To learn about OSHA safety training courses visit…

US Department of Labor's OSHA sues South Carolina real estate management company to obtain reinstatement and compensation for whistleblower CMM Realty alleged to have violated OSH Act and Clean Air Act.  Will they loose their Real Estate License?

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has sued CMM Realty Inc. for…

Check out the Laboratory Safety Procedures and the new Lab Safety Document. 

WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today published new educational materials (http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/laboratories/index.html) for…

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Fort Worth, Texas-based tunneling company Southland Contracting Inc. for seven violations of workplace safety standards after one of its employees was killed at the Eastside Water Supply Project in Webster.…

Trench related accidents are some of the most common and terrible deaths associated with construction, yet  Dr. David Michaels, Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA, says it is "entirely preventable".   In an effort to increase trenching safety awareness and implementation, OSHA has…